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Arrangement: mixed choir (SATB) and organ (SATB/ORG)
Edition Type: Choral Score
Publisher: Boosey &amp; Hawkes
Catalogue Number: BH-5402358
Language: English
Pages: 26
Date Published: 28th Jan 2011

This setting was composed for the choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London, on the occasion of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. MacMillan approaches this well-known text (1662 Book of Common Prayer) in a refreshingly original way. As so often in his choral music, he requires basses with very low notes (bottom D). The work also needs an agile soprano soloist at the beginning and a group of soprano soloists later. MacMillan’s predilection for melismatic writing is effectively set against syllabic word setting in the lower parts at the beginning. The work then continues with a mixture of these elements and a marvellous contrapuntal passage leading to a climax at ‘thine honourable, true and only Son’. The organ part is not difficult but requires a keen rhythmic sense and includes passages of MacMillan’s often-used ‘filigree’ figuration. This is a highly effective and approachable work that would be easily performable by a competent choir looking for a fresh approach to a familiar liturgical text.

EAN: 0073999121841
UPC: 073999121841
ISMN: 9790060114267 (M060114267)

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