SKU: HL.14018993
ISBN 9788759850978. 7.25x10.25x0.061 inches. Latin.
This set of three motets for unaccompanied male choir sets the Latin words for the De Profundis, Ave Maria and Laudate and manifests Lewkovitch's fascination both with chant and with modality.Contemporary Danish composer, conductor and Organist Bernhard Lewkovitch has followed a rare path among modern composers. From 1947 he was Organist at St Ansgars Kirches and later remained connected with the Catholic Church by working as an Organist. Clearly he is inspired by the Catholic liturgy and sees his great output of ecclesiastical music as a vocation and a great responsibility. For many years his work by inspired by Gregorian chant and was composed in church modes, then inthe mid 1950's he began to expand into modern bitonality and polytonality, culminating in Il cantico delle creature in 1962/3 in which there was no conventional notation and no fixed pitch. After that, Lewkovitch had somewhat of a hiatus, later returning again to the inspirations of the mid1950's.
SKU: GI.WW1752
UPC: 785147014362. English. Text by Stephen C. Foster.
A simple expression of empathy for those less fortunate, Hard Times, offers a universal message that we can perservere through difficult times. This setting for men's chorus with guitar and strings is a dynamic and modern interpretation. The arrangement can be used with a soloist or with a section of tenors. Guitar lead sheet available for free download. Recording: University of Kentucky Men's Chorus, Jefferson Johnson, conductor, Eric Poore, soloist.
SKU: HL.49019921
ISBN 9790001195430. UPC: 888680022976. 9.0x12.0x0.152 inches. German.
Giacomo Meyerbeer hat sich wie kein Zweiter mit seinen Opern darum verdient gemacht, 'die Kirche ins Theater zu tragen'. Zugleich aber hat er auch fur den kirchenmusikalischen Gebrauch einige kompositorische Schmuckstucke hinterlassen. Zu ihnen gehort auch das in der Reihe der 'Schatze der Chormusik' erschienene Hallelujah fur Mannerchor (TTBB), obligate Orgel und Kinderchor ad libitum. Der Text zu dieser Cantatine findet sich in den Predigten in dem neuen israelischen Tempel zu Hamburg des deutschen Rabbiners Gotthold Salomon. Meyerbeer setzt in dieser Komposition den pathetischen Gehalt der Worte musikalisch eindrucksvoll um. Das Werk beginnt mit vollen, majestatischen Klangen der obligaten Orgel, bevor der imposante vierstimmige Mannerchor in den herrlichen Lobpreis Gottes einstimmt. Der Einsatz von Kinderstimmen ist zwar freigestellt, verleiht dem Werk aber durch mehrere kurze, einfache Halleluja-Einwurfe einen besonderen, zu Herzen gehenden Effekt.
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