Description
for SATB and organ This welcome original setting of the much-loved 15th-century Coventry carol text features a compelling interplay between choir and organ and a contrast of full and a cappella textures. Archer fully exploits the text's dramatic potential and has created a pleasing and useful addition to the carol repertory.
About the Author
Malcolm Archer was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham, the Royal College of Music, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar. He studied the organ with Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir, and Nicolas Kynaston, and composition with Herbert Sumsion and Alan Ridout. He is a prolific composer with well over 200 published works, which receive regular performances on BBC radio and TV. Archer was formerly Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral and is now Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College.
Reviews
In A Coventry Carol Malcolm Archer treats SATB choir and organ to a suitably poignant, lilting setting of his own music, with a lovely false relation in the chorus (and who wouldn't want one of those!). This simple setting contains considerable subtlety, with constant reharmonising of the initial melody (the most chromatic is left till last - delicious). * Jeremy Jackman, Choir & Organ, September 2018 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193523777
Author Malcolm Archer
Page Count 8
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 18g
About the Author
Malcolm Archer was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham, the Royal College of Music, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar. He studied the organ with Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir, and Nicolas Kynaston, and composition with Herbert Sumsion and Alan Ridout. He is a prolific composer with well over 200 published works, which receive regular performances on BBC radio and TV. Archer was formerly Organist and Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral and is now Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College.
Reviews
In A Coventry Carol Malcolm Archer treats SATB choir and organ to a suitably poignant, lilting setting of his own music, with a lovely false relation in the chorus (and who wouldn't want one of those!). This simple setting contains considerable subtlety, with constant reharmonising of the initial melody (the most chromatic is left till last - delicious). * Jeremy Jackman, Choir & Organ, September 2018 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193523777
Author Malcolm Archer
Page Count 8
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 18g
