Extended instrumental solo taken from MacMillan's 70-90-minute 'Since it was the day of Preparation ' for voices and ensemble, commissioned by the Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh International Festival, Soli Deo Gloria and Kings Place, and first performed by the Hebrides Ensemble at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.The parent work sets the Resurrection narratives from St John's Gospel. Five instrumental solos for different instruments (theorbo, cello, clarinet, harp, horn) are reproduced unabridged. They serve as prologue and interludes at respective points of the work. / Ensemble
SKU: HL.14021606
ISBN 9781846091841. UPC: 884088434793. 6.75x10.0x0.222 inches.
This beautifully presented edition from Novello offers a full Mass setting alongside a Motet, both for large mixed chorus, by Tomas Luis De Victoria. Regarded by many as one of the greatest composers of Spanish renaissance polyphony, this Mass setting is rich in his characteristic tonalities and the textures of the sacred choral tradition. Alongside this is the original Motet upon which the Mass setting is based. Both are transcribed and edited by Andrew Parker. The pairing of the two works offers an exciting and fascinating performance opportunity, with the devout grandeur of the Mass set against the modesty of the original Motet. Missa Dum Complerentur for SAATTB voices. Motet: Dum Complerentur Dies Pentecostes for SSATB voices.
SKU: CA.3122793
Key: E minor. German. Text: Johann Frank.
For many choral singers Jesu, meine Freude is not just a motet by Bach, but the motet par excellence. Bach's motets as a whole have to be described as exceptional works, but even amongst these this is an exceptional work which is out of the ordinary not only in terms of its length. The formal conception, with its alternating chorale and Bible verses in 11 sections in a symmetrical structure, is also unique. The motet was very probably composed for a funeral, but no further details about this are known. By comparison, there are clear indications that the motet, as we now know it, was probably not composed in one go, but was composed over a long period of time. Score available separately - see item CA.3122700.
SKU: CA.3122794
SKU: CA.3122791
SKU: CA.3122792
SKU: CA.2330700
ISBN 9790007009120.
Heinrich von Herzogenberg's interest in the motet form based on a cantus firmus can be traced back to the middle years of his tenure in Leipzig (1875-1885). For three of the four chorale motets (Nos. 1, 3, 4) he chose hymns which were also known as traditional melodies outside a liturgical context and, in two cases (Nos. 3 and 4), were sung by both faiths. Each of the four chorale motets are concerned with suffering and death. With regard to the size of the choir, Herzogenberg envisioned a large mixed choir. Therefore, larger choirs can also sing the motets a cappella.
SKU: HL.244242
UPC: 888680729073. 8.25x11.75x0.055 inches.
Nico Muhly's Malmesbury Motets arranged for SATB chorus and Viola da Gamba. Commissioned for the choir of Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire by Revd Canon Neill Archer (vicar) and Dr Annie Davis (Lay Precentor). First performed on 26 & 27 November 2016 at the Advent Carol Services at Malmesbury Abbey, by the Abbey Choir, directed by John Hughes and Rebecca Saunders. Duration approximately: 8 minutes.
SKU: HL.244247
UPC: 888680729110. 6.75x9.75x0.077 inches.
SKU: HL.49044155
ISBN 9790001191005. German.
Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984) is one of the most important composers of Catholic church music in the 20th century. Apart from more than 100 organ works and masses, he also wrote numerous motets. The present four-part motet Freu dich, du werte Christenheit for mixed a cappella choir (SATB) was written in 1975. This old Resurrection song from the 16th century is based on a setting by the Franco-Flemish composer Johannes des Cleve (around 1529-1582) which has been skillfully transferred by Schroeder to the modern age with subtle harmonies. The tenor voice sings the cantus firmus and is embedded in archaic-seeming sounds typical of Schroeder by the other voices. This three-verse Resurrection song of about five minutes is perfect for church services at Easter.
SKU: HL.49044068
ISBN 9790001195508. 7.5x11.0x0.045 inches. German.
The practising church musician Andreas Pieper knows with heart and soul how to adapt the level of difficulty of his choral compositions to the qualitative possibilities of a committed church choir and create simple, yet tonally beautiful choral settings. This shows in his Zwei deutsche Marienmotetten for mixed a cappella choir (SATB). Both sacred motets pay homage to the Mother of God. The composition Maria ist aufgenommen in den Himmel celebrates in song the 'Feast of the Assumption of Mary', the solemnity of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated on 15 August. Not bound to the church's liturgy, the Marian motet Hymnus von der seligen Jungfrau Maria is based on the text of an unknown poet from the 14th century which invokes the help and protection of Mary.
SKU: HL.14042652
ISBN 9788759827963.
To Motetter/Two Motets: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis.
