Choral; Organ (SATB,
Organ)
SKU:
HL.49019546
SATB
Choir and Organ.
Composed by Joe Duddell.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Choral. Classical,
Contemporary, General
Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Composed 2011.
24 pages. Duration 9'.
Schott Music #ED13430.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019546).
ISBN
9790220133251. UPC:
884088924171.
8.25x11.75x0.134 inches.
Latin. Choral Music of
Our Time.
Joe
Duddell's Magnificat and
Nunc Dimtis was
commissioned by
Presteigne Festival of
Music and the Arts with
funding from Kevin Jones
and Laura Woodside-Jones
and received its first
performance by the Choir
of Royal Holloway
conducted by Rupert Gough
at the 2011 Presteigne
Festival. Duddell has
acknowledged in the past
that whilst composing any
piece of music, problems
arise that require
solutions and this new
setting of the Mag and
Nunc is no different. The
main challenge for a
composer who is openly
agnostic is the
historical weight behind
the liturgical text but
taking both musical and
philosophical inspiration
from composers such as
Holst and Tippett,
Duddell's setting is a
joyous and uplifting one.
The work is dedicated to
George Vass.