This piece's musical language is inspired by Georgian polyphony, which is oriented around stacked fifths and fourths. These move in unfamiliar ways, contracting and expanding in parallel movements that feel counterintuitive to me yet profoundly satisfying and resonant. The power of these parallel fifths and the weight with which they converge in moments of unison felt appropriate for this work [...]
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Description
Part of the A Quaker Trilogy collection
three pieces for SATB choir (with divisi)
by David McGregor, Joe Bates & Frederick Viner
Details
- Categories
- Duration
- 7 minutes 10 seconds
- Libretto/text
- William Penn
- Commission
The Micklegate Singers
- Scoring
- 1 SATB Choir
- Composition date
- 2022