for upper voices, SATB, and piano (with snare and tenor drums and solo cello) or chamber orchestra.

This profound setting of poems by Wilfred Owen explores the idea of the sun as a redemptive force. The sense of humanconnection and vivid imagery of the natural world imbued in Owen's poetry is perfectly conveyed in Chilcott's music, which is rich in highly effective word painting and melodies as visceral as the poetry itself. The firstmovement, 'Song of Songs', sets the tone for the wor