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My Dove
First line:
I held him and would not let him go
composer
17 November - 8 December 1997; for Steve & Kate - a little late
author of text
Song of Songs 3: 4; 6: 9
My Dove is written in the style of an antique lullaby. Based on a softly dissonant ground bass, the harmony rocks back and forth as accompaniment to the lyrical cantilena melody which is shared between soprano and tenor. But for all the simplicity and fluidity of its construction, this is a song that requires considerable vocal virtuosity given its overall range of three and a half octaves—the tenor soloist climaxing on a top D, no less.
from notes by Jeremy Summerly © 2008
Recordings
 Pitts: Alpha and OmegaStudio Master: CDA67668Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  There are few better examples of a composer’s style developing concurrently with the emergence of a vocal group than in the a cappella vocal music of Antony Pitts. The Tonus Peregrinus octet exists to perform ancient and modern works interspersed wit ...» More |
Details
Artists
ISRC
GB-AJY-08-66806
Duration
7'22
Recording date
8 June 2007
Recording venue
Bromley Parish Church, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Stephen Rice
Recording engineer
Mike Skeet
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