Whitbourn THE VOICES STILLED (Agnus Dei)

James Whitbourn

THE VOICES STILLED (Agnus Dei) for SATB chorus, flute and strings (with optional timpani)

Full Score

CHESTER MUSIC

Duration: circa 5 minutes

The viola part in bars 65–69 may be doubled or replaced by a bugle or trumpet, if one is available. This passage is an excerpt from “The Last Post”.

Order No. CH81554 Vocal Score CH81565 Parts are available on hire from the publisher.

Commissioned by John Snelling and the Shipley Arts Festival (director Andrew Bernardi), and first performed on 14 July 2013 in Lancing College Chapel by the Westminster Williamson Voices (director James Jordan), choirs from across West Sussex and the Bernardi Chamber Orchestra with Bruce Martin (flute), conducted by the composer

THE VOICES STILLED (Agnus Dei) JAMES WHITBOURN

in commemoration of the myriad voices stilled in war q = c. 80

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