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- Alec Roth
Unborn (2008)
(A processional introit)- Peters Edition Limited (World)
for Tenor solo, mixed choir SATB, organ (or other instrument ad lib.) and processional drum
- T + mixedch (SATB); hp (ad lib.)/vn ad lib.)
- mixedch
- Tenor
- 5 min
- Vikram Seth
- English
Programme Note
Text:
1. The Mind – Dhammapada 1.1 (part), 11.146
Pali, 4th century BC, English translation by Vikram Seth
2. Child of Son, of Daughter – Vikram Seth
3. Better than a Thousand – Dhammapada 8.100-102
Pali, 4th century BC, English translation by Vikram Seth
Unborn – a processional introit, is adapted from Part 1 of the oratorio The Traveller by Alec Roth and Vikram Seth, commissioned jointly by the Salisbury, Chelsea and Lichfield Festivals and premiered in Salisbury Cathedral, 31 May 2008.
This stand-alone version with flexible instrumentation was made for Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra, who gave the first performance at a Christmas Candlelight concert at St John's, Smith Square, London, 17 December 2008.
Unborn is recorded by Samuel Boden (Tenor) and Ex Cathedra, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, on Orchid Classics ('Joy in the Morning', ORC100008).
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