Doonies Hill Antiphon

Conductor's score and parts on hire - string ensemble version

Forces or Category: String ensemble

Orchestration: 3 vln, vla, 2 vc, db

for string ensemble using the same instrumentation as John Adam's Shaker Loops.
Doonies Hill Antiphon draws its inspiration from three ...

Doonies Hill Antiphon

Conductor's score and parts on hire - string ensemble version

Description

for string ensemble using the same instrumentation as John Adam's Shaker Loops.
Doonies Hill Antiphon draws its inspiration from three of the composer's interests: the poetry and potency of names, the mystery and magic of aviation, and the ornate, mellifluous music of the early Tudor period. Doonies Hill Antiphon was commissioned by Red Note Ensemble with funds provided by the Scottish Arts Council, and premiered by Red Note Ensemble at the sound Festival on 20 October 2010.

Doonies Hill Antiphon

Conductor's score and parts on hire - string ensemble version

Gabriel Jackson

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.

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