Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption
(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 incomplete
10/13/2019
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus / Sir Karl Jenkins
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus / Sir Karl Jenkins
World premiere complete
11/29/2019
St Luke's, Grayshott
Alis Huws, hp / Iestyn Davies, ctnr / Abel Selaocoe, vlc / Britten Sinfonia / Polyphony / Stephen Layton
St Luke's, Grayshott
Alis Huws, hp / Iestyn Davies, ctnr / Abel Selaocoe, vlc / Britten Sinfonia / Polyphony / Stephen Layton
Recommended Recording
Iestyn Davies/Abel Selaocoe/
Britten Sinfonia/Polyphony/Stephen Layton
Decca Records 481 8580
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