Coronach (2021)

1. Coruisk
2. Saoil a Mhòr am Pòs Thu
3. The Mystery of Light
4. Guma Slàn do na Gillean
5. Blows the Wind Today
6. Air Do Shlàinte Mhàiri ‘n Dotair
7. Spring Song

Solo Cello, SATB

Duration:
22′

First performance:
TBC

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Score

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Programme note

Coronach is the culmination of four years of incremental work and carries on a current preoccupation with integrating elements of Scottish history and culture into my work. The piece is in seven movements and alternates between settings of Scottish romantic poetry with Gaelic folksongs collected by Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), a renaissance man of mid-twentieth century Scottish poetry and folklore. Although the alternating material is of a very different cast, the two hopefully shine a light on each other and eventually come together in a ‘long, continuous chant’. The work is a celebration of Henderson and his life and works.

PAC