Still, Still The Night (Vocal Score)

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PATRICK HAWES Still, Still The Night

for unaccompanied SATB choir

Words by Andrew Hawes

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PATRICK HAWES

Still, Still the Night

for uaccompanied SATB choir

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Premiered as a Virtual Performance by The Self-Isolation Choir, under the musical direction of Ben England, December 2020.

Duration: circa 4 minutes

Still, Still the Night

Still, still the night.

Black, black the sky.

A star is rising bright and sheds a healing light:

O lux aeterna natus est.

Slow, slow it dawns;

Soft, soft the sound.

The star is singing high and clear this melody: O lux aeterna natus est.

Light, light as fire, Falls, falls like sparks,

This melody and harmony is burning hearts:

O lux aeterna natus est.

Shine! Shine! O Light!

Sing! Sing! O star!

Humility and tenderness is in your gift –

O lux aeterna natus est.

Lift! Lift your voice!

Seek! Seek this light!

Nativity in simplicity transfigures allO lux aeterna natus est.

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Words: Andrew Hawes (1954 – )

Composer’s Note

Written for The Self-Isolation Choir which was formed in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, this carol is imbued with both a sense of longing and the hope that a healing light may be born to comfort mankind. Apart from the extended ending, the carol is in a simple strophic form. This means that details of dynamics and phrasing need to be carefully observed in order to convey the all-important light and shade of the still and meditative atmosphere.

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ISBN

9781910623589

HM 0058 www.hawesmusic.com www.patrickhawes.com
978-1-910623-58-9

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