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Performance by David John Lang, Adelaide Wind Orchestra from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 141. |
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Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 141.
Library shelf no. CD 3236 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Love is Born is the 6th movement (of 7)
from my Requiem, composed in 2019 for SATB vocal
quartet and organ. The text for this movement,
as for the rest of the Requiem, combines the traditional
Latin Requiem Mass text with excerpts from
Michael Leunig's 'The Prayer Tree'. For Love is Born,
the Leunig poem from which the movement
gets its name is combined with the Latin 'Lux
Aeterna'.
This arrangement for wind
orchestra was made upon the request of my good friend and
colleague David John Lang, as a 'palate
cleanser' for the Adelaide Wind Orchestra's April 2021
concert 'Leunig's Prayer Book'.
It subsequently received its interstate premiere
in May 2021, where it was performed by the Sydney
Conservatorium Wind Orchestra, conducted by
Steven Hillinger.
Love is born
With a dark and troubled face,
When hope is dead
And in the most unlikely place
Love is born.
Love is always born.
-Michael Leunig
from The Prayer Tree
Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine:
Cum Sanctis tuis in æternum:
quia pius es.
(Let everlasting light shine upon them, Lord,
with thy saints for ever,
for Thou art merciful.)
-from the Requiem Mass
Work Details
Year: 2021
Instrumentation: 4 Flutes, 2 oboes, clarinet in E flat, 3 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 cornets in B flat, 2 trumpets in B flat, 4 horns in F, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, double bass, harp, timpani, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion (3 players: vibraphone, glockenspiel, 3 triangles, suspended cymbal, tubular bells, tam tam).
Duration: 7 min.
Difficulty: Medium — More advanced players required for solos
Commission note: Commissioned by Adelaide Wind Orchestra.
First performance: by David John Lang, Adelaide Wind Orchestra at Leunig's Prayer Book (St Peter's Girls' Arts Centre) on 16 Apr 2021
Performances of this work
6 Nov 2022: at ReClassified at North Adelaide Baptist Church (North Adelaide Baptist Church). Featuring Josh van Konkelenberg, Joshua Oates, Martin Alexander.
7 May 2021: at SCM Wind Symphony (Verbrugghen Hall). Featuring Steven Hillinger, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony.
16 Apr 2021: at Leunig's Prayer Book (St Peter's Girls' Arts Centre). Featuring Adelaide Wind Orchestra, David John Lang.
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