Mark Smythe Umbra Animae for Choir (2008) Score Video

Mark Smythe Umbra Animae for Choir (2008) Baroque Voices Pepe Becker, director Commissioned by Creative New Zealand Written in memory of the composer s greatgrandfather Hugh Decimus Bridge (18901917). Lyrics translated from Latin: In a distant land, a man lays slain in a distant pocket of armageddon For those touched by remembrance, the shadow of his passing will seep into history As will his blood into the sodden earth His fading heart knows that time will dilute the effect But will the cause linger