The Lily and the Rose: SS vocal score

ISBN 10: 0193433176 ISBN 13: 9780193433175

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

for SS and piano Chilcott's rare gift for crafting the most poignant and beguiling melodies is rarely more apparent than in his setting of this enchanting and enigmatic medieval poem. The style is akin to folk ballad, lyrical with just a hint of melancholy, which will draw in singers and listeners alike. This is beautiful and seductive upper-voice music. A version for SATB is also available.

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Review

The idiom is gentle, restrained and melancholy without being remote, the harmonies warm and plangent without being cloying, the rhythms crisp and often (deliberately) repetitive, the form clean, clear, and concise, the whole well and sensitively conceived for the forces for which it was written, in this case a youth choir. (Matthew Greenall,)

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: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0193433176
• ISBN 13: 9780193433175
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 12