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With a text by David Warner on the parable of The Prodigal Son from St Luke's Gospel, this dramatic choral work brings to life the ancient, universal story of reconciliation and belonging. The closely woven text and music feature an expansive range of expression-plaintive, exuberant, and resolute-before concluding with a transcendent coda that gives way to reverberating 'Amen's. With echoes of some of the minimalist elements of Wilberg's Requiem, as well as Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and John Tavener, the work is scored for mixed voices without soloists, allowing the choir to function like a Greek chorus-sometimes narrating, sometimes participating in the action, sometimes reflecting on it-all underpinned by organ, or orchestra, or chamber ensemble
37 Slower q = 66 406
37 Slower q = 66 406 SOPRANOS mf pleading S. ‘O fa - ther, I have sinned, fa - ther; Sinned a - gainst the heav’ns and in thy TENORS T. mp pleading Slower q = 66 mf p 412 sight, And I am no more wor - thy as thy son.’ mf Ped. 417 SOPRANOS & ALTOS unis. mf with great resolve 2 3 S./A. But the fa - ther called to his ser - vants: ‘Bring TENORS T. mp with 2 great resolve 3 2 for online perusal only
38 421 moving ahead S. A. forth the best of robes And the gold ring And shoes fit for his feet And the 426 pure and fat - ted calf that all may eat— For he’s liv - ing! He’s liv - ing! My T./B. unis. cresc. for online perusal only moving ahead
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