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The Sorcerer's Mirror

for SATB chorus and orchestra
text by Andrew Motion
SATB choir and orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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Climate change is a subject that has been close to the heart of Peter Maxwell Davies for many years; indeed he was one of the first composers to travel to the Antarctic in 1999 to understand for himself its implications. Max has written many works since inspired by the topic, including Last Door of Light for chamber orchestra. This work for choir and orchestra is a setting of a poem by Andrew Motion which, behind the quiet stillness of a North London
garden at night, reflects the poet’s fears for the future of life as we know it. The composer’s constant use of unsettling harmony conveys the sense of unease and imminent catastrophe.

Orchestral Cast

2.2.2(Acl).2.cbsn-4.2.3.0-timp-str

Content

I Moderato "Midnight and midsummer in London"
II Moderato "I see what I hear"
III Adagio "After that breath a pause"
IV Allegro "Here comes the rain"
V Moderato "Then the storm passes"

More Information

Title:
The Sorcerer's Mirror
for SATB chorus and orchestra
text by Andrew Motion
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2009
Opus:
op. 300
Duration:
15 ′
World Premiere:
June 13, 2009 · Cambridge (UK)
King's College Chapel
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury · Cambridge University Music Society Orchestra · Cambridge University Choir

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Cambridge University Musical Society to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University, partially funded by British Antarctic Survey.

Technical Details

Product number:
LSL 10193-01

Performances

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  • The Sorcerer's Mirror
    City of London Festival 2009
    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
    Orchestra: Cambridge University Music Society Orchestra
    June 22, 2009 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Southwark Cathedral
  • The Sorcerer's Mirror
    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
    Orchestra: Cambridge University Music Society Orchestra
    June 13, 2009 | Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , King's College Chapel — World Premiere
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