SATB choir
SKU:
ST.CN16P
Composed by
Richard Bullen.
ChoralNow. This PRINTED
version is available to
purchase as a regular
sheet music title for
delivery by post. Octavo.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#CN16P. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.CN16P).
ISBN
9790220224737.
As
well as traditional
genres, Richard Bullen's
music embraces several
contemporary ones
including video and
electronics, and shows a
keen interest in location
both in its formal
possibilities and in its
genius loci - its spirit
of place. A five-minute
stand-alone piece for
SATB chorus, The Seven
Arches was written for a
site-specific project at
the Dartington
International Summer
School: an invocation of
the rich cultural and
mythic past of the
celebrated gardens. In
poet Steve Willey's
multi-layered text the
remaining seven arches of
the medieval courtyard
become metaphors for this
continuing presence. Bold
arched melodies springing
from resilient,
purposeful chords
likewise animate the
music, a sonic tableau of
the sites / sights and
sounds of history. Click
video tab for the
premiere performance
conducted by David Lardi
with the Finchley Chamber
Choir, and view the full
text as presented in
Willey's intriguing
original visual
conception of his poem
about Dartington
Hall.
