Video Information

• Choir: The Girl Choir of South Florida
• Piece: There Is a Garden
• Composer:  Leonard Bernstein
• Conductor:  Wallis Peterson
• Voices:  Unison
• Genres: Contemporary
• "There Is a Garden" from the musical "Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein.
  
  Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of Sout...  more"There Is a Garden" from the musical "Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein.
  
  Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.
  
  Leonard Bernstein was on his honeymoon in 1951 when he began composing his one-act opera "Trouble in Tahiti", a candid portrait of the troubled marriage of a young suburban couple. This aria is sung by Dinah during Scene 3 where, in her analyst's office, she is seeking counseling - unbeknownst to her husband Sam - in an attempt to repair their deteriorating marriage. Dinah recalls a dream of an untended garden choked with weeds. In the dream she hears a voice calling to her describing a beautiful garden, a place of love and harmony, which she tries desperately to find. Her dream ends before she can find it.  less