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In the beginning

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In the beginning : for baritone solo, organ, choir and percussion / Stephen Holgate.

by Stephen Holgate (1984)

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  • Instrumentation: Baritone, SATB choir, organ, percussion (gong, bell tree, vibraphone, cymbal, bass drum, tam-tam, tubular bells, crotales).

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    Performance by Astra Choir, Robert Smallwood, John Beaverstock, Peter Cox, James Harper from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 145

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In the Beginning is a single-movement work for choir, baritone, organ and percussion. It is a confessional Christian work exploring three key ideas - God and mankind in themselves; the mystery of the Incarnation (God becoming man); and a doxology or praise. The texts for the work include selections from the Old and New Testaments, Christian prayers the Gloria, Nicene Creed and the Te Deum and a prayer from St Augustine.

Significantly, together with Holgate's other concert works from this period, In the Beginning explores the integration and juxtaposition of conventionally based musical language ('macro' level of melody and harmony) with contemporary textural ideas and techniques, which throughout this work weave in and out of each other. Holgate's composing within the 'micro' or interior level of sound itself - reflects his interest in musical 'timbre' or colour and the influence of composer mentor Barry Conyngham, and specifically the so-called 'spectral' or 'sound synthesis' techniques of innovative new-generation French composers Tristan Murail and Gerard Grisey, who were leaders at the 1980 Darmstadt International Summerschool of New Music in Germany, attended by Holgate. Broadly speaking, complex acoustic phenomena such as the overtone spectra, modulation, filters, formants etc (which contribute to the differences in naturally occurring sounds) are orchestrated or synthesized using acoustic instruments to create a dynamic web of evolving textures and sonic clusters, frequently fused together by the precise use of percussion and multiphonics (special complex sounds) produced on woodwind.

Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (22p. -- A4 (portrait))

Difficulty: Advanced — Competent amateur choir, others professional.

Duration: 11 min.

Includes program notes.

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This edition produced 2025.

ISMN: 979-0-67316-819-0

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