Oliver Knussen: Frammenti da 'Chiara': Upper Voices: Vocal Score
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Format : Sheet music Mostly inhabiting a hushed pianissimo the free floating melismas and luminous harmonies of this work for two antiphonal choirs of female voices explore one word: ‘chiara’ (‘clear’ in Italian) and its equivalents in a few other languages. Knussen somewhat cryptically writes that the piece ‘has something to do with St Clare angels and canons.’ The striking atmosphere – fleeting hauntingly elusive and almost mystical – makes this his only choral work ripe for rediscovery.
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