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Commissioned by Anne Tomlinson and the Los Angeles Children's Chorus (and heard on their website), this virtuoso piece is rhythmic and driving in its search for peace. Chosen by Paul Salamunovich for his series on Alliance. (Watch the YouTube video.)
One of Emily Dickinson's darkest, this poem manages to describe the experience of an utterly hopeless (and clinically depressed) person with stunning clarity. The intense music strives to match word and meaning.
A virtual lullaby (marked "Tender, with quiet joy"), this setting of the Gregorian chant Introit for Christmas Day is strophic in the style of a carol, complemented by celesta, which ends the piece with an echo of the original chant.
Gibson's third Emily Dickinson setting, completing a triptych with He Fumbles At Your Spirit and It Was Not Death. Commissioned and premiered by Matt Gray and the De Angelis Vocal Ensemble (Orange County, California).
Organist Audrey Jacobsen commissioned this work, whose quiet reflective nature was designed to provide contrast between two large virtuoso pieces.
Winner in the 2005 American Composers Forum/VocalEssence Christmas Carol Competition, this buoyantly rhythmic setting uses an early Christmas text (in English with Latin refrain), and was premiered by Philip Brunelle and VocalEssence.
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