Cantata Memoria, For the Children, for soloists, mixed choir (SATB), Young voices and orchestra, choral part

ISMN: 979-0-060-13329-9

Karl Jenkins composed Cantata Memoria as a commemorative work exploring themes of loss, particularly remembering the children who perished in the Aberfan tragedy in 1966 when a mining spoil tip collapsed and buried a school. The first part of the work deals with the tragedy itself and the second part moves from darkness to light, reliving memories and celebrating childhood. Scored for soprano, baritone, young voices, chorus and orchestra, Cantata Memoria sets texts by Mererid Hopwood and has been recorded by Deutsche Grammophon with vocal soloists Bryn Terfel and Elin Manahan Thomas.

CONTENIDO:

Pitran, patran
Then Silence (Tawelwch fu)
Cortège
Lament for the Balley (Marwnad y Cwm) (Agnus Dei)
Lacrimosa Lullaby (Lacrimosa Maban Glân)
Did I hear a bird
Satin Geathers (Aderyn Du )- And-a-half (Blwyddyn-a-mis)
And once upon a time (Unwaith amer maith yn ôl)
When the shadow dies
Lux aeterna