SKU: OU.9780193411463
ISBN 9780193411463. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This reflective and affirmatory communion motet features fluid shifts between 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures and expressive melodic lines that are often underpinned by a drone.
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SKU: OU.9780193397828
ISBN 9780193397828. 12 x 8 inches.
Rigwreck sets a text by poet Pierre Joris on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Frequent vocal divisions, a wide range of dynamic expression, spoken lines, and powerful word-painting highlight the poem's emphasis on humanity's responsibility for the natural world and make this piece an exciting challenge for choirs.
SKU: OU.9780193410800
ISBN 9780193410800. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB and organ This setting of the well-known All Saints Day text juxtaposes flowing melodic lines in the sopranos with rich homophonic passages, each bringing the text to the fore. The organ plays a prominent role, providing gentle undulating accompaniment, as well as fanfare-like exclamations.
SKU: OU.9780193371644
ISBN 9780193371644. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB and organ Written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Foundress of St John's College, Cambridge, this celebratory setting is jubilant, melodic, and full of lively figuration for both the choir and the organ.
SKU: OU.9780193361683
ISBN 9780193361683. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This dramatic setting of a 5th-century Ambrosian hymn perfectly epitomises the jubilation of the text. Rhythmically complex and involving some tricky melismatic passages, it is particularly suited to cathedral choirs and concert performance.
SKU: OU.9780193385856
ISBN 9780193385856. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This work was awarded the British Composer Award for Liturgical Music in 2003, but is published for the first time in 2013. The Roman Catholic Liturgy includes an antiphon to the Magnificat at Vespers, O Doctor optime, which Jackson sets incorporating medieval influences such as plainsong.
SKU: OU.9780193388376
ISBN 9780193388376. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This setting was commissioned by the BBC Singers and premiered in April 2012. The text recounts the destruction of the ancient city of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.
SKU: OU.9780193403703
ISBN 9780193403703. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Setting a stanza of Tennyson's monumental and profound poem In Memoriam A.H.H., Jackson's work deals with reflections on loss and grief.
SKU: OU.9780193395725
ISBN 9780193395725. 12 x 8 inches.
For solo soprano and SATB unaccompanied Ever-changing in mood and pace, La Musique is a setting of poems by Elizabeth Bishop and Charles Baudelaire on the transformative power of music. Jackson musically represents the complex psychological shifts contained in the texts' metaphors through alternating fully notated and indeterminate passages.
