Choir (SATB) - advanced to difficult SKU: HL.49045044
For Chamber Choir SATB. Composed by Huw Watkins. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Choral. Classical. Octavo. Composed 2014. 16 pages. Duration 6'. Schott Music #ED 13630. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045044). ISBN 9790220134760. UPC: 841886022126. 9.0x12.0x0.08 inches. English.
The Phoenix and the Turtle sets a poem by Shakespeare published 1601 that uses the metaphor of a bird's funeral to describe the death of an idealistic love. Watkins spins out a jazzy melody surrounded by close harmonies using the text to create a lively, rhythmic opening. The textures and rhythms settle into homophonic movement as the chords open ever outward in a slower middle section, before resolving onto a solemn ending in unison.
