Paul Carey’s Full Fathom Five is an Emotional, Direct, and Exciting Setting of the Famous Shakespearean Text

Paul Carey’s Full Fathom Five available in both SATB and SSA versions, is This score is a delicate, ethereal interpretation of the famous text from Shakespeare’s Tempest.

 

The richly-colored piano part employs the entire range of the keyboard in order to represent the depth of the ocean, as well as its rolling waves, while the voices intone Ariel’s strange text, alternating between hushed moments and dramatic climaxes.  

 

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