Its Motion Keeps string quartet for 3 voices (SSA) |

for 3 voices (SSA) | duration: 3 minutes

Ultimately

whereas I’d sometimes be happy listening to a single well-framed

text by Francesca Turina Bufalini Contessa di Stupinigi (1544-1641)

like an antique jewel box

Its Motion Keeps string quartet for 3 voices (SSA) |Its Motion Keeps for treble chorus (SSSSAA) & solo viola (or solo cello) duration: 7 minutes Commissioned by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Premiered November 2013 at Carnegie Hall, New York City by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, directed by Dianne Berkun Menaker with Caroline Shaw on viola PROGRAM NOTE: Britten's attraction to his native English folk songs and hymns comes through in so much of his music, from his choral and opera works to his chamber music