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Werk: Mater ora Filium

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KomponistBax, Arnold (1883-1953)
PeriodeFrühes 20. Jahrhundert
GattungChormusik
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Calton Consort: Translated Daughters

From the altar of their customary home in Edinburgh’s 1691 Canongate Kirk, Calton Consort presented an a cappella concert enigmatically entitled “Translated Daughters”. The enigma dissolved upon hearing W.H. Auden’s text for Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia. It features the arresting couplet: “Translated Daughter, come down and startle / Composing mortals with immortal fire.
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