Choir Secular For Upper
Voices and Piano or
Orchestra
SKU:
PE.EP73416A
For
High Voices and Piano (or
Orchestra). Composed
by James Burton. Arranged
by Art by Jackie Morris
and Robert Macfarlane.
Choral Works (Secular) -
Upper Voices. Edition
Peters. Book. 68 pages.
Duration 00:32:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP73416A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP73416A).
ISBN
9790577018577. 210 x 297
mm inches.
English.
The
Lost Words by
composer James Burton
takes its inspiration and
text from the
award-winning 'cultural
phenomenon' and book of
the same name by Robert
Macfarlane and Jackie
Morris: a book that was,
in turn, a creative
response to the removal
of everyday nature words
like acorn, newt and
otter from a new edition
of a widely used
children's dictionary.
Both the book and
Burton's 32-minute work,
which is written in 12
short movements for
upper-voice choir in up
to 3 voice parts (with
either orchestral or
piano accompaniment),
celebrates each lost word
with a beautiful poem or
'spell', magically
brought to life in
Burton's music. At its
heart, the work delivers
a powerful message about
the need to close the gap
between childhood and the
natural world. Burton's
piece was co-commissioned
by the Hallé Concerts
Society for the Hallé
Children's Choir and the
Boston Symphony
Orchestra. The piano
accompaniment version was
premiered at the
Tanglewood Festival in
2019 by the Boston
Symphony Children's
Choir, of which Burton is
founder and director. The
Hallé Children's Choir
will premiere the
orchestral version of the
full work in Manchester,
UK,
post-pandemic.
- Vocal
Score
- Co-commissi
on by Boston Symphony and
Hallé Concerts Society
for their respective
Children's
Choirs.
- Two
versions - with
orchestral or with piano
accompaniment. The vocal
score is the same for
both
versions.
- James
Burton is a composer but
also a conductor. He is
conductor of the
Tanglewood Festival
Chorus and choral
director of the Boston
Symphony.
- The
book The Lost Words,
exquisitely designed, has
won multiple awards and
is an international
best-seller. The vocal
score includes Jackie
Morris's beautiful
imagery in its cover
design.
Nat Burton
