SATB chorus, Org - Grade
3
SKU: CA.722100
Magnificat - Nunc
dimittis. Composed by
Michael Culo. Carus
digital: Extra digital
products. Full Score. 12
pages. Duration 7
minutes. Carus Verlag
#722100. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.722100).
ISBN 9790007311438.
Key: C major.
English.
The
Evening Service grew out
of the celebrations of
the one thousandth
anniversary of the
consecration of St
Michael’s Church
in Hildesheim, which is a
UNESCO World Heritage
site. For many years St
Michael’s has
celebrated the service of
Choral Evensong, the rich
musical conjunction of
the divine offices of
vespers and compline,
which is so familiar
within the Anglican
tradition. In the
Catholic daily office of
evening prayer,
particularly in the
Cologne version of choral
vespers, the Magnificat
of Mary and
Simeon’s Nunc
dimittis from chapters 1
and 2 of Luke are also
set to music. Both pieces
explore the text, and
they can be sung
independently of each
other – both in
worship and in concert
– and yet they are
connected through
individual motifs and the
shared doxology.
Mary and Simeon
