This piece stems from an ongoing partnership between the composer and the writer Richard George Elliott. The profound sentiments expressed in Elliot's poem about the firmament are evoked by Jackson's use of colourful shimmering textures and an underlying sense of spaciousness. An impressive concert work this is complex but utterly compelling choral writing.

Setting Joseph Addison's text Jackson explores the use of vivid imagery the poem provides through this dramatic medium. Rather than using the full forces of choir brass and organ throughout the piece proceeds through varied antiphonal groupings accompanying typically imaginative choral writing.

SATB choir & trumpet (SATB) - Moderately Difficult to Difficult

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Yet we who neither burn nor shine. Composed by Gabriel Jackson. Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 24 pages. Duration 7'. Oxford University Press #9780193368…

Composed by Gabriel Jackson (1962-). New Horizons. Brass parts. 40 pages. Duration 11'. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193363212).

Composed by Gabriel Jackson (1962-). For SATB choir, brass quintet, organ. New Horizons. Vocal score. 52 pages. Duration 11 minutes. Published by Oxford University Press

By Gabriel Jackson. For SATB choir (with divisions), a cappella. This edition: NH31. Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Sacred Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 7'