Echo

Commissioned by the BBC Singers as companion music to Britten's Four Sea Interludes, Arakelyan's Seascapes takes each movement as inspiration through his own musical language. Ranging from the painful lyricism of 'Echo', its third movement, to the wild energy of 'Storm Wind', it pays homage to Britten's melodic and structural world. Poems by Christina Rossetti reflect the themes of Peter Grimes. 'Echo' can be paired with the Four Sea Interludes or performed as a stand-alone work.
Besetzung : mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella