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Nov 18, 2016 · This large-scale work for choir and saxophone quartet sets a text from the English poet and theologian Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditations, taking lines from the last section “The Fifth Century.”
The Fifth Century is a classical and choral studio album by Gavin Bryars, conducted by Donald Nally, and performed by The Crossing choir with the saxophone quartet PRISM. This album was released in the label ECM New Series in November 2016. The album won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.
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Jul 13, 2017 · The Fifth Century, a 42-minute work for choir and saxophone quartet by the English composer Gavin Bryars (b.1963), has been described as “music that makes eternity audible.” Bryars sets texts by the lesser-known 17th-century metaphysical poet, Thomas Traherne, dense considerations of eternity, infinity, and the omnipresence of God in the world.
The Fifth Century (2014) is a big piece for saxophone quartet and choir with words taken from the 17th-century English mystic Thomas Traherne.
Jun 17, 2016 · In Gavin Bryars ’s “ The Fifth Century ,” a haunting work for choir and saxophone quartet that had an eloquent New York premiere at Trinity Wall Street on Thursday evening, the word...
Gavin BryarsThe Fifth CenturyThe CrossingPRISM Saxophone QuartetDonald Nally, conductor The music of English composer Gavin Bryars has long managed the disti...
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Dec 16, 2016 · The Fifth Century. The Crossing. (ECM New Series) “Infinity of space is like a painter’s table”, wrote Thomas Traherne, a metaphysical poet of the 17th century. In setting lines from his...
