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Jenkins, Karl

Miserere

(2018-19)
for countertenor (or mezzosoprano), solo cello, mixed chorus, strings, harp and percussion
Duration: 51'
Music Text

Verses from Psalms 51 & 150, Isaac Watts, St Thomas Aquinas, Carol Barratt, Dylan Thomas, liturgical texts (E, L)

Scoring

CT(orM), solo female Middle-Eastern style voice(opt); chorus
solo cello.mey(opt).qanun(opt)-perc(2/3):glsp(opt)/tgl/mark.tree/finger.cyms/ankle.bells/shaker/riq(or tamb)/darbuca(or bendir)/tom-t(opt)/kick.drum/BD-harp-strings


Abbreviations (PDF)


World premiere complete
11/29/2019
St Luke's, Grayshott
Catrin Finch, hp / Iestyn Davies, ctnr / Abel Selaocoe, vlc / Britten Sinfonia / Polyphony / Stephen Layton
Recommended Recording
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Iestyn Davies/Abel Selaocoe/
Britten Sinfonia/Polyphony/Stephen Layton
Decca Records 481 8580



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