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- Paul Stanhope
The Heavens Declare (1999)
(choral symphony)- Wise Music G. Schirmer Australia Pty Ltd (World)
Commissioned by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Re-orchestrated version commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
- ch; 3(III:pic).3(III:ca).3(II:Ebcl.III:bcl).3(III:cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(cel).hp/str
- ch
- 20 min
Programme Note
The Heavens Declare is a compact Choral Symphony, setting of four Old Testament texts in their Latin translations: a section from the creation story in Genesis (which I imagined as a dreamtime story), two joyful Psalm excerpts and a more angst-ridden passage from the book of Job. These form a five-part arch structure in a single continuous movement which begins with creation and ends not with the end, but with a single word "luninaria" which translates as "lights", suggesting that creation is an ongoing process.
