Video Information

• Choir: Horizons Project Choir
• Piece: Sonnet 27
• Composer:  Franco Prinsloo
• The work was composed by Franco Prinsloo to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. 126 of the 154 Sonnets were addressed to – and inspired by – a beautiful Young Man who embodied for Shakespeare everything that was finest i...  moreThe work was composed by Franco Prinsloo to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. 126 of the 154 Sonnets were addressed to – and inspired by – a beautiful Young Man who embodied for Shakespeare everything that was finest in the world. The work is a melancholic love song that is based on a folk like melody underlined by a constant pedal point, resembling the sound of bagpipes.