Choral (SSAATTBB choir)
SKU: HL.427582
Double SATB Choir
Unaccompanied.
Composed by Judith Weir.
Choral. Concert. Octavo.
16 pages. Duration 240
seconds. Chester Music
#CH88205. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.427582).
ISBN
9781705162620. UPC:
196288062790.
6.75x10.5x0.019
inches.
This
setting of Christina
Rossetti's poem
“Then Shall Ye
Shout†for
unaccompanied double
choir was commissioned by
Help Musicians UK for its
annual St Cecilia's
Festival service and
first performed by the
Choirs of St Paul's
Cathedral, Westminster
Abbey, and Westminster
Cathedral on 17 November
2021. Rossetti's text
describes singers biding
their time and staying
silent until the moment
they are able to come
together again and sing,
loudly and with passion.
The piece commemorates
the period in 2020 during
which musicians were
unable to perform due to
lockdowns caused by the
global pandemic.