SATB choir divisi and
piano or brass quintet -
Late Intermediate
SKU:
MN.56-0017
Composed
by Howard Goodall. 21st
Century. Choral score.
MorningStar Music
Publishers #56-0017.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.56-0017).
UPC:
688670220180. English,
German.
Setting
both English and German
texts, Sure of the Sky,
Sure of the Sun
ââ¬â Des
Himmels sicher, der Sonne
sicher is a haunting and
moving reflection on the
futility of war.ÃÂ
The 5-minute piece for
SATB choir and brass was
premiered at one of the
UKââ¬â¢s three
main World War I
centenary commemoration
events on August 4, 2014.
It was launched by the
London Symphony Chorus,
Schleswig-Holstein
Festival Chor and
Coldstream Guards, at a
twilight event attended
by the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, Prince
Harry, and a number of
world leaders, all
gathered together in the
tiny woodland cemetery of
St Symphorien near Mons,
Belgium ââ¬â
the resting place for the
first and last British,
and the last
Commonwealth, soldiers to
die on the Western
Front.
The texts
are ââ¬ÅMay,
1915ââ¬Â by
Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)
and ââ¬ÅTo a
Missing
Friendââ¬Â by
Goldfeld, a German Jewish
soldier killed in action,
the poem was discovered
by Jewish military
historian, Peter C
Appelbaum. Duration:
5:00
Instrumental
Parts include: B-flat
Cornet, B-flat
Flugelhorn, E-flat Tenor
Horn/French Horn in F,
Euphonium,
TubaÃÂ .