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A better video of my new Hopkins piece

by Kurt Knecht | Jan 26, 2013 | choral music, Gerard Manley Hopkins, kurt knecht, Uncategorized

Here is a better video of my new setting of the Hopkins poem, “Heaven-Haven: a nun takes the veil”.  I am happy to report that this piece will receive its European premiere at the national conference of the Association of British Choral Directors...

Gerard Manley Hopkins Song Cycle

by Kurt Knecht | Nov 10, 2011 | carrie kirby, Gerard Manley Hopkins, inversnaid, kurt knecht, spring and fall: to a young child, thou art indeed just lord, Uncategorized

This is a song cycle that was originally written for my friend Carrie Kirby. It was an absolute delight to finally have an opportunity to perform it with her. There is almost no poet so far ahead of his time in terms of modern sensibility and rhythm as Hopkins. I...

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