Works about Light
Title
Poet/Lyricist
Voicing/Instrumentation
Level
Poet/Lyricist: Hafiz / Daniel Ladinsky
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: M
A Love Like That: Songs of Unconditional Love
Six songs full of wholehearted grace, generosity and awe
Six songs full of wholehearted grace, generosity and awe
Poet/Lyricist: Silsbee, Emerson, Hafiz, Alexander, White
- Low voice, piano
- Medium voice, piano
- High voice, piano
Level: Various
Poet/Lyricist: Gerald Rich
- SSA, piano
- SATB, piano
Level: M
Poet/Lyricist: Rabindranath Tagore
- SSA a cappella
- SATB a cappella
Level: M
Hear Us, O Never-Failing Light
An ancient Mozarabic Easter prayer extolling the bounty of divine Light
An ancient Mozarabic Easter prayer extolling the bounty of divine Light
Poet/Lyricist: Mozarabic Easter Eve prayer
- Flexible voicing: 2-4 pt choir
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
I Write This Poem Out Of Darkness
A solitary poet offers unvarnished compassion and solidarity to her imagined readers
A solitary poet offers unvarnished compassion and solidarity to her imagined readers
Poet/Lyricist: George Ella Lyon
- Vocal trio, flute, violin, piano
- SSA, flute, violin, piano
Level: MA
Poet/Lyricist: Hildegard of Bingen
- SATB a cappella
- SSAA a cappella
Level: M
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: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- SATB, oboe, horn, cello, harp
Level: A
- Piano solo
Level: ME
Poet/Lyricist: Elizabeth Alexander
- SATB, piano
- SATB, chamber ensemble
Level: MA
Where there is Light in the Soul
A Chinese proverb connecting light, beauty, harmony, honor and peace
A Chinese proverb connecting light, beauty, harmony, honor and peace
Poet/Lyricist: Chinese proverb
- SAB a cappella
- SSA a cappella
- TBB a cappella
- SATB a cappella
Level: ME