Sarah Quartel
Be like the bird
for SA and piano
Sarah Quartel
Be like the bird
for SA and piano
- Instrumentation Women's Choir (SA) and Piano
- Composer Sarah Quartel
- Series Songbird
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Piano Score
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Order no. 9780193565890
Description:
Commissioned by the English Montreal School Board Chorale for its 40th anniversary, Be like the bird sets an English translation of a text by Victor Hugo. Quartel uses lyrical melodies and rising sequences that reflect the uplifting message of the words, supported by a glittering piano accompaniment. A passage from the original French text is set to the same melody, before interweaving with the English text as a countermelody.