SATB Choir and Organ
SKU:
BT.MUSSRO100172
Composed by Rachel
Portman. Classical.
Choral Score. 16 pages.
St. Rose Music
#MUSSRO100172. Published
by St. Rose Music
(BT.MUSSRO100172).
English.
Rachel
Portman's Magnificat And
Nunc Dimittis for
SATB choir and Organ
accompaniment. Born in
west Sussex, England,
Rachel Portman began
composing at age 14 and
read music at Oxford
University. She gained
experience writing music
for drama in BBC and
Channel 4 films including
Mike Leigh's Four Days In
July and Jim Henson's
Storyteller series. Her
extensive film work
includes scores for Never
Let me Go, The Joy Luck
Club, Benny and June, and
the Manchurian Candidate.
She won an Academy award
for her score for Emma
and Academy nominations
for Chocolat and The
Cider House Rules. She
has written a musical of
Little House on the
Prairie as well as an
opera of Saint
Exupery'sThe Little
Prince for Houston Grand
Opera and The Water
Diviner, a dramatic
choral symphony
commissioned for the BBC
Proms concerts. She was
appointed Officer of the
Order of the British
Empire (OBE) in the 2010
New Year Honours.
