It is a Beauteous Evening

For TTBB Chorus, Tenor soloist, and piano (2011), by Ethan Wickman

(live)

Duration: 7 minutes

Program note:

Based on the eponymous poem by William Wordsworth, the work explores the juxtaposition of innocent childhood, unaware of the grandeur of nature, with the aging parent made desperate by the inevitability of mortality and the fleeting nature of time.

Concert Premiere: February 26, 2010 by the UW-Eau Claire Singing Statesmen.