SSAATTBB Choir - Level 4 SKU: CA.742900 Composed by Kay Johannsen. Contem...(+)
SSAATTBB Choir - Level 4
SKU: CA.742900
Composed by Kay
Johannsen. Contemporary
Choir Music. Sacred vocal
music. Full Score.
Duration 4 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 07.429/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.742900).
ISBN
M-007-25230-4. Language:
Hebrew.
The a
cappella motet Alleluja
(2018) is a song of
longing which resonates
existential need as well
as the hope of a profound
connection to God. In the
beginning, which is
delicate and motivically
very concentrated but
metrically deliberately
uncoordinated, more and
more voices gather to
sing together, until
suddenly, starting from
the bass, a violent and
rhythmically exalted
incantation breaks out.
The following fortissimo
unison in a high register
is the climax of the
entire work piece. In the
Abgesang, the beginning
is taken up, but now in a
polyphonic and
harmonically intensified
setting. The end in A
major seems like a
salvation. The work has
been released on the CD
Rejoice. Vocal Music by
Kay Johannsen (Carus
83.496/00).
SSAATTBB Choir - Level 4 SKU: CA.739600 Composed by Kay Johannsen. Contem...(+)
SSAATTBB Choir - Level 4
SKU: CA.739600
Composed by Kay
Johannsen. Contemporary
Choir Music. Organ music
based on hymns, Sacred
vocal music, Praise and
thanks. Full Score.
Composed 2013. Duration 5
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
07.396/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.739600).
ISBN M-007-25264-9.
Language:
English.
The motet
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
(2013) on verses from
Psalm 103 exploits the
possibilities of vocal
combinations and the
resulting sound effects
to a high degree: In the
opening invocation O my
soul, the soprano 1
ascends to float above
the fanned out low chord
of the other voices; and
beginning from For as the
heavens are high above
the earth, an eight-part
fugato masses together
into an extensive
architecture of sound.
The harmony of the work
is tonal, but many
enriched chords create a
tension rich in nuances
in the setting. The work
has been released on the
CD Rejoice. Vocal Music
by Kay Johannsen (Carus
83.496/00).
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.