Lumen in Umbra (2024)

Choral: Secular
Written By Tobias Wolf

A setting of an inscription found on Autun Cathedral

SATB & Tuned Wine Glasses

Duration:
c.4′

First performance:
13 November 2024
Lassenne Vocale, Ivan Yohan, Echochamber, Brussels, Belgium

UK premiere:
22 June 2025
Graduati Singers, Benedict Preece, St Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road, London,UK

Score

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Programme Note

Lumen in Umbra is a sustained, atmospheric piece taking two lines of text relating to light and darkness and creating a slowly changing tableau that centres around a high-pitched drone from tuned wine glasses. The light in the piece changes from moment to moment, sometimes bright and coruscating, sometimes wan and distant.

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Tobias Wolf

Tobias Wolf is a photographer, musician and artist based in North East Scotland. With a background in conducting, composition and hybrid media, his creative practice has long been shaped by an interest in atmosphere, structure and the relationship between sound, image and place. Photography has been a lifelong companion — a way of slowing down, noticing light, and finding quiet meaning in everyday scenes.

https://www.tpwolf.com
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