SSAATTBB choir
SKU:
C4.9790902257183
Composed by Brooke
Shelley. Classical.
Score. Crescendo Music
Publications
#9790902257183. Published
by Crescendo Music
Publications
(C4.9790902257183).
ISBN 9790902257183.
8.27 x 11.7
inches.
Commissione
d by Christopher and
Nicola Lock for the St
James's Church, King
Street Organ Replacement
& Restoration Appeal in
November 2019, this is a
beautifully radiant
introit, with text taken
from a liturgical book of
processions, dating from
about 1526.
Shelly
explains: The format for
the plainchant is such
that there is a response,
a verse, and repetitions
of the response. I
haven't replicated the
format in my work,
instead setting it as one
'run-through' of the text
in a full choral setting.
I've also set it in a way
that the ending doesn't
sound final. This is
deliberate because as an
Introit, it is an
introduction to the
liturgy, and I want the
piece to 'lead in' to the
rest of the liturgy..
