{"product_id":"under-the-arching-heavens-a-requiem-mixed-choir","title":"Under the Arching Heavens: A Requiem - Mixed choir","description":"Alex Freeman's Under the arching heavens: A Requiem (2018) was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language.' Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet's images of the sea, and of mankind's relationship with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: \u003cbr\u003eI. Sydämeni laulu (Aleksis Kivi) \u003cbr\u003eII. Requiem aeternam \u003cbr\u003eIII. Sequentia\u003cbr\u003e Dies irae \u003cbr\u003e Thrushes (Siegfried Sassoon) \u003cbr\u003e (Rex tremendae) \u003cbr\u003e Fientliga stjärnor (Edith Södergran)\u003cbr\u003e (Inter oves) \u003cbr\u003eIV. Sanctus \u003cbr\u003eV. Mikä lienee se lintu ollut? (Viljo Kajava) \u003cbr\u003eVI. Agnus Dei \u003cbr\u003eVII. O Years and Graves! (Walt Whitman)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuration: c. 67'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave a look inside by clicking “sample”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following movements of this work are available separately as PDF publications: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSydämeni laulu (9790550166462)\u003cbr\u003eFientliga stjärnor (9790550166479)\u003cbr\u003eMikä lienee se lintu ollut? (9790550166486)\u003cbr\u003eO Years and Graves! (9790550166493)","brand":"Fennica Gehrman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51451888140635,"sku":"9790550117433","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9790550117433_1-under-the-arching-heavens-a-requiem-mixed-choir.jpg?v=1759496701","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-arching-heavens-a-requiem-mixed-choir","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}