Format : Sheet music + CD
SKU: OU.9780193530492
ISBN 9780193530492. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) and organ or chamber ensemble This is an uplifting setting of the Latin Missa brevis. The choir may be accompanied by organ, chamber ensemble, or a selection of the ensemble instruments in combination with organ, opening up several compelling performance options.
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SKU: OU.9780193361683
ISBN 9780193361683. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This dramatic setting of a 5th-century Ambrosian hymn perfectly epitomises the jubilation of the text. Rhythmically complex and involving some tricky melismatic passages, it is particularly suited to cathedral choirs and concert performance.
SKU: 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.
SKU: OU.9780193395732
ISBN 9780193395732. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) Here Jackson sets early Christian texts by St Augustine of Hippo, Baldwin of Forde, and St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi alongside words by Estonian poet Doris Kareva. Each movement offers a change of mood, from the reflective 'Conversi ad Dominum' to the more urgent and pleading 'Aufer a me, Domine'.
SKU: OU.9780193408258
ISBN 9780193408258. 12 x 8 inches.
SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Grodek is thought to be the last work of the Austrian poet Georg Trakl; the title refers to the town where Trakl served as a medical officer in the First World War. Jackson's setting captures the darkness of the text, with an eerie opening building to a powerful climax.
SKU: OU.9780193403703
ISBN 9780193403703. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Setting a stanza of Tennyson's monumental and profound poem In Memoriam A.H.H., Jackson's work deals with reflections on loss and grief.
SKU: OU.9780193398658
ISBN 9780193398658. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB unaccompanied This is a simple and elegant miniature in characteristic Skempton style, with graceful choral homophony, seamlessly fluctuating time signatures, and hypnotic, meandering harmonies. The text, by William Shakespeare, is an homage to music.
SKU: OU.9780193512061
ISBN 9780193512061. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied The text for this part-song is a deftly chosen selection of lines from Keats' Ode to a Nightingale. Jackson's setting features many of his stylistic hallmarks: glissandi, melismas, aleatoric patterns, and solo lines that float above the texture. Highly attractive and suitable for summer concerts.
SKU: OU.9780193413474
ISBN 9780193413474. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB with divisions, unaccompanied This setting of texts from Cymbeline and The Merchant of Venice, and Sonnet 98, is characterised by inventive textures and vibrant word-setting. The harmonic language is mostly diatonic but never plain, and there are pungent dissonances in the music of evocative power.
SKU: OU.9780193359383
ISBN 9780193359383. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Setting of a text by St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), a Hymn for Lauds on the feast of the Guardian Angels.
SKU: OU.9780193439245
ISBN 9780193439245. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. This emotive motet sets a combination of verses from Psalms 31, 48, and 71. Essentially a prayer for God's protection and guidance, the piece is characterized by pungent and mesmerizing shifts of harmony which underpin the tensions inherent in the text. It is suitable for both concert and liturgical use.
SKU: OU.9780193402843
ISBN 9780193402843. 12 x 8 inches.
for SATB (with divisions) and organ This setting of Psalm 95, written for Truro Cathedral Choir, was shortlisted for a BASCA British Composer Award 2013. Evocative and subtle in its use of colour and texture, the piece has independent organ passages, an intense musical climax, and a last verse akin to a gentle chorale.
SKU: OU.9780193411463
ISBN 9780193411463. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This reflective and affirmatory communion motet features fluid shifts between 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures and expressive melodic lines that are often underpinned by a drone.