Description
for mixed-voice choir This second book of anthems by Bob Chilcott assembles pieces in a wonderful range of styles and moods. The anthems have been carefully selected to be both approachable to a wide range of choirs and appropriate to the needs of today's liturgy. An indispensable addition to any choir library.
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
Chilcott has a gift for melodic invention and often uses interesting textures in accompaniments . . . Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, written for Repton School, has a particularly attractive new tune. However, in verse four the congregation joins in, singing Parry's tune Repton cleverly superimposed over Chilcott's tune. Repton also provides inspiration for a descant at the end. Charles Wesley's text for Love Divine receives a delicate and expressive treatment - the cantabile melody is set against a gently moving semiquaver accompaniment. * Gordon Appleton, CMQ, June 2011 *
Its combination of folksy wedding anthems and warm-hearted, idiomatic settings of standard liturgical texts should ensure it a ready welcome in organ lofts across the land. * Matthew Greenall, The Singer, October 2009 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193364936
Author Bob Chilcott
Page Count 64
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 139g
Dimensions(mm) 248mm * 173mm * 4mm
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
Chilcott has a gift for melodic invention and often uses interesting textures in accompaniments . . . Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, written for Repton School, has a particularly attractive new tune. However, in verse four the congregation joins in, singing Parry's tune Repton cleverly superimposed over Chilcott's tune. Repton also provides inspiration for a descant at the end. Charles Wesley's text for Love Divine receives a delicate and expressive treatment - the cantabile melody is set against a gently moving semiquaver accompaniment. * Gordon Appleton, CMQ, June 2011 *
Its combination of folksy wedding anthems and warm-hearted, idiomatic settings of standard liturgical texts should ensure it a ready welcome in organ lofts across the land. * Matthew Greenall, The Singer, October 2009 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780193364936
Author Bob Chilcott
Page Count 64
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 139g
Dimensions(mm) 248mm * 173mm * 4mm
