Of Time and Passing (2016) is a cycle of three choral songs written specifically for the London-based ensemble, VOCES8, taking into consideration their versatility and ability to beautifully intone a range of vocal colors with precision and grace.
Programme Note
II. To Everything a Season capitalizes on VOCES8s ability to effectively interpret popular genres a cappella. This ancient text is taken from Ecclesiastes (dated around 300 B.C.) but I set it to a modern, rhythmically-regular and percussive pop-style idiom. Since popular music in whatever era is designed to appeal to a specific present time, it is by its very nature ephemeral, and therefore seemed an apt metaphor to evoke the transitory nature of seasons.
30-Licence Download
This is a choral download sold with a licence to make up to 30 copies.
