The Sorcerer's Mirror

for SATB chorus and orchestra

text by Andrew Motion

SATB choeur et orchestre

Edition: Matériel d'exécution

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Description

Climate change is a subject that has been close to the heart of Peter Maxwell Davies for many years; indeed he was one of the first composers to travel to the Antarctic in 1999 to understand for himself its implications. Max has written many works since inspired by the topic, including Last Door of Light for chamber orchestra. This work for choir and orchestra is a setting of a poem by Andrew Motion which, behind the quiet stillness of a North London
garden at night, reflects the poet’s fears for the future of life as we know it. The composer’s constant use of unsettling harmony conveys the sense of unease and imminent catastrophe.

Orchestral Cast

2.2.2(Acl).2.cbsn-4.2.3.0-timp-str

Contenu

I Moderato "Midnight and midsummer in London"
II Moderato "I see what I hear"
III Adagio "After that breath a pause"
IV Allegro "Here comes the rain"
V Moderato "Then the storm passes"

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Titre:

The Sorcerer's Mirror

for SATB chorus and orchestra

text by Andrew Motion

Langue:

Anglais

Edition:

Matériel d'exécution

Maison d'édition:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2009

Opus:

op. 300

Durée:

15 ′

Première:

13 juin 2009 · Cambridge (UK)
King's College Chapel
Musikalische Leitung: Stephen Cleobury · Cambridge University Music Society Orchestra · Cambridge University Choir

Travaux commandés :

Commissioned by Cambridge University Musical Society to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University, partially funded by British Antarctic Survey.