Let the Music Flow is a short, exciting piece that celebrates the joy of choral singing. It combines a real groove and jazzy harmonies with a profound message. The text by Edward Broadbridge movingly describes how individual voices merge into a body of sound, how music is experienced with all the senses, and how shared music-making has the power to bring peace. The score presents a mix of beautiful choral singing and rhythmic intensity in jazz-inspired phrases – that’s “trademark” Høybye!

The first of three movements has a captivating energy. The second offers some challenging chord constructions. And in the third movement, the choir celebrates “all the wonders our human life contains” with a playful, swinging 6/8 figure.

Commissioned by the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, Let the Music Flow was premiered at the international choir festival C.H.O.I.R. in 2024.