The Swans
• written for Mixed Choir, Alto/Mezzo Soloist, and Piano; 4' 30"
• written for Mixed Choir, Alto/Mezzo Soloist, and Piano; 4' 30"
The Swans places two lovers onlooking a pair of swans together in a park at a night. This passionate setting of Sara Teasdale’s poem Swans places significant importance of text painting with jazz-inspired harmonies to illustrate the poetry’s light, gold, and shadows among other picturesque details. The work ends quietly and resolved as if to represent a relieved sigh as uncertainty in the world is replaced by love.
The Swans by Sara Teasdale is in the Public Domain.
Connor discussing The Swans with the Wagner College Choir and director, Thomas Juneau.
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Performances
Premiere: Wagner College Choir, James Lubrano (piano); soloist: Shawn Tellekamp
Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY, May 5, 2019, conducted by Thomas Juneau
Collaborating with the Wagner College Choir: Read Here!
Premiere: Wagner College Choir, James Lubrano (piano); soloist: Shawn Tellekamp
Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY, May 5, 2019, conducted by Thomas Juneau
Collaborating with the Wagner College Choir: Read Here!