Karin Rehnqvist Take-The-Milky-Way-score

Take the Milky Way

for mixed choir, baroque orchestra and audience ad libitum

Poem by Kerstin Perski

Poem by Kerstin Perski

specially written for this piece

shattered dispersed stars fading one by one in empty space invisible threads tying one to the other

A sudden stumble another one falls light-years away

Take the milky way Rush past the point of no return Defy Venus Evade the mass of Jupiter

Reach out your hand pull the fallen free the light from the black hole and the journey continues together through the unknown

I. Invisible threads

II. Rush

INSTRUMENTATION

2 Oboes

2 Bassoons

Positive Organ

Mixed Choir

In the last movement the choir could be joined by choir singers in the audience, see bar 173 and onwards

Strings (min . 4 .4 .3 .2 .1)

PLACEMENT

Oboe I and II to the left and right respectively on the stage . The bassoons preferably at a little distance from each other

Duration: ca 12 min

Commissioned by Helsinki Chamber Choir for their 100th anniversary

World premiere 26 April 2025; Helsinki Music Centre

Helsinki Chamber Choir – Helsingin kamarikuoro

Finnish Baroque Orchestra – Suomalainen barokkiorkesteri Nils Schweckendiek, conductor

ISMN 979-0-070-14809-2

Score: GE 14809 Study score: GE 14811 Choral score: GE 14812 Parts available on hire

Stema Specialtryck, Borås AR/MM 2025

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