SATB choir, SATB, SATB, organ SKU: CA.739300 Composed by Kay Johannsen. S...(+)
SATB choir, SATB, SATB,
organ
SKU:
CA.739300
Composed by
Kay Johannsen. Sacred
vocal music. Full score.
Composed 2015. 12 pages.
Carus Verlag #CV
07.393/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.739300).
ISBN 9790007172268.
Text language:
Latin.
Veni was
composed by Kay Johannsen
in November 2015. Similar
to his 2010 work Et
vidimus gloriam eius for
four choral groups (SSA,
TTB, SATB, SATB) and
organ based on the
beginning of St John's
Gospel, Veni requires a
spatial separation of
three four-part choirs.
The starting point of the
composition is the 12th
century hymn Veni
redemptor gentium by St
Ambrose of Milan, which
Martin Luther used as the
basis of his 1524 hymn
Nun komm, der Heiland.
The four sections of the
cantus firmus are sung in
turn by all the basses,
altos, sopranos, and
tenors, each part at a
louder dynamic than the
other parts. For the
accompanying voices
Johannsen uses different
principles of canonic
technique and motivic
variation, with most of
the material derived from
the cantus firmus. The
organ part of this
12-part chorale
arrangement provides a
harmonic orientation, but
is completely independent
and introduces both
moments of rhythmic
accentuation and elements
of veiling. The choral
writing is also deepened
and elevated by the organ
sounds derived from the
text. Despite all the
motivic links between the
parts, the music has a
direct sensual effect as
a sound collage. The work
ends with three
increasingly distant,
homophonic invocations of
Veni: the plea Komm
occurs at the beginning
as at the end.
