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Listen to a RealAudio (G2) stream of a performance of this work (solo voice version) by Holly Outwin-Tepe, soprano and Catharine Dornin, piano.
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Listen to a RealAudio (G2) stream of a performance of this work (SATB chorus version) by the Sonoma Valley High School Madrigals, Barbara McElroy, conductor.
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Download a PDF file of the score (solo voice and piano) of this composition. This file of excerpted sample pages is for perusal only and is not printable. To hear MP3 files of the complete songs, see the above links.
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As a Branch in May was composed in 1983 as a wedding gift for Evan Williams and Greig Shearer. The lyrics express the abiding strength of love over the changing seasons of the year, over the passage of a lifetime.
The original version of this song was scored for Soprano and Organ. Subsequent versions include SATB Chorus and Piano [ECS #4888], Medium Voice and Guitar [ECS #4309], Solo Voice (or Children's Choir) and Piano [available from the composer] and a duet for two Treble Voices and Piano [available from the composer].
Notes by the composer