Voicing: SATB a cappella Text: Francis Ledwidge (1887 - 1917) Published by: Canadian Music Centre Notes: This challenging work for unaccompanied mixed voices was commissioned by Dr. Debra Cairns and I Coristi Chamber Choir, Edmonton, as one of the choir's tenth anniversary projects in 2003 . It was premiered in Edmonton, performed at Podium 2004 in Winnipeg, and released on Echoes: Ten Years of Song by the Alberta classical recordings label, Arktos. People sometimes think (based on the title) that I wrote the text and composed a piece about my own mother, but although there may be a few similarities, the woman described in the poem by "The Blackbird Poet" Francis Ledwidge, is much more about his mother, or a romanticized, imaginary mother-figure, than mine! Ledwidge was an Irish poet who was killed in W.W. I while serving in the British army, just days before he would have turned thirty. God made my mother on an April day, | Performed by: I Coristi Chamber Choir, Dr. Debra Cairns, conductor |
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