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Sacred Choral
Gordon Crosse
The Covenant of Rainbow
Vocal and instrumental scores and parts on hire
978-0-19-335612-2 13 January 1972
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anthem accompaniment for organ and piano duet
Forces or Category
Organ & piano duet
Duration
20 minutes
Difficulty
Moderately difficult to Difficult
Programme Notes
The Covenant of the Rainbow
was commissioned by St. Matthew's Church, Northampton for the 75th festival evensong on 20 September 1968. It is scored for choir, organ and two pianos and the text comes form two sources, the
Agnus Die
(in English) and the
Chester Miracle Play
. The work is about God's promise to Noah never to repeat the Flood as a punishment for man's sinfulness and the music forms a dramatic meditation on the subject in a beautifully wrought series of tableaux:
1. Agnus Dei
2. Interlude I (The Flood)
3. The Covenant
4. Interlude II
5. Epilogue
The Covenant of the Rainbow
has been recorded on by The Finzi Singers, directed by Paul Spicer with Andrew Lumsden (organ) and Christopher Scott and Stephen Coombs (piano duet) and appears on The Hussey Legacy CANTUS Can 301 2.
© Gordon Crosse
Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press
Gordon Crosse
(b.1937)
Gordon Crosse was born in 1937 in Bury, Lancashire. He studied at Oxford University and since 1964 has held various appointments at the Universities of Birmingham and Essex, and was for two years Composer-in-Residence at King's College, Cambridge. Much of Crosse's work reflects his interest in the dramatic and literary arts, including his four operas and several ballets. Since the late 1980s, Crosse has moved away from composition, developing instead an interest in the uses of music technology.
The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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