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Nowell (in the Lithuanian manner)
for SA choir
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One of the most beautiful and intriguing polyphonic traditions is that of Lithuanian folk music, which exploits the interval of a second. By allowing the voices to leap-frog over each other a piquant sonority is achieved without forcing the singers to move in parallel motion. I’ve used this principle in my little Nowell setting for Baroque Voices.
– Jack Body
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Traditional
Performance history
25 Nov 1995: Performed by Baroque Voices, directed by Pepe Becker
27 Jun 2009: Wellington Shines
28 Jun 2014: Performed by Baroque Voices, director Pepe Becker at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington.
16 Aug 2020: Performed by Baroque Voices as part of 'Bingen to Becker' at The Third Eye, Wellington