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 designedto 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: CA.177700
ISBN 9790007253929. German.
The conductor Frieder Bernius regards the motets of Hans Fahrmann as an indispensable and extremely welcome addition to the late Romantic repertoire. The composer's output is little known nowadays. Born in 1860, he was considered the Richard Strauss of the organ during his lifetime. With their demanding harmonies, Fahrmann's choral motets place high demands on choirs and - like Reger's works - stretch tonality to its extremes. And not least, their sonorous expressivity is thanks to their chromatic richness. Frieder Bernius has recorded the Motets opp. 34, 45, and 65 with the SWR Vokalensemble for the first time on CD (Carus 83.499).
SKU: GI.G-9289
UPC: 785147928904. English. Text Source: Words extracted from The Red House, Memories of Childhood and Other Poems, 1919. Text by John Frederick Freeman.
The soprano solo is optional.
SKU: HL.49031455
ISBN 9790001049863. German.
SKU: SU.80400630
SSAATTBB Chorus & OrganDuration: 5:00 Commissioned by: Donald RunniclesDedication: In Honor of The Very Reverend Alan Jones, seventh Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco, 1985-2009Premiered by: The Grace Cathedral ServiceCopyright 2008Text author: Luke 2: 29-32 SSAATTBB Chorus & Organ Published by: Paulus Publications (SP515) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.
SKU: CA.738660
ISBN 9790007166311. Text language: Latin.
The composition of Verba Ecclesiastes begun in 2002 as a result of a comission from my friend Gary Graden. For many years I've found those words from the Old Testament very fascinating - as everyone knows, I'm not alone. Vanity of vanities! All is vanity! Writers, painters and filmmakers have for centuries been dealing with the subject and I found it high time to set the famous words to music. The suite, for soloists, choir and violoncello, consists of six movements, each one enlighting a different view of life and afterlife, and also, as Matthew Arnold puts it of human misery. Yet the suite is full of hope and humanity, specially recognizable in the two central parts, Dulce lumen and Omnia tempus habent. The music was completed in 2009. (Michael Waldenby).
SKU: GH.N04488
ISBN 9790070030663. 185 x 262 mm inches. Text: Biblical.
From Six Latin Hymns Op. 40.
SKU: HL.48022632
ISBN 9780851627649. 7.25x10.25x0.037 inches.
Another close harmony arrangement of a traditional Christmas melody, with Latin text. The melody, shared by different voice parts, is accompanied by sustained, stirring harmonies in the remaining parts; perfect for a gentle interlude.
SKU: GH.CG-7176
ISBN 9790070040563. A4 inches. Text: Psaltaren 96.
Lyrics from Book of Hymns 96.
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