Adiemus - Songs of Sanctuary
composer: Karl Jenkins
Instrumentation: women's choir (SSAA), recorder, strings and percussion instruments
Orchestra instrumentation: recorder, violine I and II, viola, violoncello, double bass, 4 tom toms, congas, claves, piatti, supended cymbal, floor tom, bass drum
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Duration: 54' 0''
Year of composition: 1994
Edition: score
Language: vocalise
170 Pages - Ring/Spiral binding
ISMN: 979-0-060-108
Order number: BH 6401226
Price: 65,95 €
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Karl Jenkins
Adiemus - Songs Of Sanctuary -
Karl Jenkins
Adiemus -
John Owen Edwards
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Description:
"Songs of Sanctuary" is an extended choral-type work based on the European classical tradition, but where the vocal sound is more akin to "ethnic" or "world" music. The idea was to have some thematic unity within the work as a whole, rather than a collection of disparate pieces in song form.
The structures of "Songs of Sanctuary" are influenced, in the main, by classical form, e. g. modified rondo, ternary, da capo aria. This is of extra importance because of the lack of lyric message that sustains conventional song form. The text was written phonetically with the words viewed as instrumental sound, the idea being to maximise the melisma (an expressive vocal phrase) by removing the distraction, if one can call it that, of words. The sound is universal, as is the language of music.
Content:
Tintinnabulum
Cantus inaequalis -Cantus insolitus
In caelum fero
Cantus iteratus
Amaté Adea
Kayama
Hymn
Other editions:
BH 10501 = Klavierauszug (10er Pack)
BH 5402354 = Klavierauszug (einzeln)
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