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for SATB with divisions, unaccompanied These attractive settings of the ancient Latin Advent Antiphons will be of interest to any choir seeking imaginative material for Advent or Christmas performances. Within a largely diatonic style, Jackson deploys rich and varied harmonies, and the music traverses a wide canvas between contemplative stillness and bursts of rhythmic energy.

About the Author :
One of Britain's foremost composers, after three years as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral, Gabriel Jackson went on to study composition with Richard Blackford and John Lambert at the Royal College of Music. Particularly acclaimed for his choral works, his liturgical pieces are in the repertoires of most of Britain's cathedral and collegiate choirs and he is a frequent collaborator with the leading professional groups of the world. From 2010-2013 he was Associate Composer to the BBC Singers. In 2014 his hour-long The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, commissioned for the 750th anniversary of Merton College, Oxford, was premiered in its chapel. May 2015 saw the premiere at the Latvian National Opera of Spring Rounds for soprano, choir and orchestra, commissioned by the Riga-based youth choir Kamer for their 25th anniversary. He was recently commissioned by The Marian Consort to write Stabat Mater to mark their 10th anniversary.

Review :
While these seven short settings could be sung consecutively in a concert (the keys'modes being nicely varied and balanced), they could also be deployed in services such as those with the popular Advent Sequence structure, broken up by readings. Most of the movements are for full choir, often contrasting monody and thick chords in Jackson's familiar manner; there is also a movement for tenors and basses only, and another for sopranos and altos. Other textural variety is provided by solo lines and occasional spoken words. After an attractively polyphonic 'O Sapientia', there is a pairing of first low and then high voices. The low voices in 'O Adonai' are quite and intense, whilst the high voices bring an intimacy and clarity to 'O Radix Jesse'. 'O Claves David' is the existing one, brilliant and vivid with a quietly contrasting middle section. 'O Oriens' opens with another highly brilliant passage with the choristers almost ulullating, and Jackson contrasts this with quieter, more unison passages. 'O Rex Gentium' is far more intense, with a lyrical treble solo. Finally 'O Emmanuel' brings things to conclusion, with a lyrical unison decorated chant-like melody which develops into a radiant conclusion. Throughout the seven pieces, Jackson creates a sense of balance and harmony between the variety of textures, all linked by his own highly appealing harmonic sense. saxophone and choir. . . . a stunning set of Advent Antiphons


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780193408265
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Sheet music
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: New Horizons
  • Weight: 74 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0193408260
  • Publisher Date: 19 May 2016
  • Height: 250 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 182 mm


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