Mixed choir (SATB) and
organ - intermediate to
advanced
SKU:
HL.49017921
For
SATB choir and organ.
Composed by John Casken.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Choral. Choral score.
Composed 2008. 12 pages.
Duration 6'. Schott Music
#ED13285. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49017921).
ISBN
9790220131509. UPC:
884088567590.
8.25x11.75x0.062 inches.
English.
Composed
for the Alwinton and
Holystone Church Choir
near the composer's home
in Northumberland, John
Casken sets Christina
Rossetti's In the bleak
mid-winter - a poem
popularised by Gustav
Holts' setting of the
same name for SATB choir
and organ. A traditional
carol based on the
nativity it paints a
vivid picture of the
chill of winter and is
ideal for choirs wishing
to move away from the
well-known whilst
retaining an element of
tradition. Constantly
flowing organ lines
create a sense of unease
but this is uplifting
music with subtle
crescendos and powerful
homophonic writing for
the voices.