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We Welcome Summer |
New to Morton Music – digital copies are now available from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. A wonderful piece which welcomes “the glorious blessing of light” asking us to “pour out our darkness into the glorious forgiving light”. Would suit a good college or church choir. It could also be used as an Epiphany anthem with a difference, since Epiphany appears in the middle of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
The recording is track number 08, from The Australian Voices’ CD, “The Listening Land”. Conducted by Graeme Morton.
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Three Carols |
New to Morton Music – digital copies are now available from RSCM Music Direct (UK) via the Other Countries link. Three simple carols for women’s or children’s choir using the medieval texts Terly Terlow, When Christ Was Born of Mary Free and I Sing of a Maiden. The recordings below feature the Brisbane Chamber Choir. (i) Terly Terlow The old English text discusses the shepherds and the music suggests the sound of shepherds’ pipes. (ii) When Christ was Born of Mary Free The second song of the three also discusses the shepherds and the song of the angels. (iii) I Sing of a Maiden This one page piece is a hauntingly beautiful setting of the medieval text. For the most part in two parts, it divides into three at the end. Highly recommended! |