SKU: HL.14043068
6.75x9.75x0.105 inches.
The Song Sung True was expertly composed by Judith Weir . The piece was commissioned by Lawyers' Music, in memory of Helen M. Sibthorp , singer and promenader. The first performance of The Song Sung True was on the 4th December 2013, at St Lawrence Jewry, London, performed by London Lawyers' Chorus and conducted by Christopher Oakley. Judith Weir is a British composer, best known for her Operas and Theatrical works, although she has also achieved international recognition for her Orchestral and Chamber works. Weir 's music is often created from ideas from medieval history, as well as the traditional stories and music of her native Scotland.
SKU: HL.14016787
UPC: 884088815271. 12.0x16.5x0.144 inches.
Within much of her work,Judith Weir has tried to portray the sky, stars and planets in her music and the Moon and Star follows the same path. This work based on poetry by Emily Dickinson uses the text to act as a philisophical motto to the music itself, choral voices are used a source of textual richness and produce wide, harmonic paragraphs. The orchestra is used to display musical height and distance with a mix of triple woodwind, 4 trumpets and high violins. The composition is 15 minutes long. Work for SSAATTBB Choir and Orchestra. Commissioned by the BBC Promenade Concerts, and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers in August 1995.
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