Please contact us directly to enquire about bulk discounts.O Absalom is written for counter tenor, 2 tenors, baritone and bass and is dedicated to Michael Procter. It was written for the Michael Procter Consort and premiered by them at the Seven Oaks Festival in 1977.
The work contrasts talea (rhythmic patterns) and color (a group of tones), as used in the Middle Ages, with more harmonic sections.
O Absalom, my son, my son.
Would God I had died for thee.
O Absalom, my son, my son