When David Heard

當大衛聽到》是為紀念 2011 年奧斯陸和烏托亞恐怖襲擊中的遇難者而創作的。作品以《撒母耳記下》中著名而緊張的段落為背景，並穿插了《詩篇》第 39 篇中的詩句：主啊，讓我知道我的結局。音樂以一段強有力的宣敘性段落開場後，在沉思和更具戲劇性的素材之間迅速切換，反映了兩段經文的情緒，並演繹了音樂敘事。在反復吟誦《詩篇》的過程中，音樂逐漸變弱，只留下一個孤獨的男高音懸在空中"

作曲家: Martin, Matthew
樂器: Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
When David Heard was written as a memorial to the victims of the 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya. It sets the well-known and intense passage from 2 Samuel and intersperses it with a verse from Psalm 39: "Lord, let me know mine end", scored for three solo voices. After opening with a powerful declamatory passage, the music switches rapidly between contemplative and more dramatic material, reflecting the mood of the two texts and playing out the musical narrative. This gradually fades over repeated invocations of the Psalm, leaving a solitary tenor voice hanging in the air.