The Saga of the Seven Days

£10.00

Following the success of composer Tom Cunningham and poet Paul Wigmore’s short song entitled The Great God Thor at the NYCOS National Boys Choir premiere, NYCOS Artistic Director, Christopher Bell invited Tom to expand the piece into a complete cantata. The other six movements are set by Tom to texts by the Brussels-based writer, Derek Roberts.

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Many languages associate each day of the week with one of seven heavenly objects known in ancient times: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. English has retained these origins for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. For the other four days, however, the names of Anglo-Saxon or Nordic gods have replaced the Roman gods that gave name to the planets. Thus, Tuesday is named after Tiu, Wednesday is named after Woden, Thursday is named after Thor, and Friday is named after Freya.

In 2005, Scottish composer Tom Cunningham and English poet Paul Wigmore wrote a short song entitled The Great God Thor for NYCOS National Boys Choir. This proved to be such a success at its premiere that NYCOS Artistic Director, Christopher Bell invited Tom to expand the piece into a complete cantata. Thus The Saga of the Seven Days was born. The other six movements are set by Tom to texts by the Brussels-based writer, Derek Roberts.

  • The Sun
  • The Moon
  • How Tiu Lost His Arm
  • Wodin the All-father
  • The Great God Thor
  • Freya
  • Saturn


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