Music Text
Ps 81: 1-4 (Geneva Bible) (English, 16th century)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
6/29/2017
Royal Festival Hall, London
The Bach Choir / David Hill
Royal Festival Hall, London
The Bach Choir / David Hill
Composer's Notes
This short work was written as a "choral fanfare" for David Hill to mark the 140th anniversary of the Bach Choir. It is a setting of some joyful lines from Psalm 81, evoking musical instruments and especially the trumpet. I used to be a trumpeter myself and I try here to fuse the sound of the brassy fanfare into a purely choral sound, unaccompanied and full of extrovert and bold figures and passagework.
Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer.
Recommended Recording

The Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton
Signum SIGCD575