Karl Jenkins

For Contralto solo Chorus and Orchestra. Looking outside the purely Western Europe tradition for inspiration and freshness Karl Jenkins sets the 13th-century Stabat Mater text in Latin and English and has extended it to a universal depiction of grief with six other texts some of them from ancient sources in a variety of languages. The scoring is for voices and modern symphony orchestra augmented by indigenous instruments such as the Darabuca (Hand Drum) and Riq (Small Tambourine) and the Mey (Woodwind). The work has been recorded by EMI Classics performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra andChoir the EMO Choir of Helsinki with soloists Jurgita Adamonyte and Belinda Sykes conducted by the composer. By turns dramatic and reflective the twelve-movement work incorporates the original 13th-century Latin sequence alongside additional texts such as Ave verum corpus (originally composed for Bryn Terfel) Lament by Carol Barratt and English texts derived from ancient Babylonian and medieval Persian sources.

Ces dernières années, Karl Jenkins est devenu un des compositeurs de vie plus vendu au monde. Il continue de mener son épopée Adiemus Live Concerts avec des orchestres distingués, y compris le Philharmonique de Londres, mettant en vedette dans les Festivals et concerts en Britai / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orchestre

Familiar to many as the theme from an insurance commercial this beautifully expressive song has been aranged for mixed voices by Nicholas Hare. Includes a full Piano accompaniment and an optional part for Treble Recorder.

A cappella motet from The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace-Motets is a set of intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works including The Armed Man Requiem Adiemus and The Peacemakers.Although scored for mixed choir a cappella most pieces include an optional accompaniment for piano or organ. Next to the complete vocal score (BH 12937) all 19 separate motets are also available as single pieces.Motets was recorded on Deutsche Grammophon 0289 479 3232 by Stephen Layton and Polyphony.

Gods of Olympus was commissioned by the Really Big Chorus for performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall in July 2012. In keeping with the spirit of the 2012 Olympiad the piece is based on ancient Greece birthplace of the Olympic Games. The movements are inspired by four of the twelve Olympians the mythical Gods that dwelt on Mount Olympus: Zeus Ruler of Olympus; Hermes the Winged Messenger; Aphrodite Goddess of Love; Hephaestus Blacksmith & Fire-God. The text uses Jenkins’ own ‘mythical’ language first used in Adiemus. Performance materials are available on hire at www.boosey.com.Content - Zeus Ruler of Olympus:Part I: Fantare - Part II: Procession - Hermes the Winged Messenger - Aphrodite Goddess of Love - Hephaestus Blacksmith & Fire-God

Theme from Songs of Sanctuary-The first movement of Jenkins' Songs Of Sanctuary will be familiar to all from the Delta AirLines TV commercial and the piece is arranged here for mixed chorus and Piano by Nicholas Hare.

With words by Carol Barratt this piece is a simple but highly effective meditation from the composer of Adiemus and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. For SATB choir

As a composer he recognises no boundaries musical commercial geographical or cultural. His is a way of thinking and composing that is perfectly in tune with the spirit of the times Classic FM MagazineReleased ten years after the original Adiemus albums that helped to make Karl Jenkins' name Adiemus Colores draws inspiration from the sights sounds colours and rhythms of Latin American music.As with the original Adiemus Jenkins combines classical principles with the flavours of world and ethnic music supported by lively Percussion. His Choral writing adopts an invented language with nomeaning like scat singing in jazz. Each movement is named in Spanish after a colour and explores the mood that each evokes for the composer embracing Brazilian samba Argentinian tango and Spanish bolero.Adiemus Colores is scored for Choir and Ensemble with Soloists with a total duration of 75 minutes.

A cappella motet from Requiem-Motets is a set of intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works including The Armed Man Requiem Adiemus and The Peacemakers. Although scored for mixed choir a cappella most pieces include an optional accompaniment for piano or organ. Next to the complete vocal score (BH 12937) all 19 separate motets are also available as single pieces.Motets was recorded on Deutsche Grammophon 0289 479 3232 by Stephen Layton and Polyphony.