Category: COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY
Composer: Stephen Chatman
Arranger: NA
Publisher: ECS Publishing
Edition: 7.0488
Voicing: SATB
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Angela Broeker
University of St. Thomas 2009
R&R Chair College & University
A native of Faribault MN and current head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Stephen Chatman is known for his popular choral collections. This piece is from a set entitled “There is Sweet Music Here” for solo oboe and choir. Using Shelley’s well-known poem, he bookends a short homophonic middle with undulating sections using short motives and ample voice crossing. The resulting mass of sound is a picture-perfect expression of the text.
with Oboe