Title: The Bell, a cantata op. 172

Date: 2021

Text: based on various texts by R. W. Emerson

Commissioned: By First Church Boston honoring 20 years of service by Senior Minister, Stephen Kendrick

Instrumentation: soprano solo, SATB chorus, violin, flute, cello, harpsichord, and hand bell

Duration: about 10 minutes

First performance: fall of 2021 TBA

program note: The work is in 4 sections: I. Recitative and Chorus; II. Recitative 2; III. Aria (soprano); IV. Chorus