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Miserere : songs of mercy and redemption : for solo countertenor (or mezzo-soprano), solo cello, mixed chorus, strings, harp & percussion / Karl Jenkins.
LIBRA Folio M2020.J46 M5 2023
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, Karl, 1944- composer.
- Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748, author.
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274, author.
- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953, author.
- Barratt, Carol, author.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Aramaic
- English
- Hebrew
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra--Scores.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Psalms (Music)--51st Psalm--Scores.
- Psalms (Music).
- Psalms (Music)--150th Psalm--Scores.
- Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748--Musical settings.
- Watts, Isaac.
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274--Musical settings.
- Thomas.
- Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953--Musical settings.
- Thomas, Dylan.
- Barratt, Carol--Musical settings.
- Barratt, Carol.
- Genre:
- Psalms (Music)
- Musical settings.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (xii, 115 pages) ; 42 cm
- Edition:
- Full score.
- Other Title:
- Songs of mercy and redemption
- Place of Publication:
- London : Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd, [2023]
- Language Note:
- Latin (principally), English, Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic words; also printed separately as text with English translation.
- Staff notation.
- Contents:
- Principium
- Miserere mei, Deus
- Hymnus : ubi caritas
- Sacramentum
- Lavabis me
- Hymnus : when I survey the wondrous cross
- Panis angelicus, panis hominum
- Hymnus : locus iste
- Praise, joy, & gladness
- Canendo
- Hymnus : Eli Jenkins' prayer & epilogue
- Rahma
- Contemplation & benediction.
- Notes:
- For solo countertenor (or mezzo-soprano), solo female Middle-Eastern style voice (optional), SATB chorus, solo cello, mey (optional), Qanun (optional), percussion (2-3 players), harp, and string orchestra; solo violin from orchestra to cover in absence of mey and/or qanun.
- Duration: approximately 51 min.
- Includes program notes by composer and performance notes in English.
- Premiered by Alis Huws (harp), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Abel Selaocoe (violoncello), the Britten Sinfonia and Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton.
- Texts from Psalm 51, Psalm 150, Isaac Watts, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Dylan Thomas, Carol Barratt.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- OCLC:
- 1380650875
- Publisher Number:
- 19879 Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
- HL 19879 Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
- 23074398BF Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
- 109132 Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
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