Patrick Hawes: I Know The Music: Soprano & SATB: Vocal Score

The Vocal Score for I Know The Music composed by Patrick Hawes former composer in residence for Classic FM. This work is arranged for Soprano Soloist SATB Chorus and Piano. Commissioned by Aliquando Choir for the town of Henley-on-Thames and the wider community Patrick Hawes composed this for the memory of those who served their country in times of war. I Know The Music was premiered on the 8th of November 2014 in St Mary's Church in Henley-on-Thames by Aliquando Choir the Soprano Meryl Davies West Forest Sinfonia all conducted by the composer himself Patrick Hawes. The piece is a setting of a Wilfred Owen poem of the same name which describes the sounds of the battlefield as musical a lament for the loss of beauty in a time of unimaginable tragedy.  This work is accompanied by String Orchestra you can purchase the  Full Score here.

For King And Country is part of a larger work entitled 'The Angel Of Mons' by composer Patrick Hawes dedicated to the memory of the British soldiers who Hawes believes witnessed an 'angel' during a battle in World War One. This is the Vocal Score arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano Accompaniment. This piece with a libretto by his brother Andrew Hawes was premiered in the latter's own church on the centenary of the date the 'angel' sighting was said to have occurred.  The inspiration comes from a mythical story around the Battle of Mons during World War One where a group ofsoldiers supposedly received divine help from 'angels'. The story arose from a fictional short story by a writer that came to be known as fact despite the author's desperate please otherwise. The music itself is beautiful perfectly capturing the crisis of conscience and cognitive dissonance that the soldiers must have experienced being told that they were fighting for King and country yet at the same time being terrified of their own lives. 

Let Them Give Thanks Whom The Lord Has Redeemed is the final movements of a larger work entitled 'The Angel Of Mons' by composer Patrick Hawes dedicated to the memory of the British soldiers who Hawes believes witnessed an 'angel' during a battle in World War One. This is the Vocal Score and is arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano Accompaniment. This piece was premiered in the latter's own church on the centenary of the date the 'angel' sighting was said to have occurred. The inspiration comes from a mythical story around the Battle of Mons during World War One where a group of soldiers supposedly receiveddivine help from 'angels'. The story arose from a fictional short story by a writer that came to be known as fact despite the author's desperate pleas otherwise. The music itself is beautiful perfectly capturing the crisis of conscience and cognitive dissonance that the soldiers must have experienced being told that they were fighting for King and country yet at the same time being terrified of their own lives.