SATB choir, divisi, a cappella (SATB) - Easy to Moderately Difficult SKU: OU.9780193355583
Composed by Andrew Smith. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Sacred, Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 5'. Oxford University Press #9780193355583. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193355583). ISBN 9780193355583. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. Set to the text of a 12th-century Sequence in honour of the martyr St Olav and characterized by a mellifluous plainchant-style melody, this glorious motet pulses with understated intensity. The opening drones, performed in free time and re-stated throughout, establish a quiet energy which rises until the luminescent final section, in which the heavens are called to rejoice. The original Sequence provides a stately coda. This is splendid and original music, suitable for both concert and liturgical use.
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