Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption
(2018-19)for countertenor (or mezzosoprano), solo cello, mixed chorus, strings, harp and percussion
Duration: 51'
Music Text
Biblical, Isaac Watts, St Thomas Aquinas, Carol Barratt, Dylan Thomas, liturgical (E, L)
Scoring
CT(orM), solo female Middle-Eastern style voice(opt); chorus
solo cello.mey(opt).qanun(opt)-perc(2/3):glsp(opt)/tgl/mark.tree/finger.cyms/ankle.bells/shaker/riq(or tamb)/darbuca(or bendir)/tom-t(opt)/kick.drum/BD-harp-strings
World premiere incomplete
13/10/2019
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus / Sir Karl Jenkins
World premiere complete
29/11/2019
St Luke's, Grayshott
Alis Huws, hp / Iestyn Davies, ctnr / Abel Selaocoe, vlc / Britten Sinfonia / Polyphony / Stephen Layton
