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Bob Chilcott - Five Days That Changed the World

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  • Choral
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for upper-voice choir, SATB choir, piano, and optional timpani Setting a newly written text by Charles Bennett, this fifteen-minute choral work takes singers on a journey through five historical events: the invention of printing, the abolition of slavery, the first powered flight, the discovery of penicillin, and the first man in space. In each movement, music and words come together to create a strikingly vivid and personal account of each protagonist's experience, from the printer seeing 'each letter like a person' to the astronaut commenting on the beauty of our planet from space. Chilcott's music is as captivating as ever, with energy in abundance alongside moments of clarity and stillness. This is an ideal concert work for choirs looking to perform with an upper-voice group, or for larger SATB choruses with divisi sopranos and altos. The optional timpani part is printed separately at the back of the score.

35 5. Wednesday 12 April

35 5. Wednesday 12 April 1961: The First Man in Space Charles Bennett (b. 1954) BOB CHILCOTT Ethereal and calm q = c.56 UPPER VOICES SOPRANO ALTO TIMPANI (optional) Ethereal and calm q = c.56 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 PIANO 3 3 p 4 p div. I saw how beau - ti - ful our pla -net is, p I saw how beau - ti - ful our pla - net is, 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 3 3 se - ven - teen thou - sand miles an hour. mp 3 3 se - ven - teen thou - sand miles an hour. They 3 3 3 3 3 3 for online perusal only Music © Oxford University Press 2013. Text © Charles Bennett. Reproduced by permission of the author. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

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