Text by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Emily Pauline Johnson, William Wilfred Campbell, Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman, and Gwyneth Walker
SATB Soli, SATB Chorus (divisi), and Piano or Orchestra
An extended work by noted composer, Gwyneth Walker. This seven-movement work explores the unique character of each of the lakes in the upper midwestern United States and central Canada, as well as the broader appeal of group song.
Contents:
1. Lyric
2. By Blue Ontario's Shore [A Vision of Democracy]
3. Erie Waters [the calm and the storm]
4. Lake Huron [Islands]
5. Songs from the Shore [Lake Michigan]
6. Lake Superior
7. As Birds in Flight