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WE CAN’T AVOID THE FIGHT
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Chorus Choir (SSAATTBB) - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1800425
By Colin Mawby. By Colin Mawby. This edition: pdf. 21st Century, A Cappella, Classical. 5 pages. Romaeterna Cantores #1360619. Published by Romaeterna Cantores (A0.1800425).We Can’t Avoid the Fight for SATB choir is a powerful and resonant choral setting by Colin Mawby of a poem by Aurelio Porfiri that confronts conflict as an inescapable dimension of the human condition. The text speaks openly of struggle, uncertainty, and fear, yet it also proposes music itself as a privileged space where tension can be faced, transformed, and, at times, transcended.
The musical writing is deliberately robust, built on a full choral sonority that emphasizes weight, resonance, and collective force. Strong harmonic pillars, decisive rhythmic gestures, and a confident use of the lower voices give the work a sense of gravity and determination. Rather than smoothing over conflict, Mawby allows musical tension to emerge clearly, reflecting the poem’s acknowledgment that resolution is not always immediate or complete.
In the second part of the text, where music is described as “the fight” in which tensions may dissolve, the choral texture becomes a place of convergence. Harmonic clashes and dense sonorities are gradually integrated into a coherent musical argument, suggesting not an easy victory, but a hard-won clarity. We Can’t Avoid the Fight stands as a compelling statement on the expressive power of choral music, affirming Mawby’s ability to translate contemporary poetic reflection into a work of strong sonic presence and emotional depth.
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