” ‘Tis the gift to be simple…”

Embedded within his extraordinarily intricate and complex masterpiece Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copeland sensitively inserted the melody of the Shaker hymn, Tis the Gift to be Simple. The effect is striking.

Here, five rusted steel box-like contemporary structures form a nest from which rise notes that ascend as if unencumbered to the heavens.  For me, a reminder to remain focused both in work and life.

“Tis the Gift to be Simple”