Choral (SSA Choir) -
Grade 3
SKU:
HL.14042891
SSA
and Organ. Composed
by James Whitbourn.
Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 12 pages. Chester
Music #CH81059. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14042891).
6.5x9.75x0.055
inches.
The
Twenty-Eight Times is a
Vocal piece composed by
British composer and
conductor James Whitbourn
. The Twenty-Eight Times
was commissioned by the
United Westminster
Schools and Grey Coat
Hospital Foundation to
commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of the
assassination of John F.
Kennedy, and performed in
Westminster Abbey on 25
October 2013 by the choir
of Queen Anne's school,
Caversham. This ancient
Hebrew text from
Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)
was a favourite of
President Kennedy and
formed partof the Eulogy
delivered at his funeral
service on 25 November
1963. He was assassinated
on 22 November 1963.
