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This piece was composed on the occasion of the tenth shared concert between the Chantecléry choir of Ferrières-en-Gâtinais, Ars Musica and Saerbecker Singgenmeinshaft of North Rhine-Westphalia.The meaning of the text seemed adapted to the celebration of Franco-German reconciliation.
The first verse of this Gregorian hymn has often been set to music, when the second rarely, as here.
Some words or parts of sentences have been particularly highlighted. The flute part is like a fifth voice dynamically taking the other four in its wake. It is possible to interpret it as the positive reversal of the role played by this instrument in some Germanic legends.
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Many are familiar with versions of this hymn by Maurice Duruflé, Jacques Berthier, not forgetting Ola Gjeilo and Jean-Marie Perrotin, some composers referring directly to the original Gregorian theme.
In this score a sound (and even visual) contrast is established through a dialogue between a few voices and the choir.
Certain harmonies may sometimes surprise, but they do not make the peaceful, even contemplative character that carries this music disappear. |
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This traditional song is an anonymous arrangement of a popular South African that belongs to this gospel and spiritual tradition. This tradition is very important in South Africa. For Western people, the originality of this language resides in clicking consonants. A soloist or a group of soloists alternates with the homophonic answers sung by the choir. We suggest you to add a slight swinging to mark the rhythm as it is usually made in South Africa.
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| | |  Umbrae mortis ("the shadow of death") was composed in 1997 by Pascal Dusapin for mixed choir SATB.
The work was originally intended to be stage music, which it never became.
It adopts the plan of a requiem and takes up the text of the Requiem by Johannes Ockeghem which was one of the very first composed.
Dedicated to the memory of composer Francisco Guerrero who had just died, it is made of a unique movement whose performance lasts approximately 5 minutes.
Minimum delivery time 2 to 3 weeks. |
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