Three Choral Pieces
composer: John Casken
text writer: Lancelot Andrewes - Sylvia Townsend Warner - George Herbert
for unaccompanied voices (SATB)
Texts by George Herbert, Lancelot Andrewes and Sylvia Townsend
Dedication: "The Land of Spices", for Tom and Jane - "A Gathering", for the choir of King's College, Cambridge - "Sunrising", for James Lancelot and the choir of Durham Cathedral in the year of the Cathedral's 900th anniversary
Premiere: The Land of Spices: 22 June 1990 Durham (UK) · Hatfield College Choir · Gerald Cornelius, conductor - A Gathering: 24 December 1991 · Cambridge (UK) · Choir of King's College, Cambridge · Stephen Cleobury, conductor - Sunrising: 15 May 1993 Durham · Choir of Durham Cathedral · James Lancelot, conductor
Instrumentation: mixed choir (SATB)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 17' 0''
Year of composition: 1990, 1991 & 1993
Difficulty: intermediate
Edition: choral score
Language: English
Series: Choral Music of Our Time
24 Pages
ISMN: 979-0-2201-1609-4
Order number: ED 12421
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Content
The Land of Spices "Prayer the Churches banquet" (G. Herbert)
A Gathering "The text is of a gathering" (L. Andrewes)
Sunrising "Early one morning" (S. Townsend Warner)
Recordings
On Christmas Day (2005)
John Casken
Chior of King's College, Cambridge; Stephen Cleobury, conductor
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