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Title	Gift of Life, The (Complete)
Article no.	4085966
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Wind music and choir
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band); Chor (adlib)
Instrumentation/info	Concert Band, optional chorus
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts); Download
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Composer	Rutter, John
Arranger	Noble, Paul
Difficulty level	3+
Duration	40:00
Additional info/contents	(Six Canticles of Creation) 'The Gift of Life' was written early in 2015 as a commission to honour a retiring Minister of Music at a church in Dallas, Texas. In planning this piece, John Rutter has stated: 'In 1985 I had written a Requiem - which, like any Requiem, inevitably reflects on death - why not write the opposite, a work celebrating life? Unlike a Requiem, where a set form of words is laid down in Catholic liturgy, no framework exists for a celebration of life, and I had to choose (and in three cases, write) texts which were appropriate to a theme rarely expressed in music since Haydn's wondrous oratorio The Creation in 1798.' The six movements reflect different facets of the miracles of creation and of life. This arrangement is written for combined Concert Band and Chorus, but may be performed by Concert Band alone. The corresponding choral score is available separately here.

No.	Track title	Duration	Sound sample
1	O all ye works of the Lord	8:40
2	The tree of life	6:15
3	Hymn to the Creator of Light	7:30
4	O Lord, how manifold are thy works	8:10
5	The gift of each day	3:20
6	Believe in life	5:50

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