For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Contemporary; Secular.
Part(s). 32 pages.
Edition Peters
#98-EP73535C. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP73535C).
ISBN
9790577022840. Words by
Vikram Seth.
Earth
and Sky was commissioned
by the BBC for the Proms
2000 season. In keeping
with the millennial
theme, a work presenting
a vision of the future
was requested. Trying to
be helpful, the BBC
provided me with the
predictions of various
pundits, but their ideas
seemed dizzyingly
contradictory. Then the
simple thought struck me
that however varied and
complex the answers, the
big questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's me? As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music---these were the
ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun---the text's
juxtaposition of the
certainty of death with
the search for purpose in
life achieves great
poignancy when sung by
young voices. (Alec
Roth)
This product
is Printed on Demand and
may take several weeks to
fulfill.
For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Contemporary; Secular.
Score. 28 pages. Edition
Peters #98-EP73535.
Published by Edition
Peters (PE.EP73535).
ISBN 9790577022581.
Words by Vikram
Seth.
Earth and Sky
was commissioned by the
BBC for the Proms 2000
season. In keeping with
the millennial theme, a
work presenting a vision
of the future was
requested. Trying to be
helpful, the BBC provided
me with the predictions
of various pundits, but
their ideas seemed
dizzyingly contradictory.
Then the simple thought
struck me that however
varied and complex the
answers, the big
questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's me? As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music---these were the
ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun---the text's
juxtaposition of the
certainty of death with
the search for purpose in
life achieves great
poignancy when sung by
young voices. (Alec
Roth)
This product
is Printed on Demand and
may take several weeks to
fulfill.
For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo. Secular. Choral
Octavo. 20 pages. Edition
Peters #98-EP73535A.
Published by Edition
Peters (PE.EP73535A).
ISBN 9790577022598.
Words by Vikram
Seth.
Earth and Sky
was commissioned by the
BBC for the Proms 2000
season. In keeping with
the millennial theme, a
work presenting a vision
of the future was
requested. Trying to be
helpful, the BBC provided
me with the predictions
of various pundits, but
their ideas seemed
dizzyingly contradictory.
Then the simple thought
struck me that however
varied and complex the
answers, the big
questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's
me?
As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music — these were
the ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun — the
text's juxtaposition of
the certainty of death
with the search for
purpose in life achieves
great poignancy when sung
by young
voices.
Choral; Organ Accompaniment (Choral Score) SKU: HL.49046475 Mixed Choi...(+)
Choral; Organ
Accompaniment (Choral
Score)
SKU:
HL.49046475
Mixed
Choir and Organ Choral
Score. Composed by
Peteris Vasks. Choral.
Classical. Octavo. 12
pages. Duration 360
seconds. Schott Music
#C59592. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046475).
ISBN
9781705102701. UPC:
842819108702.
7.5x10.75x0.05
inches.
Mother
Teresa liked to surprise
people she met by giving
them a small card printed
with five concise
sentences instead of a
calling card. The brief
text on the card
beginning with the line
“The fruit of
silence is prayerâ€
was a summary of her
vision of devout,
peace-promoting
philanthropy in poetical
form. In 2013, I created
a musical setting of
Mother Teresa's
“Prayer of
Peace†which was
commissioned by the
Schleswig-Holstein Music
Festival for mixed choir
a cappella (C 55851) in
the form of a densely
woven elegiac sound
stream. Slightly later, I
extended the work to
produce a version with
piano (C 56345) which in
turn became the basis for
a setting scored for
mixed choir with string
orchestra which was first
performed in Riga in
October 2014. In 2015,
the versions for piano
quintet (ED 22450) and
string quartet (ED 22723)
also permitted my musical
setting of Mother
Teresa's words to be
performed without choir
in two traditional genres
of chamber music. The
current published version
for mixed choir and organ
extends the work series
through a further
conventional scoring.
Choir Sacred Childrens Choir & Piano Reduction SKU: PE.EP72785A For Ch...(+)
Choir Sacred Childrens
Choir & Piano Reduction
SKU: PE.EP72785A
For Children's Voices
and Orchestra.
Composed by Jonathan
Dove. Choral Works (inc.
Oratorios). Edition
Peters. Book. 92 pages.
Duration 00:45:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP72785A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP72785A).
ISBN
9790577011349. 210 x
297mm inches.
English.
From
the composer:
How
did it all begin? And
what happened
next?
I found
myself pondering these
questions in an art
gallery in Bremen, in a
James Turrell
installation that carved
through three storeys of
the gallery.
Looking down from the top
floor through great
circles of
colour-changing light to
the distant sparkling
points in a dark ellipse
on the ground floor, I
felt that I was looking
back in time to the
origins of the universe
– and I started to
hear children’s
voices in my mind’s
ear, accompanied by
twinkling metal
percussion.
Haydn&rs
quo;s Creation&n
bsp;immediately
comes to mind as a
precedent, but that is a
setting and elaboration
of the Book of
Genesis. I thought
we should tell the modern
version of our story, and
be as scientifically
accurate as
possible.