One Sweet Morning

(

2005

)

For SSAA chorus
Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

Details

Category

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

instrumentation

SSAA Chorus (a capella)

duration

5 minutes

commissioned by

premiered

the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Francisco J. Nuñez, Ethical Culture Society; New York City (April 29, 2006)

Program note

This is my first work for a youth chorus. In searching for a text, I came across E. Y. (Yip) Harburg's Rhymes for the Irreverent: two small volumes of poems by the lyricist of the film "The Wizard of Oz," the musical Brigadoon, and many other timeless works. Harburg was a very political poet. He was most often very funny, but occasionally wrote poems of transcendental beauty like "One Sweet Morning." This anti-war poem looks forward to "one sweet morning" when, "out of the flags and the bones buried under the clover," "spring will bloom"..."peace will come." It is an exalted prayer for the future, and, when sung by young people who are the future, has special meaning.

– John Corigliano

Recordings

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