Choir Secular SSAATTBB choir (SSAATTBB) SKU: PE.EP68578 Three songs fo...(+)
Choir Secular SSAATTBB
choir (SSAATTBB)
SKU:
PE.EP68578
Three
songs for unaccompanied
choir. Composed by
Daniel Knaggs. Choral
Works (inc. Oratorios).
Edition Peters. Choral
Octavo. 44 pages. Edition
Peters #98-EP68578.
Published by Edition
Peters (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, finall
y relinquishing it?s
tension into peaceful
rest, proclaiming ?You
have redeemed me, O Lord,
faithful God??
Choral (SSAATTBB choir) SKU: HL.48022659 SSAATTBB and piano. Compo...(+)
Choral (SSAATTBB choir)
SKU: HL.48022659
SSAATTBB and
piano. Composed by
Thomas Hewitt Jones. BH
Secular Choral.
Contemporary. Softcover.
Hal Leonard #M060125324.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.48022659).
Excellence
makes the not always
popular point that
excellence is not
achieved overnight, nor
by accident. The
(sometime
tongue-twisting) language
is very colourful and
engaging and, as the
final movement of The
Same Flame, the music is
equally exciting and
explosive.
Composed by Malcolm
Archer. Sacred choral -
mixed voices. Vocal
score. 8 pages. Duration
2'. Oxford University
Press #9780193525610.
Published by Oxford
University Press
(OU.9780193525610).
ISBN 9780193525610. 10
x 7 inches.
For
SSAATTBB unaccompanied
This radiant setting of
the popular 'O nata lux'
text features sumptuous
and sophisticated
harmonies and accessible
vocal lines. The anthem
builds to a central
climactic moment followed
by a reprise of the
opening material that
leads to a peaceful,
reflective ending.
Composed
by Steve Martland. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Choral score. Composed
1997. Duration 15'.
Schott Music #ED12875.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49030545).
ISBN
9790220124013.
English.
One of
Martland's most popular
works, often broadcast on
BBC Radio 3, this
brilliant and joyful
piece culminates in a
full-throttled version of
the famous 'Sumer is
i-cumen in'.
Composed
by Steve Martland. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. Choral
Score. Composed 1997. 42
pages. Duration 15'.
Schott Music #ED 12742.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49030469).
ISBN
9790220121982.
8.25x11.75x0.154 inches.
English.
One of
Martland's most popular
works, often broadcast on
BBC Radio 3, this
brilliant and joyful
piece culminates in a
full-throttled version of
the famous 'Sumer is
i-cumen in'.