Choral (SATB a cappella)
SKU: HL.338904
Composed by Daniel
Hughes. Gentry
Publications. Christmas
Secular, Concert. Octavo.
16 pages. Duration 960
seconds. Gentry
Publications #JG2558.
Published by Gentry
Publications (HL.338904).
UPC: 840126914276.
6.75x10.5x0.036
inches.
The best
way to describe this
piece might be to call it
a modern day Renaissance
motet. Beginning with a
Latin chant, then
accompanied by a pedal
tone, you may be
convinced it is a song
from the ages. But soon a
solo quartet emerges,
then the entire choir,
and the modern day
harmonies and rhythms
ensue. But the character
remains as an appropriate
number for a madrigal
dinner feast. Joyful and
exuberant, this is a
delightful Christmas
selection for advanced
high school and college
choirs. Medium in
difficulty.