SATB(B) a capella Choral;
Mixed Choir; Soprano
(SATBB)
SKU:
HL.48025402
SATB(B) a capella with
Solo Soprano.
Composed by James
Macmillan. Boosey &
Hawkes Sacred Choral.
Choral, Classical.
Octavo. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060141997. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025402).
UPC:
196288201038.
Short
motet commissioned by St
Dominics Sixth Form
College,
Harrow-on-the-Hill, UK,
to celebrate its 40th
anniversary. MacMillan
chose a text which is
entirely appropriate to
young people about to be
let loose on the world to
fulfil their potential:
'Be who God meant you to
be and you will set the
world on fire'. But where
another composer might
have made this a fanfare
MacMillan writes with the
gentleness of sincerity.
The music is very
straightforward and in
wanting a solo soprano
line he outlines all the
ways this can be
achieved: soloist, group
of sopranos, or all the
sopranos if the altos can
be split into two. The
choir repeats the mantra
text above throughout the
motet, while the soprano
solo line is given the
prayer which follows.
Only at the very end do
they all join together in
the words 'Jesus, love,
Jesus, love' with a
lovely E major
ending.
