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Panufnik

No. 71988

The Christmas Lifefor Soprano, Baritone, Choir and Organ or Piano

Score

for Worth Abbey Choir

SopranoSolo

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

BaritoneSolo

Basses

Organ/piano

(q. = 84) (q. = 96) rall.Maestoso Andante

rall.

f legato

* *

Edition Peters 71988© Copyright 2003 by Hinrichsen Edition, Peters Edition Limited, London

S. solo

T.

B.

Org.

Bring

f

in a tree, a

(q. = 90) A little slower

4

Bring,

mf

bring, bring, bring, bring, bring,

Bring,

mf

bring, bring, bring, bring, bring,

mf

* * (sim.)

Words by Wendy CopeRoxanna Panufnik

(* 1968)

The Christmas Life

2

*can be played on pedals = easier legatoNB make sure they are at the same pitch

S. solo

T.

B.

Org.

young Nor we- gian- spruce, Bring hy a cinths- that root ed in the cold.

7

bring, bring, Ah bring, bring,

bring, bring, Ah bring, bring,

S. solo

S.

A.

T.

B.

Org.

Bring win ter- jas mine- as its buds un fold-

11

mf

Bring, bring,

Bring,

mf

bring, bring,

Ah Bring, bring, bring, bring, bring,

Ah Bring, bring, bring, bring,

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Roxanna Panufnik studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and has written opera, ballet, music theatre, choral, chamber and film music. Key works include Westminster Mass, written for Westminster Cathedral Choir to mark Cardinal Hume’s 75th birthday, and settings of Vikram Seth’s Beastly Tales, commissioned by the BBC for Patricia Rozario and the City of London Sinfonia; harp concerto Powers & Dominions; violin concerto Abraham – for Daniel Hope – which exists also as an overture for the World Orchestra for Peace, premiered in Jerusalem under Valery Gergiev; Schola Missa de Angelis (choir of London Oratory School and brass octet); and The Generation of Love, a Shakespeare sonnet cycle (Mark Padmore, Richard Watkins, Julius Drake).

Roxanna Panufnik studierte an der Royal Academy of Music und schuf Kompositionen für Oper, Ballett und Musiktheater sowie Chor-, Kammer- und Filmmusik. Zu ihren wichtigsten Werken gehören: die Westminster Mass für den Westminster Cathedral Choir, entstanden zum 75. Geburtstag des Londoner Erzbischofs Kardinal Hume; Vertonungen nach Vikram Seths Beastly Tales für Patricia Rozario und die City of London Sinfonia, ein Auftragswerk der BBC; das Harfenkonzert Powers & Dominions; das Violinkonzert Abraham für Daniel Hope, das auch als Ouvertüre für das World Orchestra for Peace existiert und in dieser Form unter Valery Gergiev in Jerusalem uraufgeführt wurde; Schola Missa de Angelis (Chor der London Oratory School und Blechbläseroktett) sowie The Generation of Love, ein Zyklus von Shakespeare-Sonetten (Mark Padmore, Richard Watkins, Julius Drake).

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