Idyll

Vocal score
ISBN: 978-0-19-353277-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Sonstiges, Englisch, 12 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

for SATB unaccompanied

This bittersweet pastoral tune pairs Bednall's flowing melody lines with the tender words of the contemplative and much loved World War One poet, Siegfried Sasson. Bednall's 5/4 metre lends a wistful whimsical feel to the music, allowing the song to flow freely, whilst retaining the playful syncopation so familiar in folk music. The poem itself is a rare step outside of Sassoon's typical grittier theme of World War One. Rather, Idyll describes a beautiful garden where he wishes to meet
somebody, who, it seems, has passed away. A beautifully creative work offering heartache and warmth in equal measure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bednall, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik

Über Autor(innen)

David Bednall is one of the leading choral composers of his generation. He has an extensive freelance playing and conducting career, and is Organist of The University of Bristol, Sub-organist at Bristol Cathedral, and conducts The University Singers. He won prizes in Improvisation and Performance at the examination for FRCO, and has improvised on live radio, and performed extensively in the UK and abroad. He appeared as stunt-organist on 'Dr Who'. He is most
prominent as a composer, and recordings of his works have been extremely well received. A number of his works have been broadcast on radio, and he has been commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral, and The Queen's College, Oxford. His Stabat Mater was premiered in New York, and has been recorded, and his 40-part
motet Lux orta est iust closed the Bristol Proms 2015.