Ancient Lands: Choral music of wonder and mystery
Saturday 24 March 2018
St Andrew's Anglican Church, Indooroopilly
Joseph Twist's evocative Hymn for Ancient Lands was composed for the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge for their 2016 Australian tour with Musica Viva. Joe is originally from Queensland and also a former Fusion singer — these days he lives and works in Los Angeles.
Hymn of Ancient Lands is a setting of a short text known as 'Caedmon's Hymn'. Caedmon is believed to have been the earliest English poet, and this poem (or hymn) is the oldest recorded poem in the Old English dialect of the Anglo-Saxons, dating back to sometime in the second half of the 7th century. Joe Twist's setting weaves together the Old English with both the Latin text and a modern English translation, which reflects his interest in viewing history and spirituality through a contemporary lens.
This beautiful work sits alongside music by Renaissance composers Thomas Tomkins and Claudio Monteverdi, Brazilian composer Luciano Lunkes, Swiss composer Ivo Antognini, Estonian composer Urmas Sisask, and Australian composers Matthew Orlovich, Paul Stanhope and Richard Connolly.
St Andrew's Anglican Church, Indooroopilly
Joseph Twist's evocative Hymn for Ancient Lands was composed for the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge for their 2016 Australian tour with Musica Viva. Joe is originally from Queensland and also a former Fusion singer — these days he lives and works in Los Angeles.
Hymn of Ancient Lands is a setting of a short text known as 'Caedmon's Hymn'. Caedmon is believed to have been the earliest English poet, and this poem (or hymn) is the oldest recorded poem in the Old English dialect of the Anglo-Saxons, dating back to sometime in the second half of the 7th century. Joe Twist's setting weaves together the Old English with both the Latin text and a modern English translation, which reflects his interest in viewing history and spirituality through a contemporary lens.
This beautiful work sits alongside music by Renaissance composers Thomas Tomkins and Claudio Monteverdi, Brazilian composer Luciano Lunkes, Swiss composer Ivo Antognini, Estonian composer Urmas Sisask, and Australian composers Matthew Orlovich, Paul Stanhope and Richard Connolly.
