Sing the earth (SSAA & Piano)
Sing the earth (SSAA & Piano)
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for upper voices (SSAA) & piano.
Also available for TTBB & piano and SATB & piano
Text: English (Charles Anthony Silvestri)
Duration: c4 minutes
Difficulty: 4/5
Composer's note
Sing the earth is a tribute to our common home, the earth. But it is also a tribute to music and the different musical traditions and cultures around the world. The syllables are inspired by the song tradition (joik) of the Sami people in Scandinavia. A joik is not merely descriptive but yearns to capture the subject in its living sense. It is not about something, it is that something. This song is not a joik, but inspired by this thinking; it yearns to capture our beautiful planet with one common call: Sing the earth!
Sing the earth can also be performed with orchestral accompaniment. Full score and parts are available here.
Text
All the creatures of the earth sing,
Giving thanks to life and for our home,
Lift our voices all together,
With the sun and stars the earth rejoice!
Make a loud and joyful noise!
Oh, hear the rolling sea,
Behold the bright, glittering stars,
Rejoice in all the wonders of the earth!
The endless sky so blue,
The forest deep evergreen,
The golden sunlight shining on my face!
Sea and sun and stars and mountain forests green rejoice with us.
Kim André Arnesen
Arnesen is one of the most frequently performed composers from Norway today. He grew up in Trondheim where he was a chorister in Nidaros Cathedral, later being educated at the Music Conservatory in Trondheim. With an interest in baroque music, contemporary classical music, and popular music, Kim could have taken many roads, but choral music became his greatest passion. His works have been performed in more than 30 countries around the world. His albums Magnificat (2014) and Infinity (2018) received excellent reviews and reached the top of the iTunes classical charts. He continues to enjoy a busy international schedule of commissions as well as guest appearances at festivals and other choral events. Arnesen has been a house composer at Boosey & Hawkes since 2017.
