Lullay, my fader: (Second Performance)

John Gormley; Alan Tavener

Lullay, my fader: (Second Performance)

John Gormley (Composer)
, Alan Tavener (Conductor)

Strathclyde University Chamber Choir

Research output: Performances, compositions and other non-textual forms › Composition

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A setting for the Middle English text "Lullay, my fader" in MS Stanbrook Abbey 3, fol. 241v. The setting draws upon 16th century polyphonic metrical approaches to contrapuntal writing in that the composition utilising flexible metre and metrical independence of the parts. The melodic materials are tonally conceived with the harmonies are formed principally as a consequence of the contrapuntal procedures. The result is a fluid and free flowing texture that continuously unfolds between the short refrain that bookends the piece.

Performed by Strathclyde University Chamber Choir

Original language	English
Publication status	Published or Performed - 3 Dec 2025

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