CSUF Concert Choir - Arnsen - Flight Song

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Kim André Arnesen - "Flight Song"
CSUF Concert Choir
Dr. Christopher Peterson, Director
October 21, 2018
Meng Concert Hall - Cal State Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton

Kim André Arnesen collaborated with the Welsh-Scottish poet and librettist Euan Tait to write this beautiful piece of music, written as a gift to Dr. Anton Armstrong and the St. Olaf Choir. The flight is a metaphor for the beginning of a young adult life preparing to take off, and the conductor’s arm is like the beating of the soul’s great wings. The piano introduction flows gently in ¾ time, with steady rolling eighth notes followed by the men’s voices in repeated rhythmic fashion. The treble voices carry the melody in the second verse confirming that the flight of music comes together when voices unite. The music climax is depicted in the bridge on the text, “yes, we hear you, all you who cry aloud, and we will fly.”

Kim Andre Arnesen grew up in Norway playing piano, singing in the Nidaros Cathedral Boys’ Choir, all while frequently listening to his favorite band, The Cure and watching MTV. After attending the Music Conservatory in Trondheim, choral music became his greatest passion. His music has been performed by choirs all around the world. He has several large-scale works, including Magnificat and Requiem. Arnesen has been the composer-in-residence for Kantorei, a Denver based choral ensemble, and he also has commissioned works by The
National Lutheran Choir, the Texas Choral Directors Association and the Oregon Bach Festival

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