Par SWAYNE GILES. Full Score. A re-working of Swayne’s 1985 Missa Tiburtina with additional saxophone quartet. Described by the composer as “a blackly ironic setting of the Latin Mass”, the piece was composed during the Covid-19 pandemic and is “a prayer for sanity”. Suitable for choirs of advanced ability. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / SATB et 4 Saxophones

Described by the composer as 'a prayer for sanity a cry in the wilderness to a god who may or may not be there' this unconventional Mass (with new words) is written in the context of a world where millions of people die of hunger every year where 10% of living species are under threat of extinction. The Mass is angrily critical of the intolerance injustice and corruption of our world and those…