Crossing the Bar
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About This Piece
A poignant work featuring lush yet accessible harmonies and intuitive writing! This setting captures the reflective and hopeful tone of Tennyson’s poem, offering a moving musical journey from twilight to the crossing of the bar.
Details
- Voicing
- SATB
- Composer
- Aaron Gage
- Duration
- 3:10
Aaron is a composer of both classical and contemporary music. He has been commissioned and performed by groups such as the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Montgomery County Youth Chorus, the Youth Chorus of Kansas City, the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra, the Metro Voices of the Alexandria Harmonizers, the Albuquerque Concert Band, and many others. He holds a Master's degree in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor's degree in Music Composition from Berklee College of Music. He is currently a high school General Music teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Aaron's music is published with Endeavor and Walton Publishing.
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Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have cross'd the bar. by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)