Beati Qui

SKU: HL.14048290

6.75x10.0x0.116 inches. English.

Pawel Lukaszewski's Beati for SSAATTBB choir unaccompanied. Commissioned by YL Male Voice Choir, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, Finland.

SKU: CA.5039919

ISBN 9790007138493. Key: G major / c major. Language: Latin.

Contains: solo aria O coelitum beati (G major); chorus Alleluja (C major). Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5039900.

SKU: MN.56-0022

UPC: 688670220272. Latin. Luke 10:33; Isaiah 66:13.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For soprano solo and SSA voices, cello, organ, and synthesizer, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. “Beati” can be taken as a sort of “Blessed are they” prefix for the movements which are not direct quotes from the Beatitudes. This is piece is a Latin setting of Luke 10:33 (“A certain Samaritan being on his journey came near him”) and Isaiah 66:13 (“As one whom the mother caresses, I will comfort you”). Quick, florid, and leaping passages begin in the solo voice as the chorus comments and then repeats those passages. After that the piece is basically a duet structure with only two measures where the sopranos divide. Duration 4:44

SKU: MN.56-0032

UPC: 688670220371. Latin. Isaiah 4:6; Psalms 31:7.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For soprano solo and SSAA chorus, organ, cello, synthesizer, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. “Beati” can be taken as a sort of “Blessed are they” prefix for the movements which are not direct quotes from the Beatitudes. This movement begins with the soloist singing in English (“Blessed are the stateless; blessed are the homeless”). Next the chorus sings Latin settings of Isaiah 4:6 (“And there shall be a tabernacle”) and Psalms 31:7 (“Thou art my refuge”). The Latin is set in a sort of mantra-like declamatory style, moving through unison into two-part and finally three. All voice return to the opening theme in English originally sung by the soloist. Then the two concepts are overlaid, the solo motif with the declamatory Latin. The choral voices recap the unison-through-three part declamatory section, the soloist briefly returns to the opening theme. Duration 7:25

SKU: MN.56-0021

UPC: 688670220265. Latin. Lamentations 1:2; John 14:18.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For soprano solo and women’s chorus (mostly SSA but with a few SSAA passages), organ, cello, synthesizer, and handbells, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. “Beati” can be taken as a sort of “Blessed are they” prefix for the movements which are not direct quotes from the Beatitudes. In this case the only English text is at the beginning and end, sung by the soprano soloist. The rest is a Latin setting of Lamentations 1:2 (“Weeping, she hath wept in the night”) and John 14:18 (“I will not leave you orphans”). Duration 7:12

SKU: CA.741420

ISBN 9790007160333. Language: Latin.

SKU: HL.49044698

ISBN 9790001201902. UPC: 841886023932. 7.5x10.75 inches. Russian.

Beati is dedicated to the more than two thousand victims of National Socialist euthanasia killings at the hospital and sanatorium of Kaufbeuren-Irsee. The piece is characterized by speech rhythms and improvisation and also includes the audience. In Russian.

SKU: CA.4063411

ISBN 9790007074975. Key: B flat major. Language: Latin.

Score available separately - see item CA.4063400.

SKU: CA.4063413

ISBN 9790007074999. Key: B flat major. Language: Latin.

Score available separately - see item CA.4063400.

SKU: CA.4063412

ISBN 9790007074982. Key: B flat major. Language: Latin.

Score available separately - see item CA.4063400.

SKU: MN.56-0023

UPC: 688670220289. Latin. Matthew 5:3-11.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For two soprano soloists and SA treble chorus (marked Soprano I and Soprano II in the score), cello, organ, and synthesizer, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. The Beatitudes text is set here entirely in Latin. Beginning in a meditative chant-like style, the music moves to a sort of dialogue duet, sometimes between the two soprano sections and sometimes between the two soloists. The music is sweet, lyrical, and calm. Duration 4:10

SKU: MN.56-0026

UPC: 688670220319. Latin. Matthew 5:3-11.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For soprano solo and SS chorus, organ, cello, and handbells, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. The text is entirely in Latin and begins with a chant-like melody in unison. The cello begins to dialogue with this melody offset by a measure. The soloist is heard next in music that also dialogues with the cello, both a bit more complex than the beginning. All voices take up the solo passage, the cello commenting. The voices go into canon at the half measure, the cello continues with its own melody. The piece returns to unison and ends quietly. Duration 7:10

SKU: MN.56-0027

UPC: 688670220326. Latin. Matthew 5:3-11.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For soprano solo and SS chorus (there are two measures of SSA divisi), organ, and handbells, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. The cello begins on a chant-like melody which the soloist repeats. Then all voices take up the melody. The length of the perhaps unfamiliar Latin text is offset by the simplicity of the beautiful vocal line. Duration 6:04

SKU: MN.56-0030

UPC: 688670220357. Latin. Matthew 5:3-11.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For soloist, SS chorus (divisi), organ, cello, and handbells, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. A unison chant-line begins the piece unaccompanied. The organ enters with a drone as the chant continues. At the text “vocabuntur (called)” the voices split into three parts in a beautiful moment of radiance. There is a cello solo (13 measures) which restates the chant melody. The voice enter wordlessly as the cello continues. Finally, the chant melody reappears in the voices, in canon, as the music ends. Duration 5:58

SKU: MN.56-0025

UPC: 688670220302. Latin. Matthew 5:3-11.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For two-part treble chorus, cello, organ, and handbells, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. The piece begins in unison on a lyrical theme, which the cello echoes next in a 30-measure solo. The voices enter again with the theme, expanded to two parts. After brief restatement in the cello, the piece returns to a quiet, unison ending. Duration 5:02

SKU: MN.56-0024

UPC: 688670220296. Latin. Matthew 5:3-11.

Written for the Enchanted Voices CD, this is one of many settings of texts either from the Beatitudes (or springing from them) available from this composer. For two soloists and treble chorus (SS,) organ, cello, synthesizer, and handbells, the music has a light, ethereal feeling. The text is set entirely in Latin in a chant-like style, first by the soloist with all voices joining as the piece progresses. Marked by rhapsodic melismas, the music is meditative but joyful. Duration 6:43

SKU: OU.9780193950207

ISBN 9780193950207. 10 x 7 inches.

For SATTB and organ continuo. Sweelinck's setting of the Beatitudes is suitable for any Saint's day or the commemoration of the faithful departed. For the words 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake', Sweelinck used a powerful chain of suspensions over a rising bass.