Score
The Angel of Hope, opus 105 : SATB and mini-bell ring chimes / music by Jacqui Rutten; words by Eugene Sheerin.
Library shelf no. 782.5542/RUT 1 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
This song hopefully evokes a place in Ireland of earlier times, when the rain allowed the rivers to flow, thus powering the water-wheel, which powered the local pottery - Belleek Pottery. A different and more serene sound world which seems lost. The words are by a Master Painter of Belleek, who hopes an angel will guide him because he has lost a friend who wheeled his wheel-chair to work every morning. I composed the music with pen and paper, partly by a river.
Work Details
Year: 2020
Instrumentation: SATB choir, mini-bell ring.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Easy — The difficulty of the piece is the major-minor shifts and ornamentation found often in Irish music.
Commission note: Composed for The Festival of Bells 2020 at the Old Cathedral Melbourne.
Words by Eugene Sheerin, (1858-1915) from The Story of Belleek by John. B. Cunningham.
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