Special offer. Chilcott, Bob: The shepherds sing
SATB (with soprano solo), trumpet, piano/harp (SATB/PF)
This new carol has more echoes of Sondheim than its thoroughly English modal counterpart, and the accompaniment is gently quirky . . . As ever with Chilcott, the compositional craft is enviable,...
Special offer. Chilcott, Bob: The shepherds sing
SATB (with soprano solo), trumpet, piano/harp (SATB/PF)
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This new carol has more echoes of Sondheim than its thoroughly English modal counterpart, and the accompaniment is gently quirky . . . As ever with Chilcott, the compositional craft is enviable,...
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for SATB, trumpet in B flat, and piano or harp The shepherds sing is a sweet and tranquil setting of a Christmas text by George Herbert. With an atmospheric accompaniment and a simple instrumental countermelody, it begins with a beautiful soprano solo before opening out into gentle choral harmonies.
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This new carol has more echoes of Sondheim than its thoroughly English modal counterpart, and the accompaniment is gently quirky . . . As ever with Chilcott, the compositional craft is enviable, and George Herbert's poem is clothed in a delightfully scintillating musical mantle
