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Jens Ibsen · A Portrait in Greys
Premiered by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, March 19th, 2022 Text: Will it never be possibleto separate you from your greyness?Must you be always sinking backwardinto your grey-brown landscapes—and treesalways in the distance, always against a grey sky? Must I be alwaysmoving counter to you? Is there no placewhere we can be at peace tog... Read More
Premiered by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, March 19th, 2022 Text: Will it never be possibleto separate you f... Read More

Trace the Sky (2020) 22:00

for SATB Choir and Soli

Trace the Sky is about one of my life’s most enduring loves: birding. When I was a kid, I would voraciously sift through field guides as if they were novels, constantly studying the pages in an attempt to soak up all the information my eager mind could. My interest would wane somewhat with age, but in the last few years I have rekindled my passion for birdi... Read More
Trace the Sky is about one of my life’s most enduring loves: birding. When I was a kid, I would voraciously sift through... Read More

How god comes to the soul (2014) 5:30

for SSAATTBB choir + SA soli

Premiered April 7th, 2017 by members of the Pepperdine Chamber Choir, conducted by Jens Ibsen Performed December 9th, 2020 by the NEC Chamber Singers, conducted by Erica J. Washburn I come to my beloved as the dew upon the flowers. Welcome, my precious dove. You have flown so keenly over the earth that your feathers reach to heaven. Mechthild vo... Read More
Premiered April 7th, 2017 by members of the Pepperdine Chamber Choir, conducted by Jens Ibsen Performed December 9th, 2... Read More