About the piece

“Ever-flower, hundred-petalled,
fuchia of all valor,
flower never sown in earth
we call the fire-flower:

This red flower they give
on St. John’s, the solstice eve.”

A setting of Gabriela Mistral’s poem of the same title, for intermediate level treble chorus. The poem describes gathering and dancing around a bonfire. The music creates a trance, building until it dissolves into a round.

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Ronda del Fuego

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Instrumentation

SSAA Chorus

Duration

3 minutes

year written

2016

commissioned by

Ensemble Mångata

Sheet Music Format

PDF, 8.5 x 11"

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