SATB Chorus & Organ
SKU: SU.91480570
For SATB Chorus &
Organ. Composed by
Dan Locklair.
Vocal/Choral, Sacred
Choral. Accompanied by
organ. Choral Octavo.
Composed 2010. Duration
7'. Subito Music
Corporation #91480570.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.91480570).
Text:
Angier Brock.
SATB
Chorus, Organ Duration:
7' Text: Angier Brock
Composed: 2010 Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing YouTube: Ms.
Brock’s moving
poem is lyrical
throughout. Even in its
beautiful originality,
the poem invokes The Book
of Common Prayer and
biblical scripture (the
latter through references
to dust and breath from
Genesis 2 to the final
line of the poem invoking
the opening of Psalm 62).
Ms. Brock’s poetry
is also filled with
wonderful twists on
traditional texts (such
as in the creative and
reverse naming of the
Trinity in speaking of
Inventing Wind, Generous
Christ, and Luminous
God). Musically, the main
melodic material of the
piece is immediately
heard on a solo organ
color accompanied by
organ strings over a
recurring pedal pulse on
the pitch C. The chorus
soon enters with the
first stanza of the text.
As this stanza unfolds,
the harmony starts to
gradually change as the
pulsing pedal rhythm
begins to move upward by
step. An organ interlude,
reflective of the opening
introduction, soon
emerges (though now over
a C-sharp recurring pedal
pulse), and leads to a
similar choral setting as
found in stanza one. As
the poem’s second
stanza moves forward, it
eventually folds into the
more harmonically rich
stanza three. A fast,
dance-like section
evolves at Inventing
Wind, what a lively dance
your energy creates!
eventually bringing the
work to its climax point.
The spirit of dance soon
subsides and leads to a
quiet and gentle close on
the words …for you
alone my soul in silence
waits.
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