Drums of Summer for Chorus and Winds
Composers:- Benson, Warren
Duration: 22
Description:
This composition for SATB chamber choir and wind ensemble takes text from four different writers for each of its movements: I. The Walden Pond Parade (Thoreau), II. Hermanitos (Torres), III. Dark Girl (Bontemps), IV. River-bed (Paz). Commissioned by the Meadows Wind Ensemble, Dallas Texas Jack Delaney, director. Premiered and recorded in 1997, and it received a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 1998.