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Stunningly beautiful!  I'm so jealous!  I wish I could have one of my 3 magnificats performed.

The Lif Of This World

Sunday 15th May 2022

Live recording of Pax CHristi Chorale singing "Cold is the Night" in 2011
Text: Cold is the night when stars shine bright. Red sky at night, sailors delight. When the wind is out of the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast. When sounds travel wide a stormy day will betide.

Cold Is The Night: Stephanie Martin

An original setting of the canticles for Evensong, sung by Quorum at St Luke's Battersea, 23 March 2014, conducted by the composer. Organist: Derek Carden.

Published by Chichester Music Press www.chichestermusicpress.co.uk/magandnuncing

For more music by David Fawcett, visit www.DavidFawcettComposer.com

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis In G (David Fawcett)

This is a live concert recording of the Cantus Ensemble performing Paul Mealor's "Now sleeps the crimson petal" at our "Butterfly Dreams" concert on Saturday 11th July, 2015. Dominic Brennan conducts. 

Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal: I. Now sleeps the crimson petal

A setting of Mary Frye's poem "Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep" for SATB choir - no divisi (would suit four solo voices) - ideal for memorials or similar occasions.

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To The Mountain

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

Selected movements from the world premiere of "Requiem"
University of Glasgow Chapel Choir, directed by James Grossmith, with Andrew Forbes at the organ.
A full CD recording is planned for March/April 2013.

Kyrie

A Forest That is a Desert was commissioned by Choral Arts Initiative for the 2019 PREMIERE|Project Festival. The work sets three texts written by Kendra Preston Leonard specifically for this composition. 
	
When I first received the CAI commission, I looked through a number of Kendra’s text and was drawn to her lovely work “My mother is a poem by Yeats,” which expresses the profound grief of watching a loved one succumb to dementia. Full of ideas, I texted to ask if she would be open to me setting it. She was thrilled - but another composer already had secured the rights to set the poem! 
	
I resigned myself to choosing another text, but couldn’t get the first poem of my head enough to find something that resonated strongly. After some brainstorming, Kendra generously agreed to write a companion text exploring similar themes. Within a couple days, she sent three new poems written in memory of her mother, hoping that one might be a good fit. I loved all three and was particularly drawn to them as a set. 
	
The resulting work, A Forest That is a Desert, uses traditional choral writing, coloristic vocal effects, and indeterminacy to bring to life Kendra’s evocative words. The music is intended to reflect the mental effects of dementia on those who suffer from it and also express the complex emotions felt by loved ones watching that decline.  
	
This performance is by the Choral Arts Initiative at the PREMIERE|Project Festival in June 2019.

A Forest That Is A Desert III

Carol by David Fawcett, recorded by Kantos on the album, 'The Silver Stars at Play'. For further information and sheet music, visit: https://davidfawcettcomposer.com/compositions/carols/the-angel-gabriel/

The Angel Gabriel (David Fawcett)

Prize-winning choral composer, David Fawcett. Details of my published pieces are at www.davidfawcettcomposer.com/compositions, but if you're interested in performing any of my works, whether published or not, get in touch and we can fix it.

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis In G (David Fawcett)

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