Tin, Christopher - Wild Swans

Series	Boosey & Hawkes Concert Music for Concert Choir
Pages	16
Publication Date	22 December 2022
Grade of Difficulty	advanced
ISBN	9781705183069 (1705183069)
ISMN	9790051486038 (M051486038)
UPC	196288113027

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Wild Swans, a setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, ends the first half of The Lost Birds. Told from the point of view of the poet, it starts with the sound of bird cries: gradually approaching from a distance, until they pass overhead, triggering feelings of longing. After an instrumental interlude, and the narrator's impassioned declaration of freedom, the song ends as it started--with the cries of wild swans receding into the distance, foreshadowing their demise.