Name: Amen
Duration: P00H08M37S
Description: An anthem for double-choir based - at various levels ranging from the overall structure to local decoration - on the arching melodic fragment familiar as part of the ‘English Cadence’. The harmonic world is that of the simple plagal or ‘Amen’ cadence and there are strong echoes of Adoro Te (track 1). The text consists of just one word:

Amen

from SEVEN LETTERS (AND OTHER SACRED MUSIC) by TONUS PEREGRINUS, Antony Pitts

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An anthem for double-choir based - at various levels ranging from the overall structure to local decoration - on the arching melodic fragment familiar as part of the ‘English Cadence’. The harmonic world is that of the simple plagal or ‘Amen’ cadence and there are strong echoes of Adoro Te (track 1). The text consists of just one word:

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Amen.

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from SEVEN LETTERS (AND OTHER SACRED MUSIC), released June 1, 2005

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Cannes Classical Award-Winners – from Pérotin, Pärt (No.1 Album Passio), Pitts (The Naxos Book of Carols & Gramophone Editor’s Choice on Hyperion) to Mad World and more...

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