for mixed chorus and orchestra (2026)
5 minutes
Instrumentation
0202 / 2230 / timp / strings
2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons
2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in D, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone
1 Timpani player
Strings
Text
In Ancient Greek by Pindar:
Δεῦτ᾿ ἐν χορόν, Ὀλύμπιοι,
ἐπί τε κλυτὰν πέμπετε χάριν, θεοί,
πολύβατον οἵ τ᾿ ἄστεος ὀμφαλὸν θυόεντ
[…]
οἰχνεῖτε πανδαίδαλόν τ᾿ εὐκλέ᾿ ἀγοράν·
ἰοδέτων λάχετε στεφάνων τᾶν τ᾿ ἐαριδρόπων ἀοιδᾶν[.]
— in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De compositione verborum, Chapter 22, quoting Pindar.
Commission
TBA
First performance
September 12, 2026
TBA
Pairing suggestions
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Georg Friedrich Händel: Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
William Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 “Lobgesang”
Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony
Darius Milhaud: L’Orestie d’Eschyle: II. Les Choéphores (1916)
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Access
Available for hire.
Contact Nicolas Farmer: nicolas.farmer(a)samymoussa.com