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Peter Maxwell Davies : Hymn to the Word of God

commissioned for the 500th anniversary of King's College, Cambridge
Publisher Chester Music Ltd
Category
 Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
Year Composed 1990
Duration
 5 Minutes
Solo Voice(s) Tenor
Chorus
 SATB
Availability Sale from Musicroom or Music Dispatch  Explain this...
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Score(s):  CH59626

Programme Note

This is a setting in Greek of an Orthodox prayer to Christ as Son and Word, God and Man, risen and saving. The prayer is led by a solo tenor and sung mostly by the men, with the upper voices entering only for an appeal to Wisdom (sofia) and the final alleluia.


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