Richard Blackford
Reconciliation
Richard Blackford
Reconciliation
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
- Edition Choral Score
- Composer Richard Blackford
- Publisher Novello Publishing
- Order no. NOV954503
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Description:
For SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.
'In 2000, the poet Tony Harrison, to cheer me up during a troubled period of my life, sent me a copy of Goethe's poem. I began to sketch music for it then, and finished it in 2003. It is set for mixed chorus and strings. A winding, forlorn cello figure, like a lost soul, leads to a softer, tender violin theme that evokes the healing power of music to the troubled spirit. The hushed chorus enters a cappella, and the forlorn cello figure is developed as they describe the illusory nature of the 'splendid' world. The 'healing' theme returns, now elaborated by the sopranos, and the whole chorus joins them, building a sustainedmessage of hope and thanks for the regenerative power of music and love.
This short piece is fondly dedicated to my friends Jane and David Fanshawe. It was commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and first performed by them in Poole on 17 April 2004. '
- Richard Blackford
'In 2000, the poet Tony Harrison, to cheer me up during a troubled period of my life, sent me a copy of Goethe's poem. I began to sketch music for it then, and finished it in 2003. It is set for mixed chorus and strings. A winding, forlorn cello figure, like a lost soul, leads to a softer, tender violin theme that evokes the healing power of music to the troubled spirit. The hushed chorus enters a cappella, and the forlorn cello figure is developed as they describe the illusory nature of the 'splendid' world. The 'healing' theme returns, now elaborated by the sopranos, and the whole chorus joins them, building a sustainedmessage of hope and thanks for the regenerative power of music and love.
This short piece is fondly dedicated to my friends Jane and David Fanshawe. It was commissioned by the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and first performed by them in Poole on 17 April 2004. '
- Richard Blackford
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