Songs for the Earth for Chorus and Orchestra
Emma Lou Diemer
About this work:
Commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society. Will be premiered at Davies Hall in San Francisco in August, 2005. Six movements using poetry of Emily Dickinson, Omar Khayyam, Dorothy Diemer Hendry, Hildegard von Bingen, Mary Oliver. The poems are about nature and the environment.
Year composed: 2003
Duration: 00:18:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Standard Orchestra
Instrumentation: 1 SS, 1 AA, 1 TT, 1 BB