Three Motets
Vocal score
Published on 17. April 2008
Other
Sheet music
12 pages
978-0-19-336010-5 (ISBN)
Description
for SATB unaccompanied
These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon, full of sumptuous harmonies; and Beati quorum via contrasts calm, reflective passages with a stirring, eight-part quasi-refrain.
These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon, full of sumptuous harmonies; and Beati quorum via contrasts calm, reflective passages with a stirring, eight-part quasi-refrain.
Reviews / Votes
Three Motets takes three well-known motet texts and sets them in Skempton's characteristic choral idiom - syllabic, entirely homophonic, sensitive to the meter of text, warm harmonies - and produces a series of subtle, rather inward settings for SATB voices that wander gently but purposefully through a gamut of keys to some surprising destinations. * The Singer, February 09 * The three new motets from Howard Skempton typify his style with their understated hypnotic minimalism and incandescent architecture of the harmony. These are useful settings of familiar Latin texts. Locus iste is bold yet reverent, Beati quorum via has the flowing ease of Stanford's famous setting (and is no more difficult), and Ave Virgo Sanctissima is simple and sublime. * Rupert Gouch, Choir & Organ November 08 * Locus iste is a lovely setting of the famous text, and worth a look at. Any choir that can manage the deceptively difficult Bruckner setting should cope easily with this. The range is kind to the voices . . . Beati splits into more than the four parts of Locus iste. Again the setting is simple, mainly relying on one chordal progression in the middle section . . . Ave virgo is again in four parts, simple and effective. The edition is excellent. * Music Teacher, October 08 *More details
Series
Edition
Vocal score
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
26 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-336010-5 (9780193360105)
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Person
Born in Chester in 1947, Howard Skempton has worked as a composer, accordionist, and music publisher. Renowned for the distinctive clarity of his musical language, he has composed over 300 pieces, many of which are miniatures for solo piano or accordion. His orchestral and instrumental works have been recorded by, among others, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Bash. In recent years, Skempton has concentrated increasingly on writing vocal and choral music; his choral commissions include works for the BBC Singers and the Belfast Philharmonic Society. He is currently an Honorary Professor of Music at De Montfort University.
Content
Locus iste ; Beati quorum via ; Ave Virgo sanctissima