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Dance-Song to the Creator
for SSA and SATB semi-choruses, SAATB choir, percussion and piano duet
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About
It is scored for two semi-choruses (SSA and SATB) with a large mixed-voice choir. The accompaniment is for piano duet and percussion. The texts are a mix of extracts from the Latin Te Deum and a 15th century text from India by Kabir. The piece was conducted by the composer at the beginning of the final concert of the 1996 Melbourne International Choral Festival.
Commissioned note
Commissioned for the International Summer School in Choral Conducting 1993, assisted by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand) and the New Zealand Composers Foundation.
Text note
Texts anonymous and by Kabir
Performance history
26 Jul 2014: Mass of the Children | City Choir Dunedin
Performed by Orland Singers (dir. Anita Banbury); Opus - Epsom Girls' Grammar (dir. david hamilton); Auckland Choral Society cond. Peter Watts