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
Olam”, Hebrew for
“repair the world”, a
Jewish concept of
stewardship over Gods
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.
