Lightly come or lightly go

ISBN-13: 9780193525733 / Angielski

Philip Lawson

Opis

for SATB double choir unaccompanied Lightly come or lightly go is a playful setting of James Joyce's poem of the same name for SATB double choir. The second choir carries the titular words as an arching ostinato, while choir one presents the main body of the text through characterful melodies and word painting. The two choirs portray the conflicting emotions expressed in the poem demonstrated by the closing line: "Love and laughter song-confessed When the heart is heaviest".

O autorze

Philip Lawson was a baritone with The King's Singers for 18 years (1993-2012), and for most of that time was also the group's principal arranger. Prior to this he was Director of Music at a school in Salisbury and a Lay Clerk in the Cathedral choir, previously having been a freelance singer with the major London choirs. Philip now divides his time between arranging, composing, conducting, and leading choral workshops, mainly in Europe and the USA.