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John Tavener : The Eternal Sun


Commissioned by Riga Youth Choir Kamer..
Publisher Chester Music Ltd
Category
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
Year Composed 2007
Duration
6 Minutes
Chorus SATB choir and SATB semi-chorus
Languages
English
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Programme Note

Frithjof Schon's poem 'The Eternal Sun' speaks of our earthly sun as a reflection of the Divine Sun which no earthly eye can see, and the music reflects this in its mirror images. the opening music for the main choir should glow with magnificence and splendour, representing the unattainability of the Heavenly Sun, but the later passages, especially the music for the distant semi-chorus, should be more nostalgic and haunting.

JT

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