We bless thee for our creation

ISBN-13: 9780193512191 / Angielski

Bob Chilcott

Opis

for SATB double choir unaccompanied This optimistic and affirmatory anthem sets a useful service text of general thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer. Chilcott makes full use of the imitation and antiphonal effects that these forces enable, while keeping the vocal lines and part-writing well within the capabilities of most church choirs.

Recenzje

Like Chilcott's easy A Thanksgiving reviewed earlier, this is genuinely a 'thanksgiving', being a setting of part of the General Thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer. It will most likely be sung as an evensong anthem. Although written to be sung by the choir of Westminster Abbey, it is not at all difficult. The music gradually builds, moving inexorably towards a climax on the last word of 'show forth our praises not only with our lips but in our lives.'

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.