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- Sarah Kirkland Snider
Mass for the Endangered (2018)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
Commissioned by The Rector, Church-Wardens, and Vestrymen of Trinity Church in the City of New York.
- fl, ob, cl, bn, perc, hp, pf, 2vn, va, vc, db
- SATB
- 44 min
- Nathaniel Bellows; liturgical
- English, Latin
- 24th March 2023, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix , AZ, United States of America
- 25th March 2023, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix , AZ, United States of America
Programme Note
Composer note
Mass for the Endangered is a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted, a requiem for the not-yet-gone. Using original text by writer, visual artist, and musician, Nathaniel Bellows, in combination with the traditional Latin, Mass for the Endangered embodies a prayer for endangered animals and the environments in which they live. Written for SATB choir and twelve instruments, the five-movement piece appeals for parity, compassion, and protection, from a mindset — a malignance or apathy — that threatens to destroy the planet we all are meant to share.
— Sarah Kirkland Snider
Movements
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Alleluia
IV. Credo (on a ground by Caroline Shaw)
V. Sanctus/Benedictus
VI. Agnus Dei
Mass for the Endangered is a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted, a requiem for the not-yet-gone. Using original text by writer, visual artist, and musician, Nathaniel Bellows, in combination with the traditional Latin, Mass for the Endangered embodies a prayer for endangered animals and the environments in which they live. Written for SATB choir and twelve instruments, the five-movement piece appeals for parity, compassion, and protection, from a mindset — a malignance or apathy — that threatens to destroy the planet we all are meant to share.
— Sarah Kirkland Snider
Movements
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Alleluia
IV. Credo (on a ground by Caroline Shaw)
V. Sanctus/Benedictus
VI. Agnus Dei
Media
audio: Sanctus/Benedictus (Gallicantus and Gabriel Crouch; Nonesuch)
animation: Deborah Johnson / CandyStations
animation: Deborah Johnson / CandyStations
