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Performance by Sydney Chamber Choir, Nicholas Routley from the CD complete choral music |
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CD
Resonance : contemporary choral music from Australia and the United States / University of New Hampshire Chamber Singers.
Library shelf no. CD 1314 [Available for loan]
Score
Christ the King : SSAATTBB / Clare Maclean
Library shelf no. 782.55525/MAC 2 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Christ the King is a setting of two poems by New Zealand poet, James K. Baxter: 'Song to the Father' and 'Song to the Lord God on a Spring Morning'. These poems express the poet's relationship to God through imagery taken from the New Zealand landscape. The title comes from the feast day of October 25 in the church calendar, and the plainsong from this day is used at different times through the work, most audibly at the beginning and the end.
Work Details
Year: 1984
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB chorus, subdividing for short periods to SSSSSAAATTTBBB.
Duration: 10 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: Written for Sydney Chamber Choir
Commission note: Commissioned by Sydney Chamber Choir.
First performance: by Sydney Chamber Choir — Great Hall, Sydney University
Analysis
Resonate article: Unbearable beauty! by Carl Crossin
Subjects
- Inspired by: Landscape and Nature
- Has as subject/About: Christian music
Performances of this work
Unknown date: Great Hall, Sydney University. Featuring Sydney Chamber Choir.
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