The Rainbow

for upper voices, SATB, and piano or chamber ensemble This vibrant nine-movement work presents a collaboration between Bob Chilcott and Charles Bennett that unites upper- and mixed-voice choirs in a multi-faceted exploration of colour.Bookended by a prologue and epilogue, The Rainbow devotes a movement to each of the rainbow's colours, with each one assigned its own identity and framed as an element of the natural world.A richly scored instrumental accompaniment, which may alternatively be performed by piano, demonstrates Chilcott's vivid musical palette and helps to characterize each colour within the over-arching narrative of the value of your own self-expression.