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Light in Spring Poplars
year
1987
duration
5 minutes
instrumentation
Mixed chorus, soprano solo, viola solo, and piano
text
Stephen Sandy
commission
Bennington College,on the occassion of the inauguration of Elizabeth Coleman as President.
première
October 11, 1987. Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. Bennington College Chorus, Janet Gillespie, soprano, Jacob Glick, viola, with Randall Neale conducting
program notes
The chorus is frequently supported by the piano, making the music accessible for a student chorus. The soprano and viola soloists add more challenging lines that are interlaced throughtout the piece.
–Heidi Von Gunden, The Music of Vivian Fine, Scarecrow Press, 1999