Timothy P. Cooper, Willa Cather
SATB and Piano
This setting of Willa Cather's poem begins with open, sustained harmonies and sparse textures meant to evoke the expansiveness of the prairie. The song journeys through a contrapuntal section that embodies the task of working the land, then radically shifts tonality and character with the mood-lifting introduction of "Youth." A truly powerful musical experience for both choir and audience awaits with "Prairie Spring."