SKU: HL.49044832
ISBN 9790220136078. UPC: 841886025868. 8.25x11.75x0.081 inches. English.
Gerald Barry's The coming of winter is a setting of an Irish poem dating from the 9th or 10th century, and was commissioned for the 34th Seminar on Contemporary Choral Music at University College, Cork, in May 1997. The setting is notable for its idiosyncratic use of text: not only are the words of the poem sung both forwards and backwards, but the second half of the piece is given over to percussive nonsense syllables, making this a quirky but highly invigorating image of 'the coming of winter'.
SKU: HL.49019676
ISBN 9790220133381. 8.25x11.75x0.068 inches. English.
The opening lines of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time provides the text for Gerald Barry's Long Time. Beginning 'For a long time I used to go to bed early', the work unfolds over gently rising and falling C major scales, voice parts handing over to each other in the strict rhythmic regularity that prevails throughout the piece. SATB, English.
SKU: HL.49044546
ISBN 9790220134913. 8.25x12.0x0.063 inches. German.
Text from the well-known Christmas song is merged with a tune from Barry's own 4th String Quartet in this unconventional carol. With Barry's characteristic rich and unexpected harmonies, O Tannenbaum would be a fantastic contemporary addition to a Christmas programme.
SKU: HL.49045384
ISBN 9790220137112. UPC: 841886028142. English.
