Post by drew on Sept 5, 2007 18:48:03 GMT
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Inspiration:
My inspiration for this piece came from my experience singing at St. Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh as a chorister. Around that time at the age of twelve I was discovering the world of choral music and loving it. A melody came to me with the Magnificat words, and this is the melody which starts the piece. About four to five years later and one year ago I decided to continue the piece with the further musical knowledge I gained, especially through composition lessons at The Purcell School of Music which I attended in the 6th form. From the basis of the beginning melody I decided to create a soundscape that fused not only the traditional choral music that first inspired it but also a rhythmic African sound that I had been introduced to in my music classes. My teacher played us Congotronics, an album made by musicians from Congo and Angola from the bare raw materials around them used as instruments. I wanted to convey this rich texture but with solely voices and try to use more unusual compositional techniques