I Stood on a Tower (2008)

Choral: Secular

1 Dec

Written By Tobias Patrick Wolf

from Three Partsongs (2008-12)

A setting of Alfred Tennyson’s I Stood on a Tower.

SATB

Duration:
4′

First Performance:
3 March 2012
Arcadian Singers, John Forster, Keble College, Oxford, UK

London premiere:
21 March 2013
Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge, Nicholas Cleobury, St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London, UK

Scottish premiere:
22 November 2013
Choir of King’s College Aberdeen, David Smith, St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, UK

Score

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Programme note

I Stood on a Tower is a simple setting of the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem for SATB unaccompanied choir. The chord of a minor ninth is the harmonic colouring that binds the work together, enhancing the melancholy of Tennyson’s poem.

PAC

Recording

SATB

Tobias Patrick Wolf

Tobias is an award-winning German conductor and composer based in North East Scotland. He is Music Director of the renowned King’s Studio Orchestra (Scotland), the Braeside Singers (Aberdeen) and Principal Guest Conductor of the German Winds. Tobias is PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen, exploring hybrid composition and performance practice. Sought after as guest conductor for ensembles around the globe, he brings new music to life — for audiences in the concert hall, on radio and television, and across multi-platform online streaming services.

https://www.tpwolf.com