Alexander L'Estrange: My Song Is Love Unknown: SATB: Vocal Score

My Song Is Love Unknown is a wonderful sacred work set for a solo quartet of singers and SATB choir and is based on John Ireland's well-loved hymn-tune Love Unknown. Alexander L'Estrange expertly takes fragments of Ireland's melody developing interweaving and re-harmonising them to create a powerful ethereal sound-world that perfectly reflects the poem's themes of love sorrow passion death and ecstasy.The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.