About this minute
- Title
- 42 Composed - David Bednall - Haill, Gladdening Light!
- Location
- Wells Cathedral
- Collections
- Bristol Collection 1
- Related resource guides
- Composed Sounds , Choir , Harmony , Melisma , Melody , Suspension , Texture , Timbre , Vocal
Bristol 1 #42
That was the sound of a piece of choral music called “Hail Gladdening Light!” by Bristol-based composer David Bednall. When you listened, did you hear the male singers in the choir singing on their own, while the upper voices held a long chord? This section of the music is called plainchant, an ancient way of…
