SSAA choir, a cappella - Digital Download

SKU: LX.15-3843H

Composed by Kate Crellin. Educational, Concert, General. Octavo. 4 pages. Heritage Music Press #e15/3843H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LX.15-3843H).

The delicate harmonic beauty of this piece is truly stunning. Though short in length, there is immense opportunity for magical expressive moments. With close harmonies weaving in and out of consonances and unisons and flowing passages paired with moments of rhythmic energy, there is so much music to be made. A repeating ending of layered melodies that gradually fades al niente will have your audience holding their breath. Composed as a set of three compositions, also look for Day of Fire and Sun (15/3842L) and Home–Thoughts, from Abroad (15/3844L).

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Digital Download

SKU: A0.993444

Composed by Olivier Costa. Contemporary. Octavo. 18 pages. OLIVIER COSTA #6671651. Published by OLIVIER COSTA (A0.993444).

« AMITIÉ » is a composition of about six minutes long for a women's choir (SSAA). It can also be performed by a male choir (TTBB), in this case the singers must read in octabassa treble clef. This piece sets to music a selection of poems based on friendship, taken from the collection Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d´Orphée by Guillaume Apollinaire. We will hear The cat, The peacock, The owl and The ox.

 The bond of friendship is symbolized here by an element of percussion: the friction of a metal chain, played by the members of the choir from the beginning to the end of the piece. This implies that the choir must use a stand or sing in pairs, one holding the sheet music and the other playing the string.

                                                                 

This work explores different vocal techniques: singing, sliding, timbre play, murmuring, rhythmic speaking, declaiming and shouting. These different modes of vocal play are combined with different compositional techniques such as polyrhythm, homorhythmia, rhythmic irregularity, counterpoint, opposition and layering of sound planes.

 

FRIENDSHIP is the second part of a cycle devoted to the work of Apollinaire.