SKU: PE.EP68578

ISBN 9790300759630. English.

Of Time and Passing (2016) is a cycle of three choral songs written specifically for the London-based ensemble, VOCES8, taking into consideration their versatilityand ability to beautifully intone a range of vocal colors with precision and grace.

The first song, I. Life, sets my translation of the poem A Vida by Brazilian poet Olavo Bilac (1865-1918), a poet I discovered while studying Brazilian Portuguese at the University of Michigan. I was drawn both to the simplicity of the text and to the possibilities of teasing out dual contrasting moods. In the beginning and end, this song explores a texture that is very much alive: wave-like contours, throbbing sounds, and plenty of flowing movement. Rising eighth-note motives in particular emphasize the fleetingness of life. But in the middle of the song, the listener is given a slowed-down atmosphere to savor life's beauty.

II. To Everything a Season capitalizes on VOCES8's ability to effectively interpret popular genres a cappella. This ancient text is taken from Ecclesiastes (dated around 300 B.C.) but I set it to a modern, rhythmically-regular and percussive pop-style idiom. Since popular music in whatever era is designed
to appeal to a specific ?present time?, it is by its very nature ephemeral, and therefore seemed an apt metaphor to evoke the transitory nature of seasons.

III. Into Your Hands, confines the writing into no more than four parts, often with octave unisons.This creates a more direct and word-focused setting in which the Psalmist?s urgent words are placed at the forefront. Largely homophonic, this song is at times chorale-like, at times madrigal-like,
finally relinquishing it?s tension into peaceful rest, proclaiming ?You have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God??

- Daniel Knaggs

SKU: SU.80400900

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappellaDuration: 16:00 MinutesCommissioned by: Commissioned for Chanticleer by Mrs. Mary Rodgers and Mr. Hank GuettelDedication: for Mary and HankPremiered by: ChanticleerCopyright 2011Text author: Tzu Yeh (4th c. Japanese) Published by: Paulus Publications (SP556) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80401180

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappella Composed: 1990 Published by: Paulus Publications (SP170) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80400360

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappellaDuration: 4:00 Commissioned by: By the Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, Conductor and founder Dedication: For The Dale Warland Singers Premiered by: The Dale Warland Singers, Minneapolis, MN, Dale Warland, Conductor and Founder, 2003 Copyright 2003 Text author: Anonymous, 1625 Published by: Paulus Publications (SP423) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80401910

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappella Composed: 2004 Published by: Paulus Publications Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

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SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappella Duration: 3:00Dedication: For The Dale Warland Singers Premiered by: The Dale Warland Singers Copyright 1998 Text author: Charles Wesley Published by: Paulus Publications (SP174) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80400250

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappellaDuration: 3:00 Copyright 1998 Published by: Paulus Publications (SP291) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80400650

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappellaDuration: 1:15Commissioned by: VocalEssenceDedication: For Philip Brunelle and VocalEssencePremiered by: VocalEssence, Philip Brunelle, conductorCopyright 2008Text author: Stephen Paulus Published by: Paulus Publications (SP517) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80401920

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappella Composed: 1999 Published by: Paulus Publications Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.

SKU: SU.80401191

SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappella Duration: 23' Composed: 1999 Published by: Paulus Publications (SP 194).