Blessed Be the Flower That Triumphs (Orchestral Version) - Choral Part is currently unavailable

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Mixed Chorus (SATB chorus and orchestra: 2 horns, harp, strings) - Moderate SKU: SF.SEA-078-02 Composed by Elizabeth Alexander. Collegiate Repertoire, Community Chorus, Concert Music, Church Choir-Anthem. Seasonal-Spring, Sacred-Seasonal-Thanksgiving, Choral, Worship & Praise. Choral part. With Text language: English. Duration 8 minutes. Published by Seafarer Press (SF.SEA-078-02). Text by Michael deVernon Boblett, adapted.A warm and richly contrapuntal meditation on the true meaning of resurrection: that which returns and prevails despite persecution or death. This homage to a small but tenacious wildflower offers a dialogue between the grand and the humble, the temporal and the enduring. Available as a 5-minute a cappella piece, or as an 8-minute work for chorus and orchestra. Winner of the Athena Festival Almquist Award. (Programming Note: The orchestral instrumentation is identical to that of John Rutter's Faure Requiem, with the addition of a violin section and omission of the organ.)Commissioned by Bethlehem Music Series; Maria Bucka artistic director (Minneapolis, MN) Winner: Athena Festival Almquist Award (a cappella version)Programming Note: The orchestral instrumentation is identical to that of John Rutter's Faure Requiem, with the addition of a violin section and omission of the organ.