When All Falls Silent

Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri. For the King’s Singers New Music Prize competition.

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When all falls silent,
And the breath of life
Flows from the source
And calms the stormy sea,
My heart-song,
Always sung but seldom heard,
Rises from the mist,
Calling, calling…

Then, slowly,
I turn my gaze,
Drawn toward beauty
And the song’s amber light;
I open my soul,
And I am at peace,
I am in harmony,
Listening, listening…

–Charles Anthony Silvestri
Used with permission.

Commended by the King’s Singers New Music Prize 2020.

Genre

Choral

Instrumentation

SATB

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Recording by The Crossing/PARMA Records

Duration

c3:00

Year Written

2020

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