The Sea
for mixed choir SSSAAATTTBBB
Duration ca 6′
Commissioned by: KHORIKOS and Alec Galambos
Premiere: November 12, 2023
Vocal Ensemble KHORIKOS; Alec Galambos
Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua, New York City
The Golden Horn
Every night
Between midnight and twelve
Three seas meet
To bathe the City
They’ve given birth to
They rinse off its walls
The layers of plots and spices
And errors of all times
Every dawn the city gleams
In the endless blue…
Vasko Popa Istanbul 1974