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part one commissioned by Matthew Owens and
the Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music and first performed
at the Festival in 1996; part two commissioned by Paul Ayres and
first performed in Scandinavia in 1996; total duration: c.8'
This is a setting of Psalm 130 - also known as De Profundis - divided
into two halves of four verses each. The words were chosen in response
to two deaths in the family, and may be taken to refer to a departed
spirit/soul awaiting the resurrection of and reunification with
its body.
The music is simple, and mostly very freely-composed, apart from
one or two bell-like harmonic canons.
Out of the Depths is intended to be one movement of a much
larger work exploring the same resurrection hope. |
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| I am the Resurrection and the Life |
Missa Exspectationis |
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