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Gloria Bob Chilcott

Gloria By Bob Chilcott

Gloria by Bob Chilcott


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Summary

for SATB and piano, or brass quintet, timpani, and organ Chilcott's four-movement setting of the Latin Gloria will be welcomed by choirs looking for an uplifting and jubilant concert work. It features a driving 'Gloria', a tender yet majestic 'Domine Deus', a lyrical 'Qui tollis', and a dancing and upbeat 'Quonium tu solus sanctus'.

Gloria Summary

Gloria by Bob Chilcott

for SATB and piano, or brass quintet, timpani, and organ Chilcott's four-movement setting of the Latin Gloria will be welcomed by choirs looking for an uplifting and jubilant concert work. The driving 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' features syncopated rhythms and an upper-voice semi-chorus part in the 'Et in terra pax' section, which can be taken from the main choir. The tender yet majestic 'Domine Deus' leads into the lyrical 'Qui tollis peccata mundi', with interweaving melodic lines that express the solemnity of the text. Finally, the dancing 'Quonium tu solus sanctus' keeps singers on their toes with its upbeat tempo and lively cross-rhythms, culminating in exultant 'Amen's for a suitably exhilarating ending.

Gloria Reviews

The work takes some inspiration from Vivaldi's setting, as mentioned in the composer's note, so that the model's 'rhythmic impulse' and the 'freshness of its shapes and clarity of textures' are echoed within Chilcott's own idiom. There is even a more direct reference in the 'Et in terra pax' section that anyone familiar with Vivaldi's work will enjoy. However, unlike the older work, Chilcott's setting has no solos, being for full choir throughout. It also avoids divisi for the most part, though there is a short section for semi-chorus. * James Whitbourn, Choir & Organ March 2017 *

About Bob Chilcott

Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.

Additional information

GOR009496869
9780193404861
0193404869
Gloria by Bob Chilcott
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2016-01-07
32
N/A
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