Orchestral Version-John McCabe's Psalm-Cantata (Orchestral Version). Vocal score for Soprano Baritone and SATB choir.This work was commissioned by the English Baroque Choir and their music director Jeremy Jackman who gave the first performance on 16th March 2013 at St. John’s SmithSquare London.'I’ve wanted to write a choral/instrumental piece based on texts from the Psalms for a very long…

SilèneCantata for bass, two violins and continuoThe present work, Silène, is taken from his second book of cantatas, published in Paris in 1714. The text of Silène is by Antoine Danchet, a librettist much in demand at the time, particularly for the compositions of tragédies lyriques. Campra collaborated with him over a long period from Hésione (1700) to Achille et Deidamie (1735). Danchet based hi…

Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity-Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen - Praise Ye God Throughout Creation BWV 51.Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity.The solo cantata ?Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen? written around 1730 for the 15th Sunday after Trinity is one of Bach?s best-known cantatas.The scoring for solo Soprano Trumpet Strings and Continuo is unique amongst Bach?s cantatas and has…

Winter Cantata / Vinterkantate (1976) by Per Nørgård for a variable ensemble of soloist mixed choir and instruments (minimum: vocalist and organ). Programme Note: When in 1975 I had finished composing my 3rd Symphony (begun in 1973) I wrote three simple melodies for two psalm texts by Ole Sarvig: ?The Year? and ?Choral Hymn?. These three tunes were derived from the same material as the second m…

Volume 3 Carl Nielsen Cantatas. Hardback.Franz Neruda in Memoriam; Hymn for the Commemoration of the Niels W. Gade Centenary; Cantata for the Centenary of The Chamber of Commerce; Cantata for the Centenary of The Polytechnic College; Hymn to Art; Cantata for the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Society for the Education of Young Merchants; Poetry in Song and Music for the Inauguration of the Public Sw…

Par PINKHAM DANIEL. American composer, organist and harpsichordist, Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) studied the Organ and music theory at Phillips Academy in Andover before studying at Harvard. His Christmas Cantata is an exciting addition to the choral repertoire. Pinkham was famously moved by a concert in Andover given by the Trapp family singers in 1939, soon after they had escaped Austria. He quote…

For The Children-Karl Jenkins composed Cantata Memoria as a commemorative work exploring themes of loss particularly remembering the children who perished in the Aberfan tragedy in 1966 when a mining spoil tip collapsed and buried a school.The first part of the work deals with the tragedy itself and the second part moves from darkness to light reliving memories and celebrating childhood. Scored …

Die Cantata für gemischten Chor und Klavier (oder Orgel) ist ein Frühwerk Ursula Mamloks wenn man die Komposition einer Mittdreißigerin denn so nennen kann. 1958 zur Entstehungszeit des Stücks hatte die Komponistin gerade ihr Studium an der Manhattan School of Music beendet. In den Folgejahren mit Studien bei Stefan Wolpe und Ralph Shapey näherte sie sich der Reihentechnik an und entwickelte …

With his cantata 'Meine Seel erhebt den Herren? which Bach composed for the Visitation of Mary (2 July), he created a Magnificat setting of a different kind: The German text source is a combination of biblical text and a free interpretation, the basis being the Marian hymn of praise from the Gospel according to Luke. The 9th psalm tone acts as the chorale melody and becomes a recurring musical the…

Celebrate the joy of the Resurrection with “Come to the Cross” a 25-minute cantata for Easter. Beautiful new songs and traditional Easter hymns are woven together with dramatic narrative following the events of HolyWeek. Cindy Berry has created a flexible work which is easy to prepare while remaining highly creative. Present the work as a complete cantata or use portions for Palm Sund…