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.
