Artikelnummer | SON00002288 |
Componist | Colin Eatock |
Duur | 03:00 min |
Genre | Klassiek, Koraal, Kerst |
Instrumentatie | Koor en vocaal ensemble |
Offert par Sonolize, Ofrecido por Sonolize, Oanbean troch Sonolize.
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998)
Artikelnummer | SON00002288 |
Componist | Colin Eatock |
Arrangeur | |
Genre | Klassiek Koraal Kerst |
Instrumentatie | Koor en vocaal ensemble |
Vrije omschrijving | For a-cappella SATB choir |
Moeilijkheidsgraad | 6 |
Duur | 03:00 min |
Jaar | 1998 |
Program Notes
For a-cappella SATB choir
The composer writes: I chose to set four of the five stanzas of Christina Rossetti’s famous text of 1872 to music for two reasons. First, I liked the poem. I was attracted to Rossetti’s profound metaphysical imagery, curiously and yet comfortably wedded to a kind of Pre-Raphaelite simplicity.
The second reason was because I had never heard any of the previous settings of this poem. I was aware that Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten, Harold Darke and others had composed settings of the text, but it was only after I had written my own version that I listened to any of these works. I saw my ignorance as a virtue, as it meant that I would not be unduly influenced by those who had gone before me.