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Bob Chilcott - Creation Song

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This compelling work tells the story of creation through a tapestry of biblical passages, spiritual writings, poems, and hymns by writers such as Thomas Traherne. The piece is structured around a recurring refrain, composed for upper voices, but also suitable for performance by any group from within the SATB choir, if an upper-voice choir is unavailable. Chilcott's great sensitivity to text brings this wondrous story to life, evoking images of 'the earth, the seas, the light, the day, the skies' being fashioned before our eyes.

21 Thomas Traherne

21 Thomas Traherne (c.1637 –1674) Movement 6 SOPRANO ALTO TENOR BASS ° ¢ { V # # V # # V ## ‹ B## V # # B## Broad q = c.69 (q = q.) 4 4 4 4 4 4 ∑ ∑ mf From mf t œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ And out of no - thing now a - Ó t œ j œ œ œ j œ œ œ dust I rise, rise, mf And now a - mf t œ œ œ œ J ‰ t œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J From Broad q = c.69 (q = q.) mf Ped. Œ t œ j œ œ J 3 3 dust I rise And out of no - thing now a œ j œœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ Œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ‰ œ œœ - for online perusal only ° ¢ { 3 V # # V # # V ## ‹ B## V # # B## œ j œ Ó t œ j œ œ œ œ œ t œ f = œ J - wake, from dust I rise; These f 3 from dust I rise, I rise, from dust I rise; f ‰ t œ j œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ Œ t œ - wake, from dust I rise; These f - wake, from dust I rise; = œ œ J œ j = bœ œ These bright-er = œ J = œ œ œ bright-er re - gions œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ j œ t œ j œ œ ‰ t œ ‰ Ó Œ t œ œ œ œ = ‰ J t œ œ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œœ Œ‰ ‰ œ = œœœ f œ œ ‰ œ œ œ == œ Œ bright-er re - gions = œ = œœ œ = œ ‰ b œ œ b = j Sa -

22 ° ¢ { 6 V # # V # # V ‹ ## B## œ re = œ œ = œ œ œ œ ‰ t œ j œ œ which sa - lute mine eyes A gift from œ œ = œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ - gions which sa - lute mine eyes, from œ œ = œ œ œ = œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ b J œ t œ j œ œ which sa - lute mine eyes A gift from God, from - lute, sa - lute mine eyes A V # # = œœ ‰ = = œ bœ œ œ œ B## = = œ b œ # ‰ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ w t œ j # = œ œ # J œ t Œ t œ J # œœ œ = œ for online perusal only ° ¢ { 8 V # # V # # V ‹ ## B## V # # B## œ œ œ œ œ t œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ J w God I take, from God, from God I take. œ œ j œ t œ j œ œ j œ t œ j œ œ j ‰ God I take, from God I take, from God I take. œ t œ J œ œ œ œ œ t œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ God, from God I take, from God, from God I take. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J ‰ gift from God, from God I take, from God I take. œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ‰ œ œ œ ff , ff, 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 ä â ff , ä ff , â , ff attacca

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