Let the Music Flow
A Song Suite 2024
Let the Music Flow is a short, exciting piece that celebrates the joy of choral singing. It combines a real groove and jazzy harmonies with a profound message. The text by Edward Broadbridge movingly describes how individual voices merge into a body of sound, how music is experienced with all the senses, and how shared music-making has the power to bring peace. The score presents a mix of beautiful choral singing and rhythmic intensity in jazz-inspired phrases – that’s “trademark” Høybye!
The first of three movements has a captivating energy. The second offers some challenging chord constructions. And in the third movement, the choir celebrates “all the wonders our human life contains” with a playful, swinging 6/8 figure.
Commissioned by the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, Let the Music Flow was premiered at the international choir festival C.H.O.I.R. in 2024.
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Composer
John Høybye
| 1939The Danish composer and choral conductor John Høybye is recognised far beyond Scandinavia as a conductor, arranger and composer, especially of choral music. Høybye is represented in the Carus programme with a selection of his works.
As a conductor, he has led numerous international ensembles in masterclasses, at festivals and on concert tours, including the Tritonus Choir, which he founded, the Danish and Hungarian Radio Choirs, the symphony orchestras from Århus, Ålborg and Zealand and the Danish Radio Big Band.
As a composer, he has made a significant contribution to the renewal of Scandinavian choral music, not least by successfully combining the classical choral sound with elements of gospel and jazz music. In 1993, the Danish Choral Society honoured him as ‘Composer of the Year’. Six years later, the Danish Composer's Society honoured him with the annual award.
Jazz elements also characterise the works published by Carus, including This Human Life! for solo voice and mixed choir.
Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Edward Broadbridge
| 1944
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