Two Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

Herbert Howells's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis for the Gloucester service is one of his most popular choral settings. This sheet music is arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.   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: with its famoustreble duet opening the work it calmly progresses to an affirmation of the glory of heaven through distinctive Lydian harmony and soaring highs. Each individual voice has its own part to play in this piece with melodies that rise to uplifting highs and fall to booming lows the combination of voices blends and binds to create a gliding and soaring unity of harmony.    This Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis sheet music is the most accurate transcription available of an awe-inspiring piece that is acclaimed by fans of choral music for its beautiful composition and wondrous voicing.     

Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953) was a British organist composer and choirmaster who spent the latter part of his career in the United States. He studied at the Royal College of Music before serving at Ely and the York as organist and choirmaster. In 1913 he took up a position at St Thomas Episcopal Church in Manhattan New York where he remained for thirty years and is credited with establishing a choir school in the Anglican tradition that continues to this day. His second setting of the evening canticles the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis is in the key of A major. It is scored for SATB chorus with Piano or Organ accompaniment.

Par HOWELLS HERBERT. Herbert Howells composed his Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis evening canticles for St Paul's Cathedral in 1951, going on to become among his most famous and enduring works. These beautiful canticles were composed by a master of setting the Anglican liturgy, and are arranged for SATB Chorus and Organ Accompaniment. These two wonderful works of choral music are characterised by a unique blend of unison harmonies and disparate melodies that highlight each voice perfectly. The lingering notes, crescendos and subtle dynamic changes were composed with the acoustics of that great cathedral in mind, but they also work equally well in any setting. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Orgue

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. 

Paperback-Thomas Attwood Walmisley's setting of Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis in B flat for SSAATTBB Choir and Organ.Organist of Trinity College St John's College and Professor of Music at Cambridge simultaneously Walmisley is known today for his Evening Canticles in D minor and a handful of anthems.This fine double Choir setting was written some ten years before the D minor set and is published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. There are fewer contrasts of texture than in the later setting but the two choirs are used to great effect with the Gloria starting with striding imitation between Soprano and Tenor(later Alto and Bass) over a pedal point in the Organ.

Tim Knight composed his setting of Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis for a small Choir at a London church however it has since been taken up by many others.This set of evening canticles can be used by upper or unison Voices and is written in a range that makes it accessible and quickly learnable by all Choirs.The enterprising Choral director will of course find ways to share the music amongst upper and lower voices. The pieces are approachable and accessible and have been used in workshops by the RSCM Northern area.

The Blues Service-New settings of the two evening canticles which incorporate jazz elements including harmony in voice parts and organ and many â??blueâ?? notes. Despite these jazz elements the music is very approachable with natural syncopation and mostly homophonic writing. It is also available for mixed choir (ISMN 979-0-060-13011-3). Either version would be enjoyable and rewarding additions to a church choirâ??s modern liturgical repertoire or indeed concert repertoire of all choirs.

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis-Bob Chilcott's Three Choirs Service (Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis) for SATB and Organ.Commissioned by the 2015 Three Choirs Festival this is Chilcott's second setting of the Evening Canticles. Bright and rhythmical the Magnificat features syncopated chords in the Organ part that punctuate the more sustained choral textures. In contrast the Nunc dimittis is reflective opening with a soaring soprano melody and building towards an expressive climax on the word 'glory'. Ideal for church and cathedral choirs looking for something new for their evening service.

This beautiful setting of the Evening Canticles is for SATB Choir with Organ accompaniment.