In Terra Pax op 39 - Christmas Scene

In terra pax, Christmas Scene for soprano & baritone soli, chorus & orchestra (1954/6). The text conflates Robert Bridges s poem Noel: Christmas Eve (1913) and Luke 2: 8-14. Finzi suggested that the Nativity becomes a vision seen by a wanderer on a dark and frosty Christmas Eve, in our own familiar landscape .In terra pax is a masterpiece in miniature, Finzi s pacifism at its heart, and his belief that men and women of goodwill should live harmoniously. Weaving through the music are three ideas: the pealing of the bells with their joyous message, a phrase from the carol The First Nowell, and the alleluia refrain from the hymn Lasst uns erfreuen.

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