Bob Chilcott
Salisbury Vespers
Conductor's score and parts on hire - orchestral version
Forces or Category: Chorus, chamber choir, children's choir or large divisi chorus & full orchestra & optional organ.
Orchestration: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc, org (opt), str Percussion: BD, SD, tbells, glock, med. and low toms, tri, crotales, crash cym, bongos
for chorus, chamber choir, and children's choir, or large divisi chorus, with full orchestra.
Salisbury Vespers combines settings of the traditional Vespers psalms and anonymous early texts. Marian motets punctuate the psalm settings, and the work is concluded with a substantial setting of the Magnificat.