A Prayer of King Henry VI

ISBN-13: 9780193359048 / Angielski / Other / 2007 / 8 str.

Opis

for SATB unaccompanied This spacious setting of King Henry VI's prayer 'Domine Jesu Christe' presents a seamless arch of music. The influence of the great Tudor composers is especially evident in the rich, long-breathed 'Amen'. With its fluid lines and flexible metre, A Prayer for King Henry VI is sure to both inspire and challenge.

Recenzje

Jackson illuminates the Prayer of King Henry VI with a beautifully expressive and atmospheric musical setting . . . While the part-writing is largely straightforward and intuitive, the setting has its demands with plenty of scrunchy added-note chords. In particular, Jackson has a fondness for parallel sevenths, which weill test the intonation and tenacity of younger singers. However, for a confident school choir, the technical difficulties are well worth tackling to reveal the rich and colourful qualities of the writing.

O autorze

One of Britain's foremost composers, after three years as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral, Gabriel Jackson went on to study composition with Richard Blackford and John Lambert at the Royal College of Music. Particularly acclaimed for his choral works, his liturgical pieces are in the repertoires of most of Britain's cathedral and collegiate choirs and he is a frequent collaborator with the leading professional groups of the world. From 2010-2013 he was Associate Composer to the BBC Singers. In 2014 his hour-long The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, commissioned for the 750th anniversary of Merton College, Oxford, was premiered in its chapel. May 2015 saw the premiere at the Latvian National Opera of Spring Rounds for soprano, choir and orchestra, commissioned by the Riga-based youth choir Kamer for their 25th anniversary. He was recently commissioned by The Marian Consort to write Stabat Mater to mark their 10th anniversary.