Cantus Novus performs The Bridge Builder by Eleanor Daley and A Farewell by Molly iJames

Описание: From their concert series 'The Circle of Life" on May 1, 2016 in Solebury, PA. - Cantus Novus performs The Bridge Builder by Eleanor Daley and A Farewell by Molly iJames

Canadian composer Eleanor Daley serves as the organist and choirmaster at Fairlawn United Church in Toronto, a position she has held for over thirty years. Her compositions for women's choir and mixed voices feature melodies and intriguing harmonies. In the Bridge Builder, text is paramount as Daley's choral writing and supportive accompaniment paint an evocative picture of age and wisdom.

In A Farewell, this sensitive and simple musical setting of Lord Tennyson's poetry brings us to an end-of-life reflection. As the composer writes, "Nature often makes us aware of our own mortality; its objects last so much longer than we do. He (Tennyson) describes the brilliance of the the river as it pours into the ocean, illustrating the end of life - a remarkable picture of the eternal soul." The piano accompaniment features 8th note patterns of perpetual motion as the choir serenely contemplates a life well-lived through gorgeous harmonic progressions.

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