Lull the Solemn Night (2011)
Lull the Solemn Night (2011)
Mixed Chorus (SATB) a cappella | 5 mins
setting of "Epiphany Carol" by Thomas Merton
Available from Schnitzel Music
Commissioned and first performed by San Francisco Choral Artists
Thomas Merton's poem conjures the scene around the Manger: quiet stillness, rustling winds and sheep's bells, close by and far off...
"Epiphany Carol" by Thomas Merton, from THE COLLECTED POEMS OF THOMAS MERTON, copyright ©1946, 1947 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
First performed by San Francisco Choral Artists, conducted by Magen Solomon, December 2011
