Generously commissioned by Jerry & Cathie Fischer, Ken & Penny Fischer,

and Jack & Linda Hoeschler for The Kings Singers in celebration of their 40th Anniversary.
First performed by The Kings Singers and Kings College Choir at Kings College Chapel,
Cambridge, UK, 1 May 2008

High Flight
Henry Vaughan (1622?-1695)
John Gillespie Magee (1922-1941)

BOB CHILCOTT

ALTO 1
ALTO 2

With great stillness (q = c. 60)

TENOR

BARITONE 1
BARITONE 2

BASS

SOPRANO

(c.20")

(c.20")

(c.20")

(c.20")

ALTO

* ppp

BASS

saw

e-

saw

e-

I saw

saw,

* ppp

saw,

saw,

e-

* ppp

TENOR

saw,

* ppp

saw,

* (each singer sing phrases independently and in own tempo)

Music Oxford University Press 2008. Text: "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee This England. Reproduced with permission.
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