Choral (SATTBB)
SKU:
HL.14032863
Contemporary Church
Music Series.
Composed by John Tavener.
Music Sales America. A
Cappella, Cantata,
Classical, General
Worship, Sacred. Choral
Score. Composed 1999. 12
pages. Chester Music
#CH55787. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14032863).
ISBN
9780711941540. UPC:
888680053079.
6.75x9.75x0.048
inches.
A work for
unaccompanied SATTBB
choir, constructed in the
form of a Byzantine
Canon. The work was
commissioned by James
Lancelot and the Choir of
Durham Cathedral who gave
the first performance on
the occasion of the
1300th anniversary of the
death of St. Cuthbert:
20th March,
1987.'Commissioned by
James Lancelot and the
Choir of Durham Cathedral
who gave its first
performance on the 20th
of March 1987, the 1300th
anniversary of St
Cuthbert's death.
Structurally modelled on
a Byzantine Canon, Ikon
of St Cuthbert, 'an ikon
of music and words in the
place of wood and paint,
seeks to recall, in its
stylized form, the
personal aura of
Cuthbert, Saint of
Lindisfarne'. The text is
again by Mother Thekla, a
contemplation on
Cuthbert's life from his
early piety and life as a
monk, acts of spiritual
healing, consecration as
a bishop and retreat into
solitude, to his death on
Farne and ultimate burial
in Durham. Imagery of
water runs throughout the
verses.
