4 male voices (CtenTTBar) (TTBB Choir) SKU: HL.49003214 For four male ...(+)
4 male voices (CtenTTBar)
(TTBB Choir)
SKU:
HL.49003214
For
four male voices.
Composed by Gavin Bryars.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Score.
Composed 1988. 16 pages.
Duration 15'. Schott
Music #ED12461. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49003214).
ISBN
9790220117282. UPC:
888680784249.
8.25x11.75x0.052 inches.
Latin.
Glorious
Hill may be performed by
a male choir.Text by Pico
della Mirandola
(1463-1497) from De
Hominis
Dignitate.Glorious Hill
was commissioned by the
Hilliard Ensemble and
first performed by them
at its summer Festival of
Voices in Lewes, Sussex,
in August 1988. It was
the first piece I wrote
for the ensemble and I
focused on the singers'
unique ability to move
with ease from early
music to tonal music of
the present day. There
were techniques which I
asked for which I hardly
needed to notate - the
staggered breathing of
the two tenors to supply
a continuous unbroken
held note for example -
and the piece moves
between passages for solo
voices and sections of
highly chromatic
homophony, almost as if
the music were switching
between the 12th century
of Perotin and the 16th
century of Gesualdo. Each
of the four voices is
given its own solo
passage, sometimes
accompanied, sometimes
quietly supported by the
other voices.The title,
Glorious Hill comes from
the name of the
small-town Mississippi
setting of Tennessee
Williams' Summer and
Smoke. I wrote the music
for the 1987 production
of this play at the
Leicester Haymarket
Theatre, the first time I
had written any
incidental music for the
stage. Williams makes
very specific demands in
terms of music and there
is one particularly
powerful scene, the
penultimate one,
throughout which music
and atmospheric sound
effects are continuous.
The principle character
Alma argues passionately
about the vital
importance of human
choice with the man to
whom she has, too late,
admitted her love. I
watched this section
every night throughout
the 4 week run of the
play watching the
different ways in which
the actress, Frances
Barber, played the scene.
There is a powerful
emotional and
philosophical connection
between the imagery of
this scene and a passage
from the Renaissance
philosopher Pico della
Mirandola's Oration on
the Dignity of Man which
forms the text of
Glorious Hill. This
passage has been
described as one of the
few passages in
Renaissance philosophy to
treat human freedom in a
modern way. The text,
which is sung in Latin,
is addressed by God to
Adam before the fall from
grace.Gavin Bryars.
Choir Secular (Men's Choir) SKU: AP.49704 Composed by Lynn Ahrens and Ste...(+)
Choir Secular (Men's
Choir)
SKU:
AP.49704
Composed by
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen
Flaherty. Arranged by
Mark Hayes. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Pop Choral
Series. Broadway;
Secular. Choral Octavo.
16 pages. Alfred Music
#00-49704. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.49704).
UPC: 038081567914.
English.
This
powerful choral anthem
was written by Broadway
songwriters Lynn Ahrens
and Stephen Flaherty in
honor of the 40th
anniversary of The Gay
Men's Chorus of
Washington, DC. Lynn's
text uses harmony as a
metaphor to represent
acceptance, and Stephen's
inspirational music is a
canvas of hope and
strength. Robust piano,
bass, and drum parts
provide a sturdy pop
accompaniment for three
full voicings designed to
accommodate any four-part
group.
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
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Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
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from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
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arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
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