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- John Tavener
The Eternal Sun (2007)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by Riga Youth Choir Kamer..
- SATB choir and SATB semi-chorus
- 6 min
- Fritjhof Schuon
- English
Programme Note
Frithjof Schon's poem 'The Eternal Sun' speaks of our earthly sun as a reflection of the Divine Sun which no earthly eye can see, and the music reflects this in its mirror images. the opening music for the main choir should glow with magnificence and splendour, representing the unattainability of the Heavenly Sun, but the later passages, especially the music for the distant semi-chorus, should be more nostalgic and haunting.
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The Eternal Sun