THE SAILOR | for SATB choir

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Music | Gerson de Sousa Batista

 

Cover drawing | Gerson de Sousa Batista (2013)

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"The Sailor"[2022], awarded at the ISCM - International Society for Contemporary Music / Musika Bulegoa International Choral Composition Competition 2022

 

"Carlotta Ferrari, Luis Serrapio and Gerson Batista, winners of the ISCM- International Society for Contemporary Music / Musika Bulegoa Choral Composition Competition 2022"
 

"The sailor is, according to the author, “a metaphorical description of life and the passage of time in a globalized world.” The jury has highlighted its “originality in the use of voice and its effectiveness in shaping sound environments”."