SATB choir, baritone
voice, orchestra
SKU:
FG.042-08289-8
Composed by Erik Valdemar
Bergman. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-08289-8).
ISBN
979-0-042-08289-8.
Aton, written in 1959 for
baritone soloist, choir,
speaker, speaking chorus
and orchestra, is based
on the ancient Egyptian
hymn to the Sun by the
pharaoh Akhenaton. Its
five movements pay homage
to the sun as one and
only god using Bergman's
unique and expressive
language, in which choir
and soloist alternate in
a continuing narrative.
The English version is
based on a a translation
from the original
hieroglyphs by Robert
Anderson.