The Choirmaster's Burial

This piece uses word painting to re-tell Thomas Hardy's classic poem about an old tenor and the death of his choirmaster. The men and women are divided into two choirs; the men represent the old tenor telling the story and the women represent an angelic chorus singing the antiphon In Paradisium from the Requiem Mass. It was first performed in Uppsala Cathedral on the 27th of May 2012 with cathedral organist Olle Johansson conducting Uppsala Cathedral Singers.