Composition Spotlight -Sleep, Grandmother, Sleep

 

COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig

 

(The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors.   Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works.  Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter.   The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear)

 

Silver Platter Award Winner:

Sleep, Grandmother, Sleep by Brian Holmes SATB and piano (Click here for PDF and here for AUDIO)

 

Level: High School or Higher

Uses: General Concert, Winter Concert

Program Themes:  Winter, Aging, Memories, Grandmothers

This Piece Would Program Well With:  The Future of Life by Pamela J. Marshall available in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet

 

For any of us of a certain age who remember fondly grandmothers of another time,  we had better have a box of tissues ready.   Brian Holmes sets this memorable poem beautifully for SATB and occasional soloist.  The piano rocks and creeks with an old familiarity while the poet reveals visions of the afterlife.   

 

Sleep, Grandmother, Sleep is available from the composer: