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Linda Tutas Haugen

Performed on four continents, Linda Tutas Haugen’s music has been critically acclaimed as “music of character and genuine beauty.” [Minneapolis StarTribune.] Opera Today praised her opera, Pocahontas, as “superbly crafted,” “engaging,” and “beautiful and powerful.” She has written for instrumental and vocal chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, solo voice, chorus and opera. Linda has...

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A Canticle of Blessing

Linda Tutas Haugen

An empowering and joyful setting of a beautiful text from St. Theresa.

Choral

treble choir

1-2 instruments

Difficulty: 4

Duration: 3-5 min.

LTH – A Canticle of Blessing

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SSAA, Violin and Tibetan Singing Bowls/Bells

An empowering and joyful setting of the beautiful text from St. Theresa di Lisieux including antiphonal alleluias and a rousing dance-like ending!

Composer’s Notes

“A Canticle of Blessing” was commissioned by Partners in Praise Girls Chorus and Julia Fahey, Artistic Director. It is written for SSAA choir, violin and Tibetan singing bowls or handbells. It is alternatively set for piano and bells as well (arrangement available Fall 2017).

This work dramatically sets the beautiful and empowering text from St. Therese di Lisieux. Opening with the singing bowls and choral alleluias, the connection with timelessness is immediately established, and the listener can imagine the life of this young nun, who lived at the end of the 19th century (1873-1897) in France. Musically, antiphonal or processional possibilities abound with this beginning. As the text unfolds, each statement lyrically builds upon the previous one, moving to the dance-like setting of the last three lines. The solo violin both supports and presents expository material, and the singing bowls/bells add a universal, meditative and spiritual presence.

*Note – the recording heard is an earlier version in the key of gminor; this is the newly revised in the key of a minor

– Linda Tutas Haugen