Reena Esmail - Dhīre-dhīre - Official Score Video

Follow the score for Reena Esmail's Dhīre-dhīre, a work for SATB choir and piano published by Oxford University Press.
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ABOUT THE MUSIC
Dhīre-dhīre sets a 'dohe' (couplet) by the fifteenth-century Indian mystic poet Kabir on the topic of patience. Esmail explores the soundworld of the Hindustani classical tradition, with characteristic vocal ornamentation in the solo lines.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Indian-American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music. She is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020-2025 Swan Family Artist in Residence, and was Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer-in-Residence.
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Music: Dhīre-dhīre, performed by the London Voices, conductor Ben Parry.
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