Works about Awe and Wonder
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Poet/Lyricist: Hafiz / Daniel Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Gerald Rich
- SSA, piano
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Be Grateful, My Soul
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
A passionate testament to life’s worth, even when facing adversity and oppression
Poet/Lyricist: Norbert Čapek
- SSAA a cappella OR 5-part canon
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Michael DeVernon Boblett
- SATB a cappella
- SATB, chamber orchestra
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Sophia Lyon Fahs
- SATB, piano
Level: MA
Get Curious
A compelling look at how curiosity can nudge anger into something beautiful and transformative
A compelling look at how curiosity can nudge anger into something beautiful and transformative
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SSAA a cappella
Level: MA
Go Out! (Concert-Length Work)
A poetic and feisty tribute to liberal religion and freedom of thought
A poetic and feisty tribute to liberal religion and freedom of thought
Poet/Lyricist: Centuries of Strong-Minded People
- A variety of vocal forces
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
- SSA, piano
- SATB, piano
Level: ME
Holy One, Source of Radiance and Reason
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
A luminous affirmation of the unknowable holy presence found “within, among and beyond us”
Poet/Lyricist: Rob Eller-Isaacs
- Flexible voicing: SATB a cappella OR 2-5 part canon
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: John Greenleaf Whittier
- SATB a cappella
Level: ME
Into the Silent Darkness
A searching mediation on facing life’s wild, primeval mysteries with fear, faith and alleluias.
A searching mediation on facing life’s wild, primeval mysteries with fear, faith and alleluias.
Poet/Lyricist: Richard S. Gilbert
- SATB, violin, piano
Level: MA
Kindling: Small Reflections on a Limitless Faith
An ecstatic and introspective cantata on the things that inspire, challenge and nourish our religious lives
An ecstatic and introspective cantata on the things that inspire, challenge and nourish our religious lives
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Wendell Berry
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Hildegard of Bingen
- SATB a cappella
- SSAA a cappella
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Low voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely
- SATB a cappella
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Denise Levertov
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Pure Light beyond Light
Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy filled with reverence, mystery and illumination
Ancient and modern invocations of the Holy filled with reverence, mystery and illumination
Poet/Lyricist: Mozarabic prayer, Hildegard von Bingen, Rob Eller-Isaacs
- SATB a cappella
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Gregory Orr
- SATB, piano, string quartet or string orchestra
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Kabir
- SATB a cappella
Level: M
Spirit of Life (McDade, arr. Alexander)
A still, small instrumental arrangement of Carolyn McDade’s beloved song
A still, small instrumental arrangement of Carolyn McDade’s beloved song
- Piano solo
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, chamber ensemble
- SATB, piano
- Community / Congregational Song
Level: E
Poet/Lyricist: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- Low voice, piano
- Medium / high voice, piano
Level: M
The Meadow Doesn’t Know About the Stock Market
A sweet and wry tribute to the meadow’s timeless wisdom
A sweet and wry tribute to the meadow’s timeless wisdom
Poet/Lyricist: George Ella Lyon
- Low voice, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Emily Dickinson
- SSA, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB a cappella
- SATB, flute, oboe, piano
- SATB, orchestra
Level: Various