BARTLEY, Jil

  British composer focused on choral and orchestral works.

"In the year 1993, composition reintroduced itself to me. I had a real desire to write a choral work using the text of the Latin Requiem Mass. I began to sketch a piano score, then the following year (1994) I moved to Southern France. Once installed at Tourrettes sur Loup, the work poured out and a piano/choral Score of Requiem was completed in 1996.

Although the Latin text from the Requiem Mass has been used for this work, it is in no way a sad or miserable musical expression! On the contrary, it is full of joy and is a celebration of the 'Ascension' rather than the 'Death'."

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