Sky (song for voice and piano)
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Sky is a setting of Yorkshire poet Ian Emberson's poem of the same name. It comes from his collection entitled Swallows Return. The setting has been very popular with singers since its publication in 1995. It is of moderate difficulty and reaches a top A in compass, as seen in the example below. Compass is C3 to A4 and it is about 2 mins. 40 in duration.

 

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