The Fifth Century

from Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditations

for choir and saxophone quartet

choeur et saxophone quartet

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This large-scale work sets a text from the 17th Century English poet and theologian Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditation. The text has an intense spirituality, celebrating the glory of creation and his almost intimate relationship with God. In many ways his work is astonishingly modern with its unwitting ‘Eastern’ sound and feeling. There are seven sections, taking material from the different sections within Traherne’s final chapter, The Fifth Century, with an instrumental prologue and short interludes between. Gavin Bryars

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I ♩ = c.60
II ♩ = c.54
III ♩ = c.68
IV ♩ = c.52
V ♩ = c.82
VI ♩ = c.52
VII Freely ♩ = c.70, rubato

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Titre:

The Fifth Century

from Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditations

for choir and saxophone quartet

Langue:

Anglais

Edition:

Matériel d'exécution

Maison d'édition:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2014

Durée:

40 ′

Première:

12 juillet 2014 · Philadelphia, PA (USA)
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Commissioned by The Crossing