Two SATB Motets
Bethlehem Ephrathah (2019)
The Crimson Robe (2020)
TWO LIVE WORLD PREMIERES AVAILABLE!
In November 2019, I entered the Ora Singers' Christmas Gift competition, with just five days available to compose my piece before the closing date. My Christmas/Epiphany motet Bethlehem Ephrathah (2019), was one of twelve equal prizewinners. The prize was a promotional recording by Ora Singers, conducted by Suzi Digby, which can be heard in either of the two videos below. The first is a December 2022 re-make of the original video as a new film, called A London Christmas Odyssey. The second, original video combines a series of stills from the rehearsal and recording sessions, with the same live recording.
Bethelehm Ephrathah is composed for a cappella SATB choir; is 3'10" in duration; and post-minimalist in aesthetic.
It is still available for a world premiere performance, owing to my decision not to search for a choir to premiere it during the pandemic, when many musicians were under a huge amount of pressure. Since that time, I have been almost entirely focused upon instrumental music.
The one exception to this instrumental focus was the companion motet which I composed in early 2020, titled The Crimson Robe. This is a paschal fantasia, but much of the text also fits the Last Sunday before Advent - Christ the King - as regards liturgical presentation. It has been neither recorded nor performed, so the first performance would also be a world premiere. Its duration is 6'20".
Both motets are composed in the Phrygian Dominant and Aeolian modes; are experimentally bilingual, using English and Latin (which stand in for Koine Greek and Hebrew); and are written for a cappella SATB choir.
Bethelehm Ephrathah is composed for a cappella SATB choir; is 3'10" in duration; and post-minimalist in aesthetic.
It is still available for a world premiere performance, owing to my decision not to search for a choir to premiere it during the pandemic, when many musicians were under a huge amount of pressure. Since that time, I have been almost entirely focused upon instrumental music.
The one exception to this instrumental focus was the companion motet which I composed in early 2020, titled The Crimson Robe. This is a paschal fantasia, but much of the text also fits the Last Sunday before Advent - Christ the King - as regards liturgical presentation. It has been neither recorded nor performed, so the first performance would also be a world premiere. Its duration is 6'20".
Both motets are composed in the Phrygian Dominant and Aeolian modes; are experimentally bilingual, using English and Latin (which stand in for Koine Greek and Hebrew); and are written for a cappella SATB choir.
Christmas & Epiphany
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Easter & Christ the King
