Like Barley Bending for SATB Chorus & Piano [5 minutes]
Performed by the Studio Singers at the Ruth Todd Concert Hall in Long Beach, California.
Text by Sara Teasdale
Instrumentation: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, & Bass Voices with Piano
Year Composed: 2012
Text:
Like barley bending / In low fields by the sea, / Singing in hard wind / Ceaselessly;
Like barley bending / And rising again, / So would I, unbroken / Rise from pain;
So would I softly, / Day long, night long, / Change my sorrow / Into song.
Sara Teasdale