Benedicite (Carter)
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| Benedicite | |
|---|---|
| Choral music by Andrew Carter | |
 One of the restored bosses in York Minster which inspired the composition | |
| Related | Excerpt Bless the Lord |
| Language | English |
| Based on | Benedicite |
| Dedication | Andrew Fairbairns |
| Performed | 5 November 1989: Queen's Hall |
| Published | 1991: University of Oxford |
| Duration | 35:00 |
| Movements | 9 |
| Scoring |
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Benedicite is a composition for choir, children's choir and orchestra by Andrew Carter. He set the hymn Benedicite from the Book of Common Prayer, and additional free texts based on the model in three movements for unison children's choir. The work was published in 1991 and dedicated to Andrew Fairbairns. A subset of the music for children's choir was published as Bless the Lord.
Benedicite was commissioned for the 1989 Singing Day in Edinburgh by the British Federation of Young Choirs.[1] Carter, an English composer and church musician in York, was inspired by the restoration of roof bosses at the southern transept of York Minster, which had been destroyed in a fire in 1984. They depict around 60 images of creatures. The music is written to convey a child-like perspective of the wonders of Creation.[2]
Benedicite was published by Oxford University Press in 1991, dedicated to Andrew Fairbairns.[3][4] A subset of the music for children's choir was published as Bless the Lord.[5]
