IF THEN THE LIGHT
(2022) EDITION WILHELM HANSEN WH33635
Faber
Score
Phillip
Chorus
Phillip Faber IF THEN THE LIGHT
Duration: c. 5´10 mins
CHORUS SCORE
Treble Voice
Choir
(SSAAA) Or Five Voices (2022)
Lyrics Helene Johanne Christensen
Theworkmustbesungwithintensityandsimultaneityinthe chordallayers,supportingthehorizontallineinthecantus firmusinsoprano2andalto3.
ThetextcomesfromHeleneJohanneChristensen'sbeautiful poetrycollectionSAMMENFALDfrom2021.
Theweightlesstoneofthetextisnocoincidence.Thepoemis amirrorofMatthewchapter6,verse23,whereitsays:
'Ifthenthelightwithinyouisdarkness, howgreatisthatdarkness!'
Matthew6:23
HeleneJohanneChristensendoesnotletthatpassagestand unchallenged.Sheliftsitoutofthepastandintoherown language.Sheinsistsonlookingthedarknessintheeyeand writessomewherethesefourlines,whicharealsothetextof thepresentwork:
Ifthenthelightwithinme isdarkness
Iwilllearntolovethatdarkness asifitwerelight
HeleneJohanneChristensen
PhillipFaber
Copyright © 2022 Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S, Copenhagen
Music engraving in Sibelius
Publisher´s editor Katrine Gregersen Dal
Edition Wilhelm Hansen, A/S Bornholmsgade 1A 1266 København K Denmark
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©Copyright2023EditionWilhelmHansenA/SCopenhagen
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PhillipFaber,2022 Lyrics:HeleneJohanneChristensen,2021
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WH33635
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ISMN 9790661400677
