The Mad Wind 
Chorus, Band and Orchestra | 3'

The Mad Wind is a concert work for combined chorus, band, and orchestra. Bring all of your ensembles together for this exciting concert closer! The Mad Wind contains fun metrical changes and lets the musicians make wind noises with their instruments and mouths. The piece was written on commission for the All Cape & Islands Music Festival (Massachusetts) and was premiered in January of 2020.

Below is a video of the reduced piano and choral score. There are also links to view the full score or to review and buy on J.W. Pepper.
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The Mad Wind
by Clark Ashton Smith

What hast thou seen, O wind,
Of beauty or of terror,
Surpassing, denied to us,
That with precipitate wings,
Mad and ecstatical,
Thou spurnest the hollows and trees
That offer thee refuge of peace,
And findest within the sky
No safety nor respite
From the memory of thy vision?

This text is in the public domain.