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??
Composed
by Marten Jansson.
Stapled. Choral score. 12
pages. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA07414_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA07414).
ISBN 9790006559183. 27
x 19 cm inches. Text
Language:
Latin.
Based on the
well-known bible text
“Sing unto the Lord
a new song†(Psalm
96:1-3), this upbeat
composition with strong
dynamics and flowing
block chords alternating
with fast-paced polyphony
brings across this joyful
message and enthuses
singers.
Originall
y conceived for male
choir, women’s
voices have now been
added so that this
version for mixed choir
presents a further
dimension of colour. This
version also makes it
possible to divide the
choir into two groups,
one for women and another
for men, and to have them
sing either together or
as separate units.
The version for mixed
choir was premiered in
Uppsala Cathedral
(Sweden) on 26 October
2013, with the Uppsala
Cathedral Singers
conducted by Ulric
Andersson.
“
My music is my own and I
have never tried to be
original. That has always
been my motto and I have
only tried to use music
to express all the
feelings which life has
to offer. This has led
people to describe my
music as ‘so sad
that it sounds like birds
who have lost their
wings‘ but also as
‘the happiest
classical music that we
have ever
heard’. My
compositions are almost
all sacred. They express
not only my own faith but
also my appreciation and
respect for the timeless
texts that have been used
for centuries and
centuries.â€
MÃ¥rten Jansson (b.
1965), elected member of
the Föreningen svenska
tonsättare (the
Society of Swedish
Composers), graduated
from the Royal College of
Music, Stockholm (KHM)
with an MFA degree in
Music Education, Dalcroze
Eurhythmics and Voice.
For more than ten years
he was the music director
and conductor of
“Carmenâ€, one
of the most prominent
womens’ vocal
ensembles in Sweden. He
currently teaches choral
conducting and music
theory as well as giving
vocal tuition at the
Bolandgymnasiet and
Musikskolan in his home
town of
Uppsala.
Please
find a recording of
Cantate Domino performed
by the Riga Recording
Studio Singers (Latvia)
by clicking on
Multimedia.
SSAATTBB choir, cello SKU: CA.738661 Composed by Michael Waldenby. Contem...(+)
SSAATTBB choir, cello
SKU: CA.738661
Composed by Michael
Waldenby. Contemporary
Choir Music. Epilog.Deum
Time. Sacred vocal music,
Motets. Single Part,
Cello. Op. 49, No. 6. 2
pages. Duration 4
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
07.386/61. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.738661).
ISBN 9790007229351.
Text language:
Latin.
The
composition of Verba
Ecclesiastes begun in
2002 as a result of a
comission from my friend
Gary Graden. For many
years I've found those
words from the Old
Testament very
fascinating - as everyone
knows, I'm not alone.
Vanity of vanities! All
is vanity! Writers,
painters and filmmakers
have for centuries been
dealing with the subject
and I found it high time
to set the famous words
to music. The suite, for
soloists, choir and
violoncello, consists of
six movements, each one
enlighting a different
view of life and
afterlife, and also, as
Matthew Arnold puts it of
human misery. Yet the
suite is full of hope and
humanity, specially
recognizable in the two
central parts, Dulce
lumen and Omnia tempus
habent. The music was
completed in 2009.
(Michael Waldenby).
SSAATTBB choir, cello SKU: CA.738660 Composed by Michael Waldenby. Contem...(+)
SSAATTBB choir, cello
SKU: CA.738660
Composed by Michael
Waldenby. Contemporary
Choir Music. Epilog.Deum
Time. Sacred vocal music,
Motets. Full score. Op.
49, No. 6. 4 pages.
Duration 4 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 07.386/60.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.738660).
ISBN
9790007166311. Text
language:
Latin.
The
composition of Verba
Ecclesiastes begun in
2002 as a result of a
comission from my friend
Gary Graden. For many
years I've found those
words from the Old
Testament very
fascinating - as everyone
knows, I'm not alone.
Vanity of vanities! All
is vanity! Writers,
painters and filmmakers
have for centuries been
dealing with the subject
and I found it high time
to set the famous words
to music. The suite, for
soloists, choir and
violoncello, consists of
six movements, each one
enlighting a different
view of life and
afterlife, and also, as
Matthew Arnold puts it of
human misery. Yet the
suite is full of hope and
humanity, specially
recognizable in the two
central parts, Dulce
lumen and Omnia tempus
habent. The music was
completed in 2009.
(Michael Waldenby).