Tantum ergo: Vocal score (New Horizons)

ISBN 10: 0193411474 ISBN 13: 9780193411470

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2016

Synopsis

Gabriel Jackson's Tantum Ergo for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. This serene communion motet sets the last two verses of the Pangue Lingua and oscillates between 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures. The melodic lines are expressive and at times melismatic, and the divisi in all parts creates a rich texture.

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for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This serene communion motet sets the last two verses of the Pangue Lingua and oscillates between 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures. The melodic lines are expressive and at times melismatic, and the divisi in all parts creates a rich texture.

Review

Gabriel Jackson's music is in the repertoire of many cathedral and collegiate choirs, though it has a reputation for being difficult and few parish choirs attempt it. But these two pieces ['Tantum ergo' and 'O salutaris hostia'] would be well within the capability of many choirs, with a bit of effort to learn them initially, and most rewarding for those who try them. The words are of the two hymns traditionally sung at Benediction, but each would make a good communion anthem. They are however a pair, both in E flat and sharing much musical material: indeed the final three-bar Amens are identical. Yet each piece also has a distinctive sound, O salutaris hostia notably featuring drones that underpin the melodies. Both are on YouTube sung by the Byron Consort of Harrow School for whom they were written; do listen to them and enjoy this expressive, contemplative music. (James L. Montgomery, www.rscm.com, June 2017)

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0193411474
• ISBN 13: 9780193411470
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 8