First and Fairest

Virginia Hart Pike, Kamel Boutros, Awet Andemicael

First and Fairest is a song cycle written for all-women's choir and soprano soloist. It was written for Skylight Dance Theatre and first performed at the Salvation Army's Theater 315 in Times Square, NYC in 2007. The piece is a setting of six poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning which together tell a story of a woman's journey from heartbreak to

First and Fairest is a song cycle written for all-women's choir and soprano soloist. It was written for Skylight Dance Theatre and first performed at the Salvation Army's Theater 315 in Times Square, NYC in 2007. The piece is a setting of six poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning which together tell a story of a woman's journey from heartbreak to healing. The sheet music is available for purchase by contacting me through the contact page, from which you'll receive an invoice with the price according to the size of your choir. It is recommended for a minimum of a 16-voice SSAA choir. The instrumentation is for piano, cello and violin.

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