Violin and Piano
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366552
Composed by Sadie
Harrison. Classical.
Score Only. University of
York Music Press
#MUSM570366552. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366552).
English.
Aurea
Luce was written at the
request of Madeleine
Mitchell and Geoff Poole
by way ofcelebrating my
50th birthday at a
concert in my home town
of Shaftesbury, Dorset.
The work is based on a
plainsong melody sung as
a hymn for the Feast of
St. Peter s Chair in
Rome, reflecting the
dedication of the church
in which the premiere
took place. I started
writing the work on
International Women s Day
2015 and it was
serendipitous that
thehymn s text is
ascribed very unusually
to a 5th century female
author, Elpis (reputedly
the first wife of the
philosopher Boethius).
The title translates as
..with golden light.. and
in context within the
verse it reads as: Aurea
luce et decore roseo,lux
lucis, omne perfudisti
seculum, decoran caelos
inclito martyrio hac
sacra die, quae dat reis
veniam (The Poissy
Antiphonal, fol. 412v)
(The beauteous light of
Eternity hath ooded with
blissful res this golden
day which crowns the
Prince of the Apostles,
and gives unto the guilty
a free way to heaven).
Duration: c. 9
minutes.
Pool
