The sixth movement from Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, a unique collaborative work by six different composers active in different repertories of Eastern Orthodox Christian sacred music that brings to life the words of Psalm 103 (LXX) with a musical unity in diversity that reflects the psalmist’s images of the unity in diversity of the divinely created order. The late Richard Toensing (1940 -2014) was a prolific composer in a variety of genres: initially active in Lutheran circles, he converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s. This movement is scored for two choirs a8, allowing the composer to achieve a vast palette of choral colors and textures in service of the text.
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