Alone Thou Goest Forth

Description

* exquisite setting of a poem by Peter Abelard, taking the listener through Christ’s journey to Jerusalem

* harmonic color-shifts carry the text toward the climactic statement of resurrection life, followed by a gentle, reflective ending

* organ acts as a fifth voice, with lyric solo lines and lush harmonies

* “This is a tone poem reflecting this composer’s feelings about the text.”
–Michael McCabe