Instrumentation Double SATB choir a cappella
Timing ca. 4’30”
Composed 2013
Text from Latin Requiem Mass
World Premiere October 18, 2015, Bella Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta. Luminous Voices; Timothy Shantz, conductor
Programme Notes
This short meditative work for double a cappella choir is a setting of the Agnus Dei text from the Latin Requiem Mass. It creates a gentle, warm and enveloping atmosphere through antiphonal and canonic effects, simple weaving melodic fragments, and static modal harmonies reminiscent of Renaissance choral music.
…sempiternam is adapted from the Agnus Dei movement from Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation (commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and One Yellow Rabbit, with original poetry by Suzanne Steele).
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Luminous Voices, conducted by Timothy Shantz
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