Heritage Music Press I Will Live (Stellae in Aeternum) - Sharpe - SATB

Composer: Bryan Sharpe
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SATB with piano accompaniment

This SATB divisi concert piece was inspired by those who leave us too soon and reminds us that they live on in our memories. The piece opens with a piano motif establishing the melodic material on which will be developed. Upon the entrance of the voices, a unison melody soon cascades into falling SSA harmonies and echoes. The piece picks up tempo with a rhythmic drive and a TB feature that expands into full choir before going into a developing section that introduces the Latin phrase "Stellae in Aeternum" meaning "Forever with the stars." A broad musical climax features numerous overlapping independent melodies previously featured before a dramatic final key change and a slow, soft ending.