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This Sea We Cross Over

for SSAATTBB choir

Year:  2010   ·  Duration:  3m 30s

Year:  2010
Duration:  3m 30s

Composer:   Anthony Ritchie

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Sample: Page 1-4

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This Sea We Cross Over is based on text by Jenny Bornholdt and is used with her kind permission. This work was commissioned by Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand Trust with support from Creative New Zealand. It was premiered by the New Zealand Youth Choir on 22 February 2010 at Parliament House, Wellington.

According to Jenny Bornholdt, this poem is a memorial to those Anzacs lost in the wars, but also celebrates the connections between New Zealand and Australia. Therefore, it looks back to the past but also forwards to the future. The sea is used as the connecting point, with other elements included being trade, women getting the vote, song, migration, etc. Images of sea and water dominate the music, which features long flowing vocal lines.

This work has been performed by The National Youth Choir in NZ, Australia, China and by Aquarius in Holland and Belgium.

-AR


Text note

text by Jenny Bornholdt.