Description
for SATB double choir unaccompanied or SATB (with divisions) and organ This anthem is a tender setting of a prayer by the 13th-century bishop St Richard of Chichester. It features on The King's Singers' albums High Flight (SIGCD262) and Christmas Presence (SIGCD801).
About the Author
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.
Reviews
There are few double-choir pieces that can be described as easy, especially if with some subdivision within the eight parts, but this is one. The option of single or double choir is unusual and no doubt reflects the circumstances of its original commission for the King's Singers' 40th anniversary, ten years ago - from which it has been arranged. The first SATB choir is self-contained with organ accompaniment or with a second SATB choir that mostly decorates, links or otherwise embellishes the first, all coming together for the final 'may we know thee, love thee' and 'Amen'. The words are the famous 'Prayer of St Richard of Chichester'. * James L Montgomery, rscm.com, March 2018 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193366497
Author Bob Chilcott
Page Count 12
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 28g
Dimensions(mm) 255mm * 179mm * 1mm
About the Author
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.
Reviews
There are few double-choir pieces that can be described as easy, especially if with some subdivision within the eight parts, but this is one. The option of single or double choir is unusual and no doubt reflects the circumstances of its original commission for the King's Singers' 40th anniversary, ten years ago - from which it has been arranged. The first SATB choir is self-contained with organ accompaniment or with a second SATB choir that mostly decorates, links or otherwise embellishes the first, all coming together for the final 'may we know thee, love thee' and 'Amen'. The words are the famous 'Prayer of St Richard of Chichester'. * James L Montgomery, rscm.com, March 2018 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193366497
Author Bob Chilcott
Page Count 12
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 28g
Dimensions(mm) 255mm * 179mm * 1mm
