Description
Allain, Richard: It sifts from leaden sieves
Ref
CN56
Categories
Choral Music
,
Choral Now
By
Richard Allain
SATB and harp or piano
Words by Emily Dickinson
Richard Allain’s music captures the unruffled mystery of a perfect snow-scene, imagined in words by reclusive New England poet Emily Dickinson. Conveying stillness in its rippling chords and delicate figuration, the harp (or piano) adds atmosphere and a most delicate background to the choir’s calm rendition of the poem, in five verses that compare the snow to alabaster wool, and to a crystal veil cast over ‘summer’s empty room’. Well known for his work in education as well as for his widely performed choral works, the composer here adds to the repertoire of winter music a fine score that will leave a haunting impression in any seasonal programme.
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