Gaudeamus Omnes Introit For The Feast Of All Saints Ssatb A Cappella, Latin

Introit for the feast of All Saints-'Composed in 2009 this short celebratory introit was the first of several unaccompanied works I composed for Matthew Owens and the Wells Cathedral Girl Choristers. The text ('Let us all rejoice') exists in a number of versions and here honours 'all the saints at whose solemnly the angels rejoice'. The texture essentially imitative is governed by a syncopated melodic phrase which gives way to softer material in the middle section. The return of the opening idea drives the piece towards a broad jubilant conclusion. The work was arranged for SSATB in 2010 for the Exon Singes Festival the upper parts unaltered. 'John Phibbs