Children's choir, SATB
choir, piano
accompaniment -
Intermediate
SKU:
MN.56-0042
Composed
by Howard Goodall. 21st
Century. Octavo.
MorningStar Music
Publishers #56-0042.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.56-0042).
UPC:
688670220470.
English.
Commission
ed by The Voices
Foundation in
commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the ending
of World War II, this
most somber and dramatic
piece uses texts from
David Geraint Jones and
William Shakespeare to
chronicle the
recollections and
reflections of a soldier,
which are not for the
faint of heart. Thinking
back on a more carefree
past, the
ââ¬Åspeakerâ
â¬Â assures his
love that the future will
again hold quiet and
wonder. However, the
price to be paid in
between the past and the
future is in blood and
death. The soldier
predicts poppies swaying
over him as he lies freed
of pain, yes, but also of
passion. And he
concludes,
ââ¬ÅYour peace
is bought with mine, if
but the echo of your
laughter reaches me in
hell.ââ¬Â.
