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SKU: A0.1026724
Composed by Jesse Holan. Baroque,Folk,Gospel,Renaissance,Spiritual. Octavo. 11 pages. Jesse Holan Enterprises #6359517. Published by Jesse Holan Enterprises (A0.1026724).Maya Angelou's work inspires me, so I set her poem "Caged Bird" to music with divisi SATB choir and English horn, which represent the cage and the bird, respectively. The longing call of the solo reed instrument tries to escape the clutch of the choir narrating its predicament with voice. It was nice not having to write my own text, but I did choose this poem intentionally at the dawn of the Covid-19 pandemic. My aim was to embody the hollow feeling of living in a society that offers freedom with one hand but firmly directs people with the other.
The PDF download includes the score followed by the English Horn part. The piano reduction, not audible in the recording, is nice for rehearsal but optional for the performance.
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