Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense- Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis is one of the 20 evening canticles written by Herbert Howells for the choir of St John's College Cambridge in 1957. This sheet music is arranged for SATB Choir and Organ accompaniment. Herbert Howells was a renowned English composer of church music in the Anglican evensong tradition best known for his 'Hymnus Paradisi' and as a teacher at the Royal College of Music. His lesser-known evening canticles include this piece: a calm and atmospheric choral song whose divine and soaring melodies have inspired audiences for years. The interplay of the bass/tenor and soprano/alto melodiescombined with the powerful organ chords create a stirring and uplifting piece that builds to a glorious climax at its conclusion. The acoustics of Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in a church or cathedral are second-to-none and your audience is guaranteed to be left stunned by this little-known masterpiece of choral church music.

Eight-part chorus (SATB/SATB). This Latin setting of the Nunc Dimittis for eight-part chorus was commission by Southern Cathedrals Festival as a counterpart to Charles Villiers Stanford's 1918 Magnificat (also in Latin and for eight-part chorus). It was premiered under the direction of Andrew Lumsden at the Festival Evensong on 19 July, 2008 in Winchester Cathedral by the combined Choirs of Winchester, Chichester and Salisbury Cathedrals. / SATB

Thomas Tomkins's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis from the Fifth Service arranged by Bernard Rose for SATB choir.

Paul Mealor: The Selwyn Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) - For SATB Choir And Organ 'In its context the work... sound(s) atmospheric and imposing and it can quickly be learnt'. Choir & Organ December 2017

Vocal score for Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis for Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella.

Herbert Howells is a giant of 20th century Anglican church music the remainder of whose oeuvre is in the process of gaining new appreciation. Over the course of his compositional life he created many settings for the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. Howells made a practice of writing his settings for these texts and completed services specifically for the church buildings or cathedrals in which they were to be performed. In this way he wrote works for the cathedrals of St Paul’s Worcester and Gloucester as well as Westminster Abbey King’s College -- Cambridge New College -- Oxford and St John’s College --Cambridge among others. This setting was written for Francis Jacksonand the Choir of York Minster in 1973.

Aus: Drei Motetten. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. The 'Three Motets' op. 69, Jubilate Deo, Nunc Dimittis and Magnificat, were originally intended for the Anglican service, with whose rich choral tradition Mendelssohn became familiar on his many visits to England. / Mottet / Répertoire / Solistes SATB et Choeur SATB

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis-Nico Muhly's Second Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) sheet music arranged for SATB (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) Chorus and Organ accompaniment. This piece was originally commissioned by the Choir of Christ Church Christiana Hundred from Delaware USA and was first performed on 19th October 2014 by them. After its various premieres internationally the Second Service was met with resounding warm reviews praising its percussive qualities beautiful melodies and dynamic rhythms. The work is a pleasure to sing especially when beneficial acoustics complement the warmth of the vocalharmonies. Nico Muhly is a composer of many talents lending his skills to a number of diverse genres including Orchestra Choral and even Film Music. This work is arranged for SATB Chorus and Organ accompaniment and lasts around 14 minutes. With this composition Muhly has set the traditional Magnificat also known as the 'Song of Mary' joining the long list of composers who have set this work such as Mozart Tchaikovsky and Schubert. Next comes the Nunc Dimittis similarly a canticle found in the gospel of Luke. The Second Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) is presented here in an accurate transcription for SATB Chorus and Organ. Audiences will love this innovative and contemporary setting of such traditional words. 

Herbert Howells’ Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale) for SATB and Organ accompaniment is a vibrant sacred work with beautiful voicings and a wonderful effervescence. This is rich and colourful church music with integrity he has successfully brought together Tudor church music and merged it with modern harmony and counterpoint. It is this best-of-both-world’s feature that makes Howell’s version of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis a pleasing one and it is dedicated to King's College Cambridge.

Scored for Chorus SATB and Organ Parry’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis alternates unison lines with Chorally complex phrases in both movements. It includes examples of Parry’s characteristic forward-looking harmonies.Composer and Organist Hubert Parry creator of the great hymn Jerusalem among many other works was not intended by his family for a career in music. When he finished at Eton in 1966 he spent the summer studying composition in Germany before matriculating at Exeter College Oxford where he read law and modern history. During his time there he did very little composition but did create this Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D.