SATB Voices/SATB Choir SKU: CA.966900
Magnificatantiphon des Fronleichnamfestes. Composed by Cyrill Schurch. Edited by Stefan Schuck. Contemporary Choir Music. Sacred vocal music, Eucharist, Communion. Full score. 8 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.669/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.966900). ISBN 9790007181062. Text language: Latin.
This is how the composer presents the coming glory which, according to the text, is experienced in Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist): magnificent, solemn, exalted, and exuberant. To achieve this, Schurch exploits the polychoral compositional techniques of the late Renaissance to the full. He combines these with syncopated rhythmic overlayerings which inject energy into the repeated upswings leading to the grandiose concluding Halleluja. With its colorful sonority and dynamic range from pianissimo to a tremendous fortissimo, the piece is effective in concert performance or in competition.
