Angeli, archangeli

Vocal Score

Forces or Category: for SSATB unaccompanied

for SSATB unaccompanied
Commemorating the martyrdom of St Catharine, this reflective piece sets the Antiphon at First Vespers, Feast of All Saints alongside a thought-provoking contemporary poem by Colin Tan, full of vivid imagery. Melodic lines reminiscent of plainchant enhance the contemplative mood.

Angeli, archangeli

Vocal Score

Gabriel Jackson

New Horizons

Description

for SSATB unaccompanied
Commemorating the martyrdom of St Catharine, this reflective piece sets the Antiphon at First Vespers, Feast of All Saints alongside a thought-provoking contemporary poem by Colin Tan, full of vivid imagery. Melodic lines reminiscent of plainchant enhance the contemplative mood.

Programme Notes:

Commissioned by St Catharine's College, Cambridge in celebration of St Catharine's Day, Angeli, archangeli was first performed by the Choir of St Catharine's College, directed by Edward Wickham, on 25 November 2007. Rhythmically complex, involving beautiful melismatic passages, the work combines text for the Antiphon at First Vespers with a new poem by Colin Tan, written especially for the occasion.

Angeli, archangeli

Vocal Score

Gabriel Jackson

New Horizons

Composer Information

Gabriel Jackson (b.1962)

One of Britain's foremost composers, after three years as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral, Gabriel Jackson went on to study composition with Richard Blackford and John Lambert at the Royal College of Music. Particularly acclaimed for his choral works, his liturgical pieces are in the repertoires of most of Britain's cathedral and collegiate choirs and he is a frequent collaborator with the leading professional groups of the world. From 2010-2013 he was Associate Composer to the BBC Singers. In 2014 his hour-long The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, commissioned for the 750th anniversary of Merton College, Oxford, was premiered in its chapel. May 2015 saw the premiere at the Latvian National Opera of Spring Rounds for soprano, choir and orchestra, commissioned by the Riga-based youth choir Kamer for their 25th anniversary. He was recently commissioned by The Marian Consort to write Stabat Mater to mark their 10th anniversary. Gabriel Jackson's website