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Evening Canticles
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for SATB choir and organ
SATB choir and organ
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Although I had already set separate Latin versions of both the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, this is the first time I’ve made a setting in English of both texts for use at Evensong. I have often attended Evensong in the Cambridge college chapels: it’s a service whose meanings and spirituality are quite different from any other, and it has its own special atmosphere. Evensong’s coupling of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis texts is fascinating: the exuberant celebration of the former contrasts so marvellously with the intimate reflections of the latter.
In my Evening Canticles I have tried to make the most of that contrast. The Magnificat is forceful, replete with sprung rhythms, polymeter, and bright harmonies showing off the brilliance of the choir. Some use is made (especially near the opening) of free rhythms in which every singer performs a passage at their own speed, creating a spray of sound. The Nunc Dimittis, on the other hand, is predominantly clear and transparent, even austere, allowing the singers to shape melodic lines with expression and lyricism, as befits the text.
I was enormously excited to be invited to compose my Evening Canticles for Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. I want to thank all the performers for giving the work such a splendid launch, and for the magnificent recording on this CD. The work is dedicated to Andrew Nethsingha.
JA 2019
In my Evening Canticles I have tried to make the most of that contrast. The Magnificat is forceful, replete with sprung rhythms, polymeter, and bright harmonies showing off the brilliance of the choir. Some use is made (especially near the opening) of free rhythms in which every singer performs a passage at their own speed, creating a spray of sound. The Nunc Dimittis, on the other hand, is predominantly clear and transparent, even austere, allowing the singers to shape melodic lines with expression and lyricism, as befits the text.
I was enormously excited to be invited to compose my Evening Canticles for Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. I want to thank all the performers for giving the work such a splendid launch, and for the magnificent recording on this CD. The work is dedicated to Andrew Nethsingha.
JA 2019
Content
I Magnificat
II Nunc Dimittis
II Nunc Dimittis
More Information
Title:
Evening Canticles
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for SATB choir and organ
Edition:
Choral score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2018
Duration:
9 ′
World Premiere:
May 25, 2019 · Cambridge (UK)
St John's College
Glen Dempsey (Herbert Howells Organ Scholar), organ · Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha · The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College
Glen Dempsey (Herbert Howells Organ Scholar), organ · Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha · The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the College Chapel in 2019
Series:
Title:
Evening Canticles
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for SATB choir and organ
Language:
English
Edition:
Choral score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2018
Duration:
9 ′
World Premiere:
May 25, 2019 · Cambridge (UK)
St John's College
Glen Dempsey (Herbert Howells Organ Scholar), organ · Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha · The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College
Glen Dempsey (Herbert Howells Organ Scholar), organ · Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha · The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the College Chapel in 2019
Series:
Title:
Evening Canticles
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
for SATB choir and organ
Language:
English
Edition:
Choral score
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2018
Duration:
9 ′
World Premiere:
May 25, 2019 · Cambridge (UK)
St John's College
Glen Dempsey (Herbert Howells Organ Scholar), organ · Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha · The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College
Glen Dempsey (Herbert Howells Organ Scholar), organ · Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha · The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the College Chapel in 2019
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
ED 14022
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3825-6
Product number:
ED 14022
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3825-6
UPC:
842819109327
Weight:
0,14 kg
Pages:
32
Format:
21cm x 29.7cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Product number:
ED 14022 Q54420
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3825-6
Pages:
33
File format:
(PDF / 1.007,50 KB)
Performances
Evening Canticles
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha
May 25, 2019 |
Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , St John's College — World Premiere
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