Fredrik Sixten
Let there be
mixed choir, percussion and timpani
Fredrik Sixten
Let there be
mixed choir, percussion and timpani
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Percussion
- Composer Fredrik Sixten
- Lyricist Maria Küchen
- Edition Score
- Publisher Gehrmans Musikförlag
- Order no. GE11637
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Description:
San Francisco Symphony Chorus with conducter Ragnar Bohlin performed the world premier of "Let there be" for choir and percussion on 11th april at Davies Symphony Hall.
Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic, writes in his review at SFGate: "...Sixten's 'Let There Be', an eight-minute plea for universal brotherhood scored for chorus and percussion, opened the concert in a ripe and inviting account. The piece is saddled with a thin, sanctimonious text by poet Maria Küchen, but Sixten's music - stirring and broad-beamed without seeming pompous - carries the day.
Particularly impressive is the way the accompaniment, with timpani predominating, establishes a harmonic foundation above which the choral melodies curl and soar eloquently..."
Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic, writes in his review at SFGate: "...Sixten's 'Let There Be', an eight-minute plea for universal brotherhood scored for chorus and percussion, opened the concert in a ripe and inviting account. The piece is saddled with a thin, sanctimonious text by poet Maria Küchen, but Sixten's music - stirring and broad-beamed without seeming pompous - carries the day.
Particularly impressive is the way the accompaniment, with timpani predominating, establishes a harmonic foundation above which the choral melodies curl and soar eloquently..."