"Babylon" for SATB choir with divisi and 3 percussionists, c. 31' (2018)
1. A Stranger
2. Veni
3. Babylon
4. Mama
5. Home
"The work started with a bang with a striking ‘call-to-arms’ on the haunting opening line ‘I am a stranger here’, the choir immediately called into action to realise Rimkus’s weaving contrapuntal vocal lines, replete with characteristic ‘blue’ notes and harmonic shifts. The music ebbed and flowed, often feeling like a tableaux of which we are viewing only a short fragment, but always powerful and well-judged... Babylon ended with a faint murmur from the choir, returning to the opening line of the work, fading into the winter night, a spine-tingling moment in a piece of real substance and integrity." -Duncan Ferguson
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