Sweet and Low

Sweet and Low
Type
Piece
Composer
Stephen Barr
Pages
13
Minutes
6
Difficulty
3 (Advanced high school collegiate or community chorus)
Language
English
Voicing
4 part mixed chorus
Divisi
No
Instruments
Piano
Sacred or Secular
Secular
Mood
Caring, warm; Relaxed, dreamy, introspective
Description

Wonderfully lyric from it’s opening line, with a piano accompaniment that could stand on it’s own as a solo piece. Soaring contrasts of overlapping melodies and homophonic movement that make the piece a neo-romantic delight.

Audio Credit
Live performance by the See-A-Dot Music Publishing Chorus - Fahad Siadat, Conductor. Rachel Fogarty, Pianist.