Eastern Mennonite University
Chamber Singers
Ken Nafziger, Director
John Fast, Organ
and the
Annapolis Brass Quintet
Robert Suggs, Trumpet; David Cran, Trumpet;
Arthur Brooks, Horn; Wayne Wells Trombone;
Robert Posten, Bass Trombone.
MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS
The EMU Chamber Singers
Annapolis Brass Quintet
November 30, 1984
Harrisonburg, Virginia
performance
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
In his 1619 publication, the Psalmen Davids, German composer Heinrich Schütz explored ways of adapting the polychoral techniques he learned while studying in Venice to his native tongue and Lutheran ritual. His "Singet dem Herrn" employs sweeping melismatic patterns for the phrases "trumpets and sacbuts," "let the sea roar," "floods," and "let the mountains be joyful." The lesser doxology ("Glory be to the Lord . . .") concludes the piece; unusual for Schütz, the beginning of the doxology recalls the opening lines of the entire work.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (1619)
(Sing to the Lord a new song)
(Psalm setting with Doxology)
(Duration 04:58)
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Annapolis Brass Quintet
November 30, 1984
Harrisonburg, Virginia
performance
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
In his 1619 publication, the Psalmen Davids, German composer Heinrich Schütz explored ways of adapting the polychoral techniques he learned while studying in Venice to his native tongue and Lutheran ritual. His "Singet dem Herrn" employs sweeping melismatic patterns for the phrases "trumpets and sacbuts," "let the sea roar," "floods," and "let the mountains be joyful." The lesser doxology ("Glory be to the Lord . . .") concludes the piece; unusual for Schütz, the beginning of the doxology recalls the opening lines of the entire work.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (1619)
(Sing to the Lord a new song)
(Psalm setting with Doxology)
(Duration 04:58)
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Daniel Pinkham (1923 - 2006)
Daniel Pinkham was an American composer, organist and harpsichordist. For forty-two years (1958--2000), Pinkham was the organist of King's Chapel in Boston. As a composer, Pinkham's enormous output represents a broad cross-section of 20th-century musical trends, though the preponderance of his music is religious in nature, is choral, and frequently includes organ. Daniel Pinkham's Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra) was written for chorus, brass and organ, and has become his most famous work.
Christmas Cantata (1957)
(Duration: 09:53)
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Daniel Pinkham was an American composer, organist and harpsichordist. For forty-two years (1958--2000), Pinkham was the organist of King's Chapel in Boston. As a composer, Pinkham's enormous output represents a broad cross-section of 20th-century musical trends, though the preponderance of his music is religious in nature, is choral, and frequently includes organ. Daniel Pinkham's Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra) was written for chorus, brass and organ, and has become his most famous work.
Christmas Cantata (1957)
(Duration: 09:53)
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Christmas Cantata
Movement I Ovum vidislis pastures?
(Shepherds what is your story?)
Movement II O Magnum mysterium
(O wondrous mystery)
Movement III Gloria in excelis Deo
(Glory To God in the highest)
Movement I Ovum vidislis pastures?
(Shepherds what is your story?)
Movement II O Magnum mysterium
(O wondrous mystery)
Movement III Gloria in excelis Deo
(Glory To God in the highest)
Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
(Adeste Fidelis)
(Duration 03:36)
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(Adeste Fidelis)
(Duration 03:36)
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FOSTERING BRASS CHRISTMAS CHAMBER MUSIC
The score and parts for Heinrich Schütz Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, and Daniel Pinkham's Christmas Cantata, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin Tap Here.
The score and parts for Heinrich Schütz Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, and Daniel Pinkham's Christmas Cantata, along with the entire ABQ music library, are available for research and performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
For direct access to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Special Collection @ Oberlin Tap Here.