Mixed choir (SATB) and organ - intermediate to advanced - Digital Download
SKU: S9.Q7137
For SATB choir and organ. Composed by John Casken. This edition: choral score. Choral Music of Our Time. Downloadable, choral score. Duration 6 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q7137. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q7137).
English.
Composed for the Alwinton and Holystone Church Choir near the composer's home in Northumberland, John Casken sets Christina Rossetti's In the bleak mid-winter - a poem popularised by Gustav Holts' setting of the same name for SATB choir and organ. A traditional carol based on the nativity it paints a vivid picture of the chill of winter and is ideal for choirs wishing to move away from the well-known whilst retaining an element of tradition. Constantly flowing organ lines create a sense of unease but this is uplifting music with subtle crescendos and powerful homophonic writing for the voices.
