Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
***** Few American poems are as well-known as "The Road Not Taken," because it supersedes geography, culture, race or creed. It has a sort of "fanfare for the common person" - a challenge to individualism and stepping out on one's own, regardless of the odds. Frost connects to the human spirit in just a few stanzas, using the analogy of a fork in the road. Indeed, it is part of the "DNA" of nearly every person on the planet - the inner desire to feel empowered to create one's own destiny, to forge a "road not taken," and ultimately in doing so - to make a difference.
SSAA/Piano/Cello; (also SATB/Piano/Cello)
Carl Fischer CM 9750
Duration 5:30
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN was commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Charles Walvoord in appreciation of heroic M.D.'s. (Musical Doctors), and to honor the memory of their beautiful daughter, Kristi.
SSAA/Pno/Cello Carl Fischer, CM 9750
SATB/Pno/Cello - CM 9714
Recording made by the Sam Houston State University Treble Choir under the direction of Clay West; Samuel de Souza, piano; Daniel Saenz, cello.
Join the over 4,180 subscribers to Randall's channel, and see/hear the other 108 videos he has created. Several new works have just been recorded, including his new extended (six-movement) work, IN PARADISUM - released in the spring. (Go to zrstroope.com to listen and see a score.)
***** Few American poems are as well-known as "The Road Not Taken," because it supersedes geography, culture, race or creed. It has a sort of "fanfare for the common person" - a challenge to individualism and stepping out on one's own, regardless of the odds. Frost connects to the human spirit in just a few stanzas, using the analogy of a fork in the road. Indeed, it is part of the "DNA" of nearly every person on the planet - the inner desire to feel empowered to create one's own destiny, to forge a "road not taken," and ultimately in doing so - to make a difference.
SSAA/Piano/Cello; (also SATB/Piano/Cello)
Carl Fischer CM 9750
Duration 5:30
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN was commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Charles Walvoord in appreciation of heroic M.D.'s. (Musical Doctors), and to honor the memory of their beautiful daughter, Kristi.
SSAA/Pno/Cello Carl Fischer, CM 9750
SATB/Pno/Cello - CM 9714
Recording made by the Sam Houston State University Treble Choir under the direction of Clay West; Samuel de Souza, piano; Daniel Saenz, cello.
Join the over 4,180 subscribers to Randall's channel, and see/hear the other 108 videos he has created. Several new works have just been recorded, including his new extended (six-movement) work, IN PARADISUM - released in the spring. (Go to zrstroope.com to listen and see a score.)
![HODIE! [revised 14:00] Composed/Conducted by Z. RANDALL STROOPE](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_F_IUDtEuOE/mqdefault.jpg "HODIE! [revised 14:00] Composed/Conducted by Z. RANDALL STROOPE
***** Explosion of color and exciting sonorities - this work contains fanfare, bold sonorities, reflection, inclusion of a chorale by Philipp Nicolai, and an ending of absolute sonic fireworks. It is literally one of the most enjoyable works that I have ever composed. Even though the brass is a full contingent (8 players), I was quite careful to maintain vocal balance. (The recording was made with 28 voices, 8 brass, timp, perc (1), organ, and a childrens choir of about 12). The treble choir can be done by trebles in the SATB choir, or very effectively by children. This is a centerpiece of any program, and the brass can be utilized on a variety of other literature on the program!
HODIE! (revised) was built on an early version written in the 1990s, with a brand new first movement and the third largely new material and much more colorful!
Movement 1: Ring out, you crystal spheres, Bless at once our human ears... (1629), John Milton; (also trad. Latin)
Movement 2: Hodie Christus natus est (trad. Latin)
Movement 3: Alleluia, Hodie exultant justi, dicentes! (trad. Latin)
Wake, awake for night is flying,
All the watchers on the heights are crying:
Awake, Jerusalem, arise! (Philipp Nicolai (trans. Winkworth)
BRASS VERSION
SATB (with opt. treble choir on movement 3)
(opt. treble choir [unison] in 3rd mvt; can be done by the SA in the mixed chorus)
4 trumpets in C
2 tenor trombones
b-trombone
tuba
timpani
percussion (1): tambourine, crash cym, suspended cym, snare, glock & xylophone
organ
ORCHESTRA VERSION
SATB chorus
2 flutes
2 oboes
2 Bb clarinets
2 bassoons
4 horns
3 Bb trumpets
3 trombones
1 tuba
timpani
percussion
harp
strings
* SATB/brass/timp/perc/org (3 mvts) 1400
* also SATB/orchestra
* RECORDED by THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES [ZRS conducting], DFW Brass & Peggy Graff,
organist; Theresa Pritchard & voices from Vista Ridge Middle School
* Mark Foster (Hal Leonard 00367069)
Join the over 4,300 subscribers to Randalls channel, and see/hear the other 108 videos he has created. Several new works have just been recorded, including his new extended (six-movement) work, IN PARADISUM - released this spring.. (Go to zrstroope.com to listen and see a score.)")
