SATB choir, divisi, a
cappella (SATB) - Easy to
Moderately Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193355583
Composed by Andrew Smith.
Sacred choral - mixed
voices. New Horizons.
Sacred, Choral Leaflet.
Vocal score. 8 pages.
Duration 5'. Oxford
University Press
#9780193355583. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193355583).
ISBN 9780193355583. 10
x 7 inches.
For
SATB (with divisions)
unaccompanied. Set to the
text of a 12th-century
Sequence in honour of the
martyr St Olav and
characterized by a
mellifluous
plainchant-style melody,
this glorious motet
pulses with understated
intensity. The opening
drones, performed in free
time and re-stated
throughout, establish a
quiet energy which rises
until the luminescent
final section, in which
the heavens are called to
rejoice. The original
Sequence provides a
stately coda. This is
splendid and original
music, suitable for both
concert and liturgical
use.
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