P A T R I C I A V A N N E S S
Advent
Advent (1997)
for SSAATBB & String Orchestra
- Prelude: Inter decem milia dolorum et gaudiorum volventium
- I. Statim vero
- II. Per arcum apertum illa frigida nocte
- III. Nives tenues in nostris vultibus fulgent
Duration: 15 min.
(for Advent)
Commissioned and Premiered (December 1997) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by Patricia Van Ness (English), trans. into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.