The Rosetree
By: Kristen Halstead
SATB a cappella
Text: Anonymous, A Traditional Catalan Carol from the 18th Century.
Premiere: William Jewell College Choir Choral Ensemble, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

The Rosetree

Mirabile Mysterium
By: Kristen Halstead
SSAATTBB a cappella
Text: Latin
Premiere: Meistersingers conducted by Brian Dehn, Orange County, California, USA

Mirabile Mysterium

No Despair
By: Kristen Halstead
SATB a cappella
Text: Sympathy, by Emily Jane Bronte
Premiere: Southwest Missouri State University Chamber Choir, Springfield, Missouri, USA




Sympathy
Published in the 1846 collection Poems By Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell under Emily's nom de plume 'Ellis Bell'.



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There should be no despair for you
While nightly stars are burning;
While evening pours its silent dew,
And sunshine gilds the morning.
There should be no despair--though tears
May flow down like a river:
Are not the best beloved of years
Around your heart for ever?

They weep, you weep, it must be so;
Winds sigh as you are sighing,
And winter sheds its grief in snow
Where Autumn's leaves are lying:
Yet, these revive, and from their fate
Your fate cannot be parted:
Then, journey on, if not elate,
Still, NEVER broken-hearted!

No Despair

In Monte Oliveti
SSAATTBB a cappella
Text: Latin
Premiere: Winner of ACDA Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Contest. Kansas University Concert Choir, led by Dr. Paul Tucker, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

In monte Oliveti ad patrem oravit: 
Pater si fieri potest transeat a me calix iste. 
Spiritus quidem promptus est caro autem infirma. 
Fiat voluntas tua. 

On the Mount of Olives he prayed to his Father: 
“Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 
Let your will be done. 

In Monte Oliveti

Oh, my love
By: Kristen Halstead
SATB a cappella
Text: Robert Burns
Premiere: William Jewell College Concert Choir, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

A Red, Red Rose
BY ROBERT BURNS
O my Luve is like a red, red rose
   That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
   That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
   So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
   Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
   And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
   While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
   And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
   Though it were ten thousand mile.

Oh, My Love

Journey at Dawn
String Trio (violin, viola, cello)
Premiered by String Trio of Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA


Journey At Dawn

From "Clara," Clara Wieck confronts her father - this is their last chance to reconcile over Clara's marriage to Robert Schumann before the matter goes to trial. Clara's father will not relent, however.

Just Say the Word

From my new musical work, Clara. This is Clara's big ballad when the world is collapsing around her and Robert Schumann.

Longing

By This Lantern Light with vocals, draft

I am a composer of choral music, based in the United Kingdom. 

Kristen Halstead

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