Treseder, Gareth - On yesternight I saw a sight
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Treseder, Gareth - On yesternight I saw a sight

Catalogue No: BH13713
Arrangementchoir (SSAA) a cappella
Product FormatSheet Music
Edition TypeChoral score
ComposerTreseder, Gareth
£3.50
Typically dispatched in 5-7 working days
SeriesContemporary Choral Series
Pages12
Publication Date5 August 2020
Grade of Difficultyadvanced
ISBN9781784545901 (1784545902)
ISMN9790060137136 (M060137136)
UPC840126947229
Composer's note: “On yesternight I saw a sight was set as a means of thanking Jo Tomlinson for promoting and recording my music with the excellent choristers of Farnham Youth Choir. Knowing that the group’s ethos is to memorise the music, I intentionally set the text in a strophic fashion in which the odd-numbered verses act as a unison chorus that later forms a round. The text is inherently rhythmical and joyous. To my mind, it could only be a 12/8 jig reminiscent of a traditional folk dance. For the work’s final exclamation, I originally added “Noel” to the text. However, singing the final letter of this word while singing a top A is unnecessarily difficult. Thus I instead set the medieval Latin term, “Noe”. By happy coincidence, this rhymes with the last two words of the sixth verse. The final chorus - harmonised for the first time and accompanied by a descant – hurriedly asks for God’s grace in these ever uncertain times so that he may “be born in us today”.” - Gareth Treseder -
BH13713