SSAATTBB a cappella. By Benjamin Britten. (SSAATTBB A Cappella). Boosey and Haw...(+)
SSAATTBB a cappella. By
Benjamin Britten.
(SSAATTBB A Cappella).
Boosey and Hawkes Sacred
Choral. Size 6.75x10.5
inches. 8 pages.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes.
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??
2006. Composed by
Roxanna Panufnik.
Contemporary Medium
Ensemble. Edition Peters.
Modern. Score. 62 pages.
Duration 20 minutes.
Edition Peters
#98-EP71816A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP71816A).
ISBN
9790577020402. 420 x
297mm inches. English.
Rumi Rumi; translation by
Andrew
Harvey.
Love
Abide encapsulates
the very contemporary
ethos of multicultural
spiritual devotion in a
world populated by a rich
diversity of faiths--all
feeling, as deeply and as
aesthetically, the
compelling potency of
music with love.
A rich offering
on a theme of interfaith
connectivity. The
Japanese lullaby-inspired
Zen Love Song and the
title work Love Abide are
totally
absorbing.
BBC
Music Magazine, 5
stars
With its
outspoken positive
approach, Love Abide is
like a musical bouquet of
healing herbs. Roxana
Panufnuik's beautifully
crafted music is
inventive and truly
enjoyable. The Colla Voce
Singers produce singing
of exceptional quality,
with impressive control
and a very good balance.
Remy Franck,
www.pizzicato.lu, 5
stars
If I had to
choose a
'glass-half-full'
contemporary composer,
then Roxanna Panufnik
would be near the top of
my list. Her Music exudes
openness and inclusivity,
and it is in the choral
settings where hope and
positivity - two words
that lie at the heart of
her work - are most
keenly felt. ... much of
her recent work can be
seen to be built on the
solid foundations laid
down on this impressively
varied and diverse
collection. A music of
hope in dark and troubled
times.
Pwyll ap
Sion, Gramophone
Magazine.
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several weeks to fulfill.
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favorite retailer.
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).
