Mixed SATB choir; 11 minutes
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Flumina was written for a group of friends which I assembled into a
choir. It is an extensive work written with members of this choir
specifically in mind. The slower sections which begin and end the piece
are marked with low, rich sonorities. A chant in the bass line in the
first section reappears in segmented forms throughout the middle
section, and gives the basis for some of the harmonic motives. In the
last section of the piece, the chant reappears in its entirety in the
soprano line, as the lower voices settle into a low C# tonal center.
The contrapuntal middle section has references to the motet of the same
name by G. P. Palestrina (1525-1594). A defining factor of the middle
portion is an elusive harmonic progression based on triadic sonorities
with simultaneous major and minor thirds.
Premiered March 17, 1997 at the U.B.C. Recital Hall, Vancouver, B.C. |
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Soprano: Dawn Coulter, Robyn Driedger, Joanna Dundas, Katy Hedalen, Benita Wolters Alto: Suzanne Abbott, France Fledderus, Dana Luccock, Sophia Vassiliadis Tenor: John Bacon, Colin Balzer, Jeff Cabralda, Jacob Doherty, Moses Myung Bass: Tyler Duncan, Craig Galbraith, Jonathan Liebich, Tyler Peterson, Lyndon Surjik, John Trotter Jonathon Quick, conductor |
Recordings
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