It Is Happiness (3 mvts)
Poet/Lyricist:
It Is Happiness, a choral suite for treble voices and chamber orchestra is a fresh and lively setting of iconic poems by one of America’s most significant and best-selling poets, Mary Oliver.
“… Oliver’s poetry has been a touchstone for understanding our world and ourselves. She described her work as loving the world. Her poems capture the human spirit and nature’s complexity with wonder and awe.”
(www.maryoliver.com/poetry/)
Joan Szymko is one of just a handful of composers ever granted permission to set Oliver’s poetry to music. A master of vibrant and illuminating text setting, Szymko is here at her best.
It Is Happiness, may be performed with full [fl,ob,cl,hrn,bsn,vn(2),vc,pno] or reduced [fl,vn,vc,pno] forces. JS-118.1 (Chorus with piano reduction) is to be used in rehearsal preparation for performance of either of the the available orchestrations.
Movement No.1 The Summer Day is available as a stand alone movement with piano and flute obbligato for SSA or SAB voicing.
Level:
Item | Voicing/Instrumentation | Duration | Price | Audio | View Score | Quantity |
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JS-118 (Conductor)licensed PDF | SSA, fl,ob,cl,hrn,bsn,vn(2),vc,pno | 20:00 | N/A | |||
JS-118R (Conductor)licensed PDF | SSA, fl,vn,vc,pno | 20:00 | $11.00 | |||
JS-118.1 (piano-vocal/rehearsal)licensed PDFChorus & Piano Reduction | SSA | $7.50 |
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JS-118RP (set parts)licensed pdf / Reduced Forces | fl,vn,vc,pno | $20.00 | ||||
JS-118 No.1 The Summer Dayaudio sample | N/A | https://joanszymko.com/sites/joanszymko.com/files/audio_samples/It%20Is%20Happiness_No.1%20The%20Summer%20Day.mp3 | ||||
JS-118 No.2 Sunriseaudio sample | N/A | https://joanszymko.com/sites/joanszymko.com/files/audio_samples/02%20It%20Is%20Happiness_No.2%20Sunrise.mp3 | ||||
JS-118 No.3 Wild Geeseaudio sample | N/A | https://joanszymko.com/sites/joanszymko.com/files/audio_samples/03%20It%20Is%20Happiness_No.3%20Wild%20Geese.mp3 |