Product Description
The Love Which Makes Us One is a composition for SATB choir with piano accompaniment. It is based on a sonnet by
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) entitled "I loved you first: but afterwards your
love" from her "Monna Innominata," a series of 14 sonnets. "I loved you first: but afterwards your love" is one of Rossettis love poems; it
simply yet profoundly expresses the existence of love as being made possible
only through the complete melding of two people as one entity.
The Love Which Makes Us One is best suited for advanced intermediate to professional level choirs. Competitive high school and college choirs should be able to manage it. The piece involves continuous two-against-three rhythms with the choir vs. piano. In addition, there is one extended a capella section that requires the choir to stay on pitch for the piano re-entry. Tenors need to be able to sing the G above middle C, and basses need to be able to sing the F below C3.
Duration: 5:40
World premiere performance by Freudig Singers of Western New York on March 7, 2020, Buffalo, NY.
(Please note that the mp3 file associated with this listing is a midi rendering only. No lyrics are used, although the vocal parts are sung.)
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