Baritone; Mezzo-Soprano;
Mixed Choir; Piano
Accompaniment; Soprano
(SATB with Piano)
SKU:
HL.48025302
Soloists (Soprano,
Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone),
Choir, and Piano
Reduction. Composed
by Karl Jenkins. BH Large
Choral. Choral,
Classical. Softcover. 144
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060140365. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025302).
UPC:
196288174806.
7.25x10.25x0.413
inches.
One World
deals with a fractured
world (populist
governments, plagues,
climate change, human
trafficking, disrespect
for basic humanrights,
terrorism, war) and
heralds a vision of a
peaceful and egalitarian
planet. The work is best
encapsulated by one of
the textsset:
“Tikkun
Olamâ€, Hebrew for
“repair the
worldâ€, a Jewish
concept of stewardship
over GodÂ’s creation.
Scored for soloists,
chorus and orchestra in
Jenkins's inimitable
style familiar from such
works as Adiemus: Songs
of Sanctuary, The Armed
Man: A Mass for Peace,
Requiem and The
Peacemakers. His vision
for One World takes
inspiration from diverse
texts including the
Bible, the Hindu Gayatri
Mantra, the poetry of the
English Romantic Percy
Bysshe Shelley,
African-American
abolitionist Frances
Harper (c1850) and
Lebanese-American writer
Kahlil Gibran. As in many
of Jenkins's works, Carol
Barratt contributes
impactful text and
adaptations. Recorded on
Decca by Lucy Crowe
soprano, Kathryn Rudge
mezzo-soprano, Roderick
Williams baritone, the
World Choir for Peace,
The Stay At Home Choir
and the World Orchestra
for Peace, conducted by
Karl Jenkins.