Autumn from "Madrigals for the Seasons" is currently unavailable

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SATB choir unaccompanied - Advanced SKU: EC.8893 Composed by David Conte. Octavo. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #8893. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8893). UPC: 600313488931. English.“Madrigals for the Seasons” was composed especially for Cappella SF, Ragnar Bohlin, conductor. John Clare’s poem “Autumn” conjures up vivid images of this season: the fading of summer flowers, the colors of the leaves, the browning of the fields. Clare personifies the leaves, who talk to us and offer us a lesson about death: “The same sad fate approaches you.” The musical setting is an expressive Larghetto in the minor mode. The piece ends with a surprising harmonic twist that I hope expresses both the opening of oneself to the acceptance of death, and to the peace that it offers.