A Garden of Roses by Cary Boyce

A Garden of Roses – for SATB chorus and string quartet

ca. 40 mins.

Program Note:

A Garden of Roses, a ­­­­­­cycle for chorus and string quartet, centers on American and English poems on the theme of roses.  These flowers have served as symbols of the human condition—from life and love to sorrow and death.  The work is available for chorus and string quartet (12 mvmts.), quartet alone (six qt. mvmts.), or a piano/vocal score (six choral mvmts.) that will also work with the choral/quartet version. A Garden of Roses was commissioned and premiered in partnership with the Spokane Kantorei Choir and the Spokane String Quartet, led by conductor Timothy Westerhaus.

The choral and the string movements can be performed separately as suites of six movements each.

Read the  REVIEW of the premiere

mvmt 3 – “Gypsy Rose” (string quartet):

mvmt 6 – “One Perfect Rose” (choir & string quartet):

mvmt 8 – “Flowers” (choir & string quartet):

mvmt 7 – “A Tango of Roses” (string quartet):

mvmt 12 – A Rose by Any Other Name (choir and string quartet):

Spokane Kantorei, Tim Westerhaus conducting, Live Concert February 2020

Available scores and versions for download:

Complete performance packet of the original suite (12 movements, ca. 40 mins) – including Conductor Score, Piano-Vocal score and complete String Quartet parts

$180 for unlimited prints per ensemble/purchaser

Conductor’s score – Including the complete original suite of movements for chorus and  string quartet (12 movements):

$85

Perusal Conductor’s Score: $5

Piano vocal score –  To be used as a choral suite for performance of only the choral movements with piano reduction (6 movements, ca. 20 mins).

$100 for unlimited number of prints per ensemble

String quartet score and parts –  Reference study score and string quartet parts, to be used for performance of the suite of string quartet movements without choir (6 movements, ca. 20 mins.

$65 for unlimited prints per ensemble

To order any of these scores, please write to aquavanewmusic@gmail.com and place in the subject line:

A Garden of Roses [specify version or score type]

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