SSAATTBB Choir
SKU:
CA.966400
Composed by
Paul Ayres. Edited by
Stefan Schuck.
Contemporary Choir Music.
Deilig Er Den Himmel
Bla/Beautiful The.
Secular choral music.
Full score. Composed
2008. 16 pages. Carus
Verlag #CV 09.664/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.966400).
ISBN
9790007167691. Text
language:
Danish/German/English.
Text: Grundtvig, Nicolai
Frederick
Severin.
Ayres set
two verses from a
children's poem by the
Danish lyric poet and
theologian N.F.S.
Grundtvig (1783-1872). It
tells of the shining star
of Christmas. In
double-choir structure,
alternating between
female and male-voice
choir, Ayres depicts the
shining of the star
leading in a great
intensification to a
magnificent radiating
effect. The mainly
homophonic work remains
in a tonal A major
throughout, but contains
surprises with some
abrupt individual
modulations which require
secure intonation. It is
suitable for both Advent
concerts and for
Christmas or Epiphany
services. For ease of
performance the whole
piece contains a singable
German and English
translation.