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“The Little Match Girl Passion”. Photo: Peter Hislop. Music / “The Little Match Girl Passion”, composed by David Lang, Luminescence Chamber Singers, All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie, April 18. Reviewed by LEN POWER. THE key word in the latest concert by Luminescence Chamber Singers is “Passion”. The main work, “The Little Match Girl Passion”, is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s 1845 story about a poor young girl who freezes to death while trying to sell matches to people who ignore her. American composer, David Lang, noted the similarity between the suffering of the girl and those who took no notice of her plight, and the format of Bach’s “Saint Matthew Passion” which set the passion of Christ against the neglect of onlookers. ....
American composer David Lang A POST-Easter concert of songs exploring human compassion and the lack of it will be Luminescence Chamber Singers’ next project titled, “The Little Match Girl Passion”. The 14-part song cycle by American composer David Lang tells the sad story of the girl who freezes to death selling matches on the street on a cold winter’s night, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s famous 1845 story, “The Little Match Girl” and expanded on by Oscar Wilde in “The Happy Prince”, where the prince gives the match girl one of his eyes to make sure her father will not beat her. ....
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