Sure Of The Sky, Sure Of The Sun

这首由詹姆斯-奥唐纳和威斯敏斯特教堂为 2014 年 8 月 4 日纪念第一次世界大战爆发 100 周年的庄严纪念仪式而创作的乐曲，采用了英语和德语两种语言。 这首为四声部合唱团和铜管乐而作的 5 分钟乐曲于 2014 年 8 月 4 日在英国三项主要的第一次世界大战百年纪念活动之一中首演。伦敦交响合唱团、石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因音乐节合唱团和冷锋卫队在剑桥公爵夫妇、哈里王子和多位世界领导人出席的黄昏活动上推出了这首曲子，所有人都聚集在比利时蒙斯附近的圣西姆福林小树林墓地--这里是在西线阵亡的第一批和最后一批英国士兵以及最后一批英联邦士兵的安息之地

作曲家: Goodall, Howard
乐器: Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Setting both English and German texts, Sure of the Sky, Sure of the Sun – Des Himmels sicher, der Sonne sicher is a haunting and moving reflection on the futility of war. The 5-minute piece for SATB choir and brass was premiered at one of the UK’s three main World War I centenary commemoration events on 4 August 2014. It was launched by the London Symphony Chorus, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor and Coldstream Guards, at a twilight event attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, and a number of world leaders, all gathered together in the tiny woodland cemetery of St Symphorien near Mons, Belgium – the resting place for the first and last British, and the last Commonwealth, soldiers to die on the Western Front. The texts are “May, 1915” by Charlotte Mew (1869-1928), and “To a Missing Friend” by Goldfeld, a German Jewish soldier killed in action, the poem was discovered by Jewish military historian, Peter C Appelbaum. The brass parts are available on special sale from the Faber Music Hire Library (hire@fabermusic.com)