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Cantata misericordium, Op. 69. Benjamin Britten. Choir sheet music.

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Kantate misericordium, Op. 69. Benjamin Britten. Koor bladmusiek.

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Cantata misericordium, Op. 69. 1963. Choral Score. Composed by Benjamin Britten. 1913-1976. For Choral, Chorus, Orchestra. CHORAL SCORE. BH Large Choral. 22 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060014062. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. HL.48008890. for tenor and baritone solos, small chorus and string quartet, string orchestra, piano, harp and timpani. Text. In Latin by Patrick Wilkinson. Publisher. Boosey & Hawkes. Difficulty level. chorus parts. This work is a different as chalk from cheese from the Cantata academica. Here is a searingly beautiful work which presses all Britten's sympathetic buttons. It was composed for the centenary of the Red Cross and first performed in Geneva on 1 September 1963 conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Britten worked with his librettist, Patrick Wilkinson, to create a dramatic scena around the parable of the Good Samaritan. How appropriate this was for the organisation whose work it was intended to celebrate. Wilkinson set it in Latin, giving the Cantata a timeless sense of the universality of the message the parable conveys. Britten's scoring further emphasises the intimacy of the work which has echoes of Saint Nicolas and the Ceremony of Carols in its use of the harp and piano. The separate string quartet, however, is the truly personal touch giving that powerful sense of looking in on a private conversation. The quartet begins the work with a contrapuntal figure which returns at key moments as a refrain or as a joining passage marking the arrival of a new potential source of help to the wounded man, and again at the end. This is a work which barely raises its voice. The emphasis is on compassion and not on the violence done to the traveller who was so badly injured and so callously ignored by the priest and the Levite who passed by. This Cantata immediately followed the composition of the War Requiem, and Owen's pity and waste of war is at the heart of this new work which could have painted a very different picture of righteous indignation or the fighting which would leave the traveller broken by the wayside. The end of the work also has strong resonance with the War Requiem when the Samaritan has taken the traveller to recover in a local inn and says. 'sleep now, my friend, sleep. forget your injuries. ' Britten has achieved a remarkable effect in this work. It leaves an indelible impression on its listeners and, like all stories designed to demonstrate a moral, sends one away intent on being a better person. The choral parts of the Cantata misericordium are quite challenging, though not in the league of Sacred and Profane or A Boy was Born. What is essential in performing this work ,however, is that the choral parts should be so well sung that the gentle nature of the work is not disturbed by obviously problematic passages for choir. The whole concentration should be on the message, as Britten intended. It is the moral of the tale and not its means of communication which is paramount. Duration. 20 minutes. Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.

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Kantate misericordium, Op. 69. 1963. Choral telling. Saamgestel deur Benjamin Britten. 1913-1976. Vir Choral, koor, orkes. KOOR SCORE. BH Groot Choral. 22 bladsye. Boosey & Hawkes #M060014062. Gepubliseer deur Boosey. HL.48008890. vir tenoor en bariton solos, klein koor en String Quartet, strykorkes, klavier, harp en timpani. Teks. In Latyns-deur Patrick Wilkinson. Uitgewer. Boosey. Moeilikheidsgraad. koor dele. Hierdie werk is 'n ander as kryt van kaas uit die Kantate academica. Hier is 'n searingly pragtige werk wat druk al Britten se simpatieke knoppies. Dit is saamgestel vir die eeufees van die Rooi Kruis en vir die eerste keer in Genève op 1 September 1963 uitgevoer deur Ernest Ansermet. Britten het saam met sy librettist, Patrick Wilkinson, 'n dramatiese Scena rondom die gelykenis van die barmhartige Samaritaan te skep. Hoe toepaslik was vir die organisasie wie se werk dit was om te vier. Wilkinson sit dit in Latyns, wat die Kantate 'n tydlose gevoel van die universaliteit van die boodskap wat die gelykenis oordra. Britten se telling beklemtoon die intimiteit van die werk wat eggo's van Saint Nicolas en die seremonie van Kersliedere in die gebruik van die harp en klavier verdere. Die afsonderlike String Quartet, egter, is die werklik persoonlike touch gee dat kragtige gevoel van soek op 'n private gesprek. Die kwartet begin die werk met 'n kontrapuntale figuur wat terugkeer op belangrike oomblikke soos 'n refrein of as 'n gedeelte by die nasien van die aankoms van 'n nuwe potensiële bron van hulp aan die gewonde man, en weer aan die einde. Dit is 'n werk wat skaars verhoog sy stem. Die klem is op deernis en nie op die geweld wat hulle die reisiger wat was so erg beseer en so callously geïgnoreer deur die priester en die Leviet wat deur geslaag. Dit Kantate onmiddellik gevolg van die samestelling van die Tweede Requiem, en Owen se jammerte en afval van die oorlog is aan die hart van hierdie nuwe werk wat 'n heel ander prentjie van die regverdige verontwaardiging of die gevegte wat die reisiger gebreek deur die kant van die pad verlaat geverf het. Die einde van die werk het ook 'n sterk resonansie met die oorlog Requiem wanneer die Samaritaan die reisiger geneem het om te herstel in 'n plaaslike herberg en sê. "Nou slaap, my vriend, slaap. jou beserings vergeet. 'Britten het 'n merkwaardige uitwerking in hierdie werk. Dit laat 'n onuitwisbare indruk op sy luisteraars en, soos alle stories ontwerp om 'n morele te demonstreer, stuur 'n weg doel om op 'n beter mens. Die koor dele van die Kantate misericordium is nogal 'n uitdaging, maar nie in die liga van die heilige en profane of 'n seun gebore. What is essential in performing this work ,however, is that the choral parts should be so well sung that the gentle nature of the work is not disturbed by obviously problematic passages for choir. Die hele konsentrasie moet wees op die boodskap, soos Britten bedoel. Dit is die boodskap van die verhaal, en nie sy wyse van kommunikasie wat is uiters belangrik. Duur. 20 minute. Paul Spicer, Lichfield, 2011.