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Performance by James Renwick, Contemporary Singers, Antony Walker from the CD Sydney dreaming |
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CD
Sydney dreaming / The Contemporary Singers, Antony Walker.
Library shelf no. CD 367 [Available for loan]
Score
Veni sancte spiritus - veni creator / Jennifer Fowler.
Library shelf no. 782.55522/FOW 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
The plainsong Veni Creator Spiritus and the Dunstable
motet of the same title as this piece, are used as the starting
points for an exploration of a process of "built-in
resonance".
A canon has always been an "echo device", but in this piece the
canonic voices proceed at fluctuating speeds, so that the time
relationship between the voices is constantly shifting.
Throughout the piece, a single line is used, but decorated and
smudged outwards in such a way that the resulting sound can be
directionized and shaped.
Work Details
Year: 1971, this version: 1979
Instrumentation: 12 voices (3 sopranos, 3 altos, 2 tenors, 4 basses) or chamber choir.1st tenor sings as a soloist
Duration: 11 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: For Phyllida
First performance: 13 Sep 72. Gaudeamus International Music Week, the Netherlands
Words are the hymn 'Veni Sancte Spiritus'.
Selected for performance at ISCM World Music Days, Brussels, 1981.
Commended in Competition for Women Composers, GEDOK, Mannheim, Germany, 1976.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Spiritual and Sacred Music
Performances of this work
Oct 93: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, NSW. Featuring Antony Walker, Contemporary Singers.
Sep 93: American Express Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Featuring Contemporary Singers, Antony Walker.
Sep 92: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, NSW. Featuring Antony Walker, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir.
Jun 91: Great Hall, University of Sydney. Featuring Sydney Chamber Choir, Antony Walker.
Mar 88: Centre d'Acion Couterelle, Corbeil-Essouis, Paris. Featuring Gregory Rose, Groupe Vocale de Paris.
Mar 88: Auditorium des Halles, Port St Eustache, Paris. Featuring Gregory Rose, Groupe Vocale de Paris.
Oct 84: Sydney University Great Hall. Featuring Charles Coleman, The Song Company.
Sep 81: ISCM World Music Days, St Servais Church, Brussels, Belgium. Featuring Vic Nees, BRT Radio Choir.
13 Sep 72: Gaudeamus International Music Week, the Netherlands
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