SATB chorus a cappella -
Grade 3
SKU:
CA.927200
Composed by
Karin Rehnqvist. Carus
digital: Extra digital
products. Full Score.
Duration 2 minutes. Carus
Verlag #927200. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.927200).
ISBN
9790007302030.
English.
A short
and accessible work that
nevertheless captures an
entire cosmos of ideas
and elements of
contemporary vocal
music!The
internationally renowned
Swedish composer and
conductor Karin Rehnqvist
undertook some research
before beginning work on
her composition Universe.
Wanting to know how many
stars and galaxies are in
our universe, she came
across estimates by
renowned astronomers: 200
billion trillion stars
and 2 trillion galaxies.
Such dizzying numbers are
simply beyond our human
comprehension.
Universe begins with
a swelling opening chord,
which directs our gaze
into the sky. Then
Rehnqvist portrays this
dizzy sense of awe by
means of tumbling
glissandi, rhythmic
off-beats that disrupt
the meter, secondary
clusters stacked on top
of each other, and
babbling speech.
Eschewing major/minor
tonality, she instead
makes use of pentatonic
series and different
tonal centers. This work
is ideal for ambitious
amateur choirs, as the
pentatonic series are
easy to memorize while
the skillful voice
leading makes it easy to
correctly pitch the
clusters. A great piece
for anyone wanting an
accessible and realizable
introduction to
contemporary vocal music
and advanced performance
techniques!For
budding astronomers,
Karin Rehnqvist
recommends the following
website:https://theco
nversation.com/how-many-s
tars-are-there-in-space-1
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The Galaxies
