The Three Kings
COMPOSER:
Peter Maxwell Davies
PUBLISHER:
Chester Music
PRODUCT TYPE:
Part
INSTRUMENT GROUP:
Mixed Choir
This Christmas cantata is an uncanny recapture by Maxwell Davies of a relatively simple modal style: luminous, sometimes plaintive, sometimes rapturous. A linked series of George Mackay Brown settings designed to give pleasure (ifsometimes strenuous pleasure) to a non-professional choir. A spiritual
Specifications
Composer | Peter Maxwell Davies |
Publisher | Chester Music |
Instrumentation | Soloists, SATB and Piano |
Product Type | Part |
Instrument Group | Mixed Choir |
Style Period | Post 1901 |
Year of Publication | 1999 |
Genre | Sacred |
Style | Classical |
ISBN | 9780711966192 |
Style Period | Post 1901 |
Voicing | SATB |
No. Pages | 76 |
No. | MUSCH61170 |
Description
This Christmas cantata is an uncanny recapture by Maxwell Davies of a relatively simple modal style: luminous, sometimes plaintive, sometimes rapturous. A linked series of George Mackay Brown settings designed to give pleasure (ifsometimes strenuous pleasure) to a non-professional choir. A spiritual mystery is glimpsed in an Orcadian setting. Commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus to commemorate its 30th anniversary, with additional funds from theArts Council of Great Britain.The first performance was given in October 1995 by the London Symphony Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox. Vocal score.
Songlist
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1. The Three Kings