I can Do All Things

Description

I can Do All Things is composed for Voice, harpsichord, and Cello. Written in the style of early Baroque music.

Having performed a lot of early music as a young choir boy, I have grown to love and cherish some Baroque musical exponents; the likes of G.F Handel, Anthonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell and J.S Bach. I took lessons on figured bass, basso continuo, and analysis of baroque pieces.

This opened more horizon for my baroque music appreciation. So, when contacted by Yihan to write a piece in the style of early music, which also happened to be the period I was taking a class called ‘In the Manner Of’ , taught by John Howell Morrison – the class was about studying different composers and attempt to compose in the manner which they would have composed; this was an opportunity for me to express my long study of the baroque style.

‘I can do all things’ is gotten from the Bible in the book of Ephesians 13.

It started with a recitative and then comes the aria. It employed the use of major-minor borrowing.

There was also a change in time signature; this was purposefully done to incorporate “The Doctrine of Affection “, – the opium of baroque music.

• I can Do All Things
• (Tenor, Harpisichord & Cello)
• June 2022
• Longy School of Music (USA)