MixCh (SSATBB) (Mixed
choir (SSATBB))
SKU:
BA.BA08528
Composed
by Marten Jansson.
Stapled. Choral score. 11
pages. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA08528_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA08528).
ISBN 9790006568888. 27
x 19 cm inches. Text
Language: Latin. Text:
Silvestri, Charles
Anthony.
“Sti
llae†was composed
for the
“Jugendkonzertchor
der Chorakademie
Dortmund†who won
first prize in the
“Mårten Jansson
Choral Competitionâ€
in 2018. The American
poet Charles Anthony
Silvestri wrote the
lyrics.
The poem
is divided in four short
clear Latin verses
resembling the form of
medieval poetry. The
first three verses offer
short glimpses of
Mary’s life with
Jesus described through
different kinds of drops
–
Stillae:
Drops of
water – when she
bathes her tiny
son
Drops of tears
– when she cries
while pondering his fate,
and finally
Drops of
blood – that fall
on her face from the
cross
The music
and lyrics paint this
transition from happiness
to worry and deepest
grief, concluding in a
final verse; a still
prayer to Mary to take
our drops, our prayers,
and offer them to
Jesus.
Horak
