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979-0-57080-074-2 A Quaker Trilogy – choral score Available at MusicRoom Buy now (£4.95)

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Part of the A Quaker Trilogy collection

three pieces for SATB choir (with divisi)

by David McGregor, Joe Bates & Frederick Viner

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[...] The Truest End was very much moulded by the structure of the text - its three main sections corresponding to the three stanzas. The slow, syllabic introduction conjures a funereal atmosphere, with the choir singing sotto voce and senza vibrato as if not yet able to muster an emotion. But after coming to rest on 'die' (punctuated by a Mahlerian fate motif), the music seems to enter a new world. Ushered in by soaring solo alto, the second section is bathed in opulent, impressionistic harmonies and filled with the expressive outpourings that were previously in such short supply [...]

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Duration
6 minutes 15 seconds
Libretto/text
William Penn
Commission

The Micklegate Singers

Scoring
1 SATB Choir
Composition date
2022

Performances

8 June 2024 The Mount School, Dalton Terrace, York, YO24 4DD

A Quaker Trilogy: from concept to completion.

Free admission - book tickets via York Festival of Ideas.

23 March 2024 St Lawrence's Church, Lawrence Street, York YO10 3WP

Micklegate Singers

'A Quaker Trilogy'

WORLD PREMIERE of the complete trilogy