Salisbury Vespers

ISBN-13: 9780193363953 / Angielski / Nuty / 2009 / 104 str.

Bob Chilcott

Opis

for chorus, chamber choir, and children's choir, or large divisi chorus, with orchestra or organ and brass ensemble
Salisbury Vespers combines settings of the traditional Vespers psalms and anonymous early texts. Marian motets punctuate the psalm settings, and the work is concluded with a substantial setting of the Magnificat.

Recenzje

Remarkable contrasts would have to be the trademark of Chilcott's work. From the crisp, buoyant phrases of the 'Dixit Dominus' to the unaccompanied legato lines of the motet 'I Sing of a Mayden', the listener got a sense of a myriad of styles that seemed to inform Chilcott's journey as a composer. Though it was is considered one 'major' work, Chilcott's Salisbury Vespers is like listening to several mini-masterworks in the context of one performance. Perhaps the crowning achievement of this is the large scale, multi-movement 'Magnificat', which brings the vespers to its end. The 'Song of Mary', extolling praise to God, took on new meaning as each phrase was given its own musical contrast. In the 'Deposuit Potentes', the full opening compliment of voices and instruments swelled to a full forte, with a remarkable contrasting section that leaned toward a dark, mysterious sound.

O autorze

Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.