SKU: HL.49044237
ISBN 9790001195492. Latin.
With Zwei lateinische Marienmotetten for mixed a cappella choir (SATB) and interlude for organ or string quintet, Andreas Pieper has created two gems of Marian devotion which are perfect for being used in church services. The two four-part chants pay homage to the Virgin Mary and refer to two different solemnities of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated in her honour. Whereas Assumpta est Maria is a motet for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, Benedicta es tu, virgo Maria refers to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrated every year on 8 December. Both choral settings can be easily mastered by ambitious church choirs, and the interlude and postlude for organ or string quintet of Assumpta est Maria, the easier one of the two motets, can be easily performed even by amateur musicians.
SKU: UT.TME-2
ISBN 9790215318380. 9 x 12 inches.
Gaudeamus omnes. Mottetto a 8 voci (SATB-SATB) con Trombe, Cornetti, Archi e Basso Continuo; Date melos, date honores. Mottetto a 8 voci (SATB-SATB) con Archi e Basso Continuo; Cantate laeta carmina. Mottetto a 5 voci (SSATB) con Trombe, Cornetti, Archi e Basso ContinuoPerformance Material on HireSix grandiose Motets, with rich appendix, and two solemn Benedictus make the opera omnia of the Bolognese Perti for the court of the Florence Grand Duke: the scores, rendered here in the tricentennial of their composition, in that time impressed the Emilian audience as much as the Tuscan one. The first volume includes the Motets Gaudeamus omnes, Date melos, date honores and Cantate laeta carmina, first performed respectively in 1704, 1705 and 1706.
SKU: UT.TME-3
ISBN 9790215319158. 9 x 12 inches.
Cessate, mortis funera. Mottetto a 5 voci (SSATB) con Trombe, Oboi, Cornetti, Archi e Basso Continuo; Benedictus. Cantico a 8 voci (SATB-SATB) con Basso Continuo; Benedictus. Cantico a 5 voci (SSATB) con Archi e Basso Continuo; Canite, cives. Mottetto a 5 voci (SSATB) con Trombe, Cornetto, Archi e Basso Continuo; Alleluia. Mottetto a 8 voci (SATB-SATB) con Oboe, Archi e Basso ContinuoPerformance Material on HireSix grandiose Motets, with rich appendix, and two solemn Benedictus make the opera omnia of the Bolognese Perti for the court of the Florence Grand Duke: the scores, rendered here in the tricentennial of their composition, in that time impressed the Emilian audience as much as the Tuscan one. The second volume volume includes the 3 Motets Cessate, mortis funera, Canite, cives e Alleluia, and the 2 Benedictus, first performed between 1707 and 1709.
SKU: HL.14030971
ISBN 9788759854402. 7.0x10.25x0.084 inches.
A wonderful selection of motets from the 16th century which are suitable for SATB a capella.
SKU: HL.49019925
ISBN 9790001196185. German.
Eine wertvolle Bereicherung fur das Repertoire geistlicher A-cappella-Chormusik stellt Carl Friedrich Zelters Motette Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit dar. Die in der Reihe 'Schatze der Chormusik' erschienene Motette fur achtstimmigen Doppelchor (SATB/SATB) wurde schon zu Lebzeiten hoch gelobt: 'Das Ganze zerfallt in drei Teile. Der erste stellt dar: die Hinfalligkeit des Menschen und die Verganglichkeit aller Welt.' Es folgt ein 'wahres Meisterstuck von musikalischer Architektonik, eine achtstimmige Fuge, wie sie nach Johann Sebastian Bach und Fasch selten in solcher Reinheit und Kunst hervorgegangen sein durfte. Hierauf folgt ein herrlicher Triumphgesang, der gewaltig mit sich fortreisst, so dass die Horer selbst mit einstimmen mochten.' - Ein in jeder Beziehung lohnendes Werk also, das fur ambitionierte Laienchore problemlos einzustudieren sein durfte.
SKU: HL.14028046
ISBN 9788759859377. 9.5x14.25x0.12 inches. International (more than one language).
Score available: KP00247 Ruders writes: Quartet No. 3 Motet was written in 1979, commissioned by the Lerchenborg music-week of 1979 during which it was first performed by Quatuor Bernede. This short one-movement quartet is a kind of modernization of the 14th century French motets, a cadeau to this weird and fantastic music whose abstract and almost deprecatory, introvert expression appears unaccountably modern and incredibly ancient at the same time. Motet is a sober, cool treatise on rhythm and statics, depicted in a Gothic, crypt-like atmosphere. The almost completely non-vibrato movement is suggestive of boys' choir, monks' processions, and the piercing sound of musical glasses. An ancient world is reborn and becomes the world of today.
