Crossing the Bar - Tennyson: Memorial choral work by Donald McCullough

To purchase the mp3, or sheet music for SATB Choir, or for Solo Voice (High, Med, Low) go to: ABOUT THE POEM: I wrote this choral setting of Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Crossing the Bar“ in loving memory of my dear friend Jean M. Riddell. This poem is such a beautiful expression of a peaceful acceptance of death. The “bar“ in the poem is a sand bar which represents the boundary between life and death. When the sea passes over the bar at low tide it makes a moaning sound. Tennyson, however, hopes that the tide will be too full so that there will be no “moaning of the bar“ (i.e., no weeping or sadness) when he crosses the bar, where he hopes to see his Pilot (God) face to face. Visit Sung by members of the Master Chorale of Washington (DC)