Work
Real Gods
for SATB choir
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About
A 'cantata' for a cappella SATB choir in two parts: part 1 uses a cynical anonymous text; part 2 is a passage from the Gospel of St. Matthew - 'Consider the lilies....". Real Gods was composed in Western Samoa and New Zealand and revised in the United States. It won one of two major awards in the Third International Composition Contest in Slovenia in 1997 adn was premiered in May 1998 at the University of Ljubljana.
This work contrasts music of great intensity and passion with lyrical and reflective passages.
Dedication note
To Maria and Ernesto Coter.
Contents note
Two movements: Real Gods don't send sons here; Consider the lilies
Text note
Texts by (1) an Anonymous author, (2) St. Matthew
Performance history
16 Apr 2000: Performed by Viva Voce cond. John Rosser; Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber