Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Composer: Rutter, John
Product code:
9780193536340
Publisher: OUP Oxford
£2.50
Description
Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams’ precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to a French carol melody. The result is a hymn which is by turn haunting and powerful, with a modal tonality evoking the sound-world of plainchant.
Description
Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams’ precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to a French carol melody. The result is a hymn which is by turn haunting and powerful, with a modal tonality evoking the sound-world of plainchant.
