Publisher Desc.  Most unusual and highly effective! "The Transfiguration" by Nancy Wertsch is for SATB choir and organ, with some transitory solo lines and one baritone solo for the apostle Peter. The music is set like a dramatic scene, with elements of recitative, chant, opera aria, and sprechstimme. The organ provides descriptive commentary illustrating the text with various effects, building to full organ depicting the overwhelming light and presence of God. The narrative is presented mostly as a single line moving from one soloist to another, with some dramatic high notes and arresting intervals for the sopranos, and with the mostly unison choral part coming later in the piece. In addition to use as an anthem, it has been employed effectively presented as the scripture reading for Transfiguration Sunday.