Carmen 101

Two alternating texts, one from the Roman poet Catullus written for his brother who died at a young age. The text expresses an immense sorrow but is at the same time very tender. The other text is  “ And death shall have no dominion” by Dylan Thomas.

This composition is dedicated to my brother Jipi who killed himself in 2001.

Music type: 
Choral
Instrumentation: 
SATB SATB en S solo (of kinderkoor)
Year: 
2007
Composer: 
Alain De Ley
Text author: 
Dylan Thomas, Catullus
Commissioned by: 
Musa Horti