Cantate Domino

Vocal score
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-350400-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Sonstiges, Englisch, 24 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 100 g

for SATB choir and organ
Written for the John S. Davies Singers, commissioned by the Ludlow Festival in 1987, Cantate Domino sets words from Psalms 149 and 146. This setting explores the medium of SATB choir and organ in a different manner from many other anthems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mathias, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassische Musik des 20./21. Jahrhunderts

Über Autor(innen)

William Mathias was born in Whitland, Dyfed. He studied at the University College of Wales, and subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music. From 1970-1988 he was Head of the Music Department at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Mathias' musical language embraced both instrumental and vocal forms with equal success, and he addressed a large and varied audience both in Britain and abroad. He was also known as a conductor and pianist, and gave or directed
many premières of his own works. He was made CBE in the 1985 New Year's Honours. In 1992, the year of his death, Nimbus Records embarked upon a series of recordings of his major works.