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The Deer's Cry (Pärt)

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with long rests in between. While they keep that pattern, the sopranos enter in the seventh measure to deliver the following text. From measure 17, the lower voices also take part in the text, singing "Christ in me". They are often juxtaposed to the sopranos, such as with "arise" vs. "sit down". A
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of Ireland. The text is known as "The Deer's Cry", "The Breastplate of St Patrick", or "Lorica" and is often attributed to the saint. Pärt wrote his setting in modern English, beginning with "Christ with me", composed for a four-part choir
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at 72 per minute. The measures contain different even numbers, from two, often used for general rests, to eight. The lower voices begin with divided altos and basses, which sing "Christ with me" four times in
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The work was commissioned by the Louth Contemporary Music Society. The text is the final part of a traditional prayer for protection,
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Pärt set an excerpt of the prayer, its conclusion, and repeating the first line of that section ("Christ with me") in the end:
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in 2007, and was first performed by the State Choir Latvija, conducted by Fergus Sheil, in Louth on 13 February 2008.
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Hill, Thomas. "Invocation of the Trinity and the Tradition of the Lorica in Old English Poetry".
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climax is reached in measure 33 when all the voices sing in homophony, and every one
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The Deer's Cry' - Chamber Choir Ireland at Áras an Uachtaráin
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is in one movement and takes about five minutes to perform.
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choir named a program of music by William Byrd and Pärt
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Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
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Index

motet
Arvo Pärt

Saint Patrick's Breastplate
SATB
motet
Arvo Pärt
lorica
a cappella
Universal Edition
Louth
Saint Patrick's Breastplate
St. Patrick
patron saint
a cappella
Universal Edition
A minor
quarter notes
homophony
divided
the Sixteen
Vox Clamantis
Voces8
Chamber Choir Ireland
Paul Hillier
Michael D. Higgins
Áras an Uachtaráin


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