This track goes way back and got me thinking about composition in an entirely different way. Microtones can be very effective in many different contexts. Here I tried to use them in tandem with recognizable key areas. The music aims to be stable but to also bend the frequencies and try altered means of the same conclusion!
lyrics
Soprano 1
Vobiscum, parvuli, viribus (With you, children, strength)
Sanguis, sudor, lacrimae (Blood, sweat, tears)
Et omnium animas fidelium ut mortem (All lives faithful to death)
Beatae, parvuli, juvenes, donum tuum (Blessed children, youth, your gift)
Lux, luceat, lux, luceat in aeternum (Light, shine, light, shine forever)
Esto benignus lux (Kind light)
Mortem et vita, ira, beatus sumus (Death and life, wrath, we are happy)
“Into The Light Ensemble” founder and director, studied
composition at Berklee, Tufts and currently at the Hartt school as a DMA. I write a blend of traditional popular, folk and classically driven ideas, mostly focused on vocals and chamber musicians.
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