SSATB Choir
SKU:
CA.966500
Composed by
Paul Ayres. Edited by
Stefan Schuck.
Contemporary Choir Music.
Sacred vocal music. Full
score. Composed 2005. 8
pages. Duration 4
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
09.665/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.966500).
ISBN 9790007167707.
Text language:
Latin/English.
Inte
restingly, Ayres combines
the Latin text of the
hymn with his translation
here: in the style of a
free motet-like cantus
firmus, he interprets the
Latin text impressively
in music, making use of
glissandi, wide leaps and
unison twelve-tone linear
construction for the
dramatic second verse
with its deceptive vision
of night. He places the
motet sections after the
translated text, but
quite simply with the
Gregorian cantus firmus
and in the style of
medieval organum, however
with interesting,
diatonically written
dissonant sounds. This
rewarding piece is
challenging, but well
worth singing in a
concert or church
service.
