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The choral writing, demanding and expressive, plays with the density of timbres and precision of intonation, while maintaining clarity of text and musical gesture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral times, a second world tries to surface: the lighter, ternary, and syncopated rhythm of \u003cstrong\u003eCan she excuse my wrongs\u003c\/strong\u003e appears like a memory, like an energy of passions still possible. But this impulse never settles durably: it is regularly reabsorbed by the obsessive gravity of \u003cstrong\u003eFlow my tears\u003c\/strong\u003e, creating a striking musical drama made of brief hopes and inevitable falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cello occupies a central and evolving role: sometimes blended into the vocal texture, sometimes in declamatory rivalry with the voices as a true \"double choir,\" sometimes a rhythmic driver, it reinforces the depth of the discourse. The ending, more serene, mixes surrender and appeasement: the polyphonic style then evokes the English Renaissance, and a more diatonic writing closes the piece, before the cello concludes with an ethereal and slow chant, like a glimmer in this tormented nocturne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e@media(max-width:632px){table[data-wb-spec]{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr)}table[data-wb-spec] colgroup{display:none}table[data-wb-spec] tbody,table[data-wb-spec] tr{display:contents}table[data-wb-spec] td{display:block;overflow-wrap:anywhere;grid-row:var(--wb-l);background-color:var(--wb-lb)}table[data-wb-spec] td[data-r]{grid-row:var(--wb-r);background-color:var(--wb-rb)}table[data-wb-spec] td[colspan=\"2\"]{grid-column:1\/-1}table[data-wb-spec] td:empty{display:none}}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ctable data-wb-spec style=\"width:100%;table-layout:fixed\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-l:1;--wb-r:2;--wb-lb:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-rb:transparent\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusical Genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eClassical\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eSheet music\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ctable data-wb-spec style=\"width:100%;table-layout:fixed\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003ccol style=\"width:25%\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:transparent;--wb-l:1;--wb-r:3;--wb-lb:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-rb:var(--wb-neutral-50)\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eThierry Escaich\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003efour-part mixed choir and\/or piano\/organ and ensemble; choir and cello\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background-color:var(--wb-neutral-50);--wb-l:2;--wb-r:4;--wb-lb:transparent;--wb-rb:transparent\"\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003eJohn Dowland\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003ctd data-r style=\"text-align:left;font-weight:var(--font-body-weight-bolder)\"\u003echoral music\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Billaudot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54361689620755,"sku":"285267","price":29.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/0872\/6803\/files\/3a31fdf46ef7efe4ab01a1b5ab4a5020cb247f30_HL_GB9822_2273658d-74d6-46bd-a4ac-fc8f4d3f3451.jpg?v=1789412929","url":"https:\/\/woodbrass.shop\/products\/billaudot-escaich-thierry-night-s-birds-choeur-mixte-et-violoncelle-285267","provider":"Woodbrass.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}