Tuba-euphonium quartet
SKU: P2.80115
Composed by Tomas Luis de
Victoria. Arranged by
Jack Adler-McKean.
Chamber music. Published
by Potenza Music
(P2.80115).
A
responsorial chant taken
from the Matins of
Christmas, the O Magnum
Mysterium text has been
set by many of the
greatest choral composers
in history, from Byrd,
Gabrielli and Palestrina
in the sixteenth century,
to Poulenc, Bingham and
Laurisden in the
twentieth. This setting
by Victoria is one of the
most frequently
performed, a beautifully
simple example of
Renaissance Spanish
counterpoint now
available to
tuba-euphonium quartets
of all levels, perhaps as
something more unexpected
in a festive
programme.
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