You Spotted Snakes - Matthew Harris - Harmonium Choral Society

Magic and Mysteries, June 2016 Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack Harmonium Choral Society Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, New Jersey Composer Matthew Harris lives in New York City, where he works as a musicologist. He studied at The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory and Harvard University, and has received numerous grants and awards. His six books of Shakespeare Songs are justifiably popular with choruses. Harmonium has performed them in various concerts, as well as his major cantata Oceanic Eyes, and commissioned and premiered his major Christmas oratorio, A Child's Christmas in Wales, in 2002. Matthew also serves as a judge for our High School Composition Contest. Matthew provides the following notes on 'You Spotted Snakes.' Shakespeare Songs are my musical settings of the lyrics to songs in Shakespeare's plays. The cycle comprises fourteen songs, divided into four books. Book III was completed in 1992, and premiered by the New Amsterdam Singers (Clara Longstreth, director) in March 1993. You Spotted Snakes has slippery chromaticism (in mock 1940s close harmony style) to describe all the creepy things to be kept away. Program Notes: http://www.harmonium.org/s/2016-magic-and-mysteries.pdf Follow us on socials! http://www.harmonium.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarmoniumChoral/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmoniumchoral/ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/harmonium-choral-society/1024724599 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xGCh3YMddh21wbUdLJNxO Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22harmonium+choral+society%22 iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/artist/harmonium-choral-society-35096911/