Special offer. Chilcott: Missa 'Cantate'
SATB & optional piano (SATB)
Sopranos divide a good deal, altos occasionally, but male voices are almost always in unison - a very useful formula for (typically unbalanced?) youth choirs. But Chilcott gives even these lower...
Special offer. Chilcott: Missa 'Cantate'
SATB & optional piano (SATB)
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Sopranos divide a good deal, altos occasionally, but male voices are almost always in unison - a very useful formula for (typically unbalanced?) youth choirs. But Chilcott gives even these lower...
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for SATB and optional piano This setting of the Latin Missa brevis combines warmth and simple lyricism with youthful verve. It is highly accessible and there is a natural ease to the vocal lines. There are extended passages for SAB, and whilst the sopranos and altos occasionally divide, the tenors and basses are never required to do so. Missa Cantate will appeal to youth and adult choirs as a short concert work, or to church choirs looking for an alternative to more familiar mass settings.
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- Chilcott: Missa 'Cantate'
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Sopranos divide a good deal, altos occasionally, but male voices are almost always in unison - a very useful formula for (typically unbalanced?) youth choirs. But Chilcott gives even these lower voices glimpses of glory. It is skilfully done. Bernstein's Mass stands behind some of this perhaps, and John Rutter's Gloria is not far away. But the Sanctus comes into its own with Chilcott's version of early American hymnody: he too has that authentic gift to be simple
