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Skempton Poems of Love and War

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for SATB unaccompanied Poems of Love and War sets a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known as 'kennings', while the love poems are more direct, and sometimes playful. Skempton's imaginative settings bring these striking texts to life, artfully using changing metres to evoke the sound of spoken word.

Arnor Thordarson (11th

Arnor Thordarson (11th century) trans. Judith Jesch 3. ‘Bright sun will become black’ 5 SOPRANO ALTO ° & # q = c.112 mp 2 4 ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ 3 4 2 ˙ œ 4 ˙ œ œ ˙ œ Œ TENOR BASS ?# 2 ¢ 4 Bright ˙ sun will be - come black, earth will sink in - to dark sea, ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ œ œ ˙˙ œ Œ mp 11 ° & # ˙ ˙˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 3 4 ˙ 4 œ Œ œ ?# ¢ Aus ˙ - tri’s* bur - den will break, waves will co - ver moun - tains, be - ˙ ˙ ˙˙ œ œ ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ 3 4 œ Œ œ œ 20 ° & # ˙ œ ˙ for online perusal only 2 3 2 3 œ 4 ˙ 4 ˙ œ 4 ˙ ˙ 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 ?# ¢ -fore a bet - ter chief - tain than Thor - finn will be raised in ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ 2 ˙ ˙˙ 3 ˙ 4 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 28 ° 2 & # 4 ˙ 3 4 œ Œ œ 2 4 ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ ˙ 3 4 ˙ Œ ?# 2 ¢ 4 these isles; may God help that liege of his hall - troop. ˙ 3 4 œ Œ œ 2 4 ˙˙ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ ˙ ˙ 3 4 ˙ ˙ Œ * pronounced ‘Owstri’s’

6 Arnor Thordarson (11th century) trans. Judith Jesch 4. ‘Giver of captured gold’ q = c.126 mp ° & # SOPRANO # 3 4 Œ 2 4 3 ALTO 4 œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œœ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ?# 3 œ ¢ # ˙ ˙ œ Œ ˙ 2 3 2 3 4 ˙˙ œ ˙˙ œ œœ 4 œ 4 ˙ œ 4 œ œ 4 ˙ œ Gi - ver of cap - tured gold, you risked your gaz - elles of the ra - ging ?# 3 œ œ TENOR 2 BASS ¢ # 4 œ œ ˙˙ œ œœ Œ œ ˙ 4 mp œ œ ˙˙ œ œœ 3 4 ˙ œ 9 ° & # # 2 3 2 3 2 4 4 œ 4 Œ œ 4 4 ˙˙ œ œ ˙˙ œ œ ˙ œœ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ?# 2 3 2 3 2 ¢ # 4 ˙ œ œ œ 4 ˙˙ 4 œ Œ œœ œ 4 ˙ œ 4 ˙ ˙ ˙ œ 19 ° 3 2 3 2 3 2 & # # ˙ 4 œ Œ 4 4 4 4 4 ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œœ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ soaked sails. The ‘Bi - son’ quick - ly car - ried you, a keen hawk, in its ?# 3 2 3 2 3 ¢ # ˙ 4 œœ Œ œ 4 œ œ ˙˙ œ 4 4 œœ œ ˙ 4 œ 2 4 ˙˙ ˙ œ œœ 28 ° 3 2 3 2 3 & # # 4 4 4 4 4 ˙ ˙ œœ Œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙˙ œ œ œ ˙ œœ œ œ ˙ œ stern - quar - ters. More splen - did king will ne - ver steer a sup ple for online perusal only storm on the churn - ing sea, and you spent your life most - ly un - der - ship, my 2 4 2 4