A Thanksgiving: Vocal score

ISBN 10: 0193366495 ISBN 13: 9780193366497

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2017

Synopsis

for SATB double choir unaccompanied or SATB (with divisions) and organ
This anthem is a tender setting of a prayer by the 13th-century bishop St Richard of Chichester. It features on The King's Singers' albums High Flight (SIGCD262) and Christmas Presence (SIGCD801).

About this title

Review:

There are few double-choir pieces that can be described as easy, especially if with some subdivision within the eight parts, but this is one. The option of single or double choir is unusual and no doubt reflects the circumstances of its original commission for the King's Singers' 40th anniversary, ten years ago - from which it has been arranged. The first SATB choir is self-contained with organ accompaniment or with a second SATB choir that mostly decorates, links or otherwise embellishes the first, all coming together for the final 'may we know thee, love thee' and 'Amen'. The words are the famous 'Prayer of St Richard of Chichester'. (James L Montgomery, rscm.com, March 2018)

About the Author:

Bob Chilcott has been involved with choral music all his life, first as a Chorister and then a Choral Scholar at King's College, Cambridge. Later, he sang and composed music for 12 years with the King's Singers. His experiences with that group, his passionate commitment to young and amateur choirs, and his profound belief that music can unite people, have inspired him both to compose full-time and, through proactive workshopping, to promote choral music worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0193366495
• ISBN 13: 9780193366497
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 12