“The Cloths of Heaven” © 2016 René Clausen
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Text: William Butler Yeats
Music: René Clausen
-Commissioned by the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale in celebration of its 30th anniversary-
-World Premiere 06-07 May 2016-
This video showcases a sensitive arrangement of an earnest William Butler Yeats text by René Clausen, performed in its World Premiere by the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale during its “Of Night and Light” concert on 07 May 2016 at College Church, Wheaton, IL. (See also the three related KZread video segments of René Clausen's talk on composition, given at the church before the performance.)
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Presentation © 2016 Mark H. Peterson.
(In this performance, I also sang tenor.)