In These Stones Horizons Sing

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The Wales Millennium Center in Cardiff. The words In these stones horizons by the poet Gwyneth Lewis, which together with the Welsh verse Creu Gwir fel gwydr o ffwrnais awen ['Creating truth like glass from the furnace of inspiration'] from the same poem are carved above the entrance area, are also the Title of Karl Jenkins' cantata.

These Stones Horizons Sing is a choral and orchestral work by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins . The work was commissioned for the opening of the Wales Millennium Center in Cardiff and was premiered there on November 29, 2004 in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II . These Stones Horizons Sing includes lyrics in English and Welsh by Menna Elfyn , Grahame Davies and Gwyneth Lewis .

construction

The roughly 15-minute work is divided into four movements , the first of which is divided into two parts. The sentences are overwritten as follows:

  • "Agorawd" [Overture] (Text: Menna Elfyn)
    • Part I: "Cân yr Alltud" [The Exile Song] (Welsh)
    • Part II: "Nawr!" [Now!] (Welsh / English)
  • "Gray" (English; Text: Grahame Davies)
  • "Eleni Ganed" [Born This Year] (Welsh; Text: Menna Elfyn)
  • "In These Stones Horizons Sing" (Welsh / English; Text: Gwyneth Lewis)

The instrumentation of the work is for baritone , mixed choir , piccolo , 2 flutes , 2 oboes , English horn , 2 clarinets , bass clarinet , soprano saxophone , 2 bassoons , contrabassoon , 4 horns , 3 trumpets , 3 trombones , 1 tuba , timpani , percussion , harp and strings .

Recordings

  • Karl Jenkins: Requiem and In These Stones Horizons Sing . Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Nigel Hitchcock (soprano saxophone), Catrin Finch (harp), Serendipity, Caerdydd Chorus, West Kazakhstan Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Karl Jenkins. EMI CD 0724355796622 (2005).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Album information at EMI Classics ( Memento from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. album information at arkivmusic.com