Corpus Christi is an anonymous Middle English Carol first written down c.1500. ...(+)
Corpus Christi is an anonymous Middle English Carol first written down c.1500. It was re-worked as a carol for Soprano and Tenor Soloists with SATB chorus by Peter Walock (1894-1930) in 1919. It wasdedicated to Thomas Strong later Bishop of Oxford who had been Dean of Christ Church College during Warlock's brief time studying there and who is better known for encouraging William Walton's musicalcareer. While he is best remembered for his scandalous lifestyle and his large-scale Capriol Suite the Corpus Christi carol ranks alongside Bethlehem Down as one ofWarlock's most sensitive and beautiful creations.
The task: to write a piece that could involve children as players singers and c...(+)
The task: to write a piece that could involve children as players singers and composers alongside a professional symphony or chamber orchestra. The solution: a peace-cry for the biosphere in which the collaborative nature of theenterprise is a metaphor for a wished-for human enlightenment to the ways of the natural world. Davies provides five musical elements and five ways of development and uses these to illustrate five branches of life on earth:water-plants trees fish birds and mammals (including man). There is a space for answers from children's instrumental groups and then a larger space in which the children can develop the given ideas perhaps with members of theorchestra. Davies returns as composer to depict through an excess of development creation turned sour. Finally everyone comes together with a unison hymn with orchestra and instrumental groups celebrating the turn of thetide.This work for young instrumentalists children's chorus and orchestra was commissioned by the Association of British Orchestras as the centrepiece of an education project which coincided with the implementation of theNational Curriculum for music in schools in England and Wales echoing similar developments in Scotland and Northern Ireland.Score. Duration c. 25mins.
CD Sheet Music is the revolutionary series of masterworks on CD- or DVD-ROM that...(+)
CD Sheet Music is the revolutionary series of masterworks on CD- or DVD-ROM that transforms a PC or MAC computer into a virtual music library. Now you can quickly locate view and print the great works of the classical repertoire. Compared to traditional printed sheet music or music downloads it is incredibly inexpensive. Original sources are out-of-copyright standard editions from publishers such as Breitkopf and Härtel C.F. Peters G. Schirmer Carl Fischer G. Ricordi Durand and many others. The discs also include biographical and analytical information from Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1911 Edition.This 2-disk set contains the vocalscores of 16 oratorios and odes (including Messiah Israel in Egypt Judas Maccabaeus Ode to St. Cecelia's Day) all the Coronation and Chandos anthems Dettingen Te Deum Utrecht Jubilate and Te Deum. Modern clef editions only.
