“In a Garden” is a setting of the text by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933). The poem is in six paragraphs with four lines per paragraph. The form of the composition is A-A’-B-A”. The music begins with an introduction featuring quartal harmonies; the choir singing in octaves, then fifths, then sevenths. The main theme features a legato choral melody sung in thirds with octave doublings accompanied by flowing arpeggios in the piano, painting the calm Connecticut river. The end of each A section...

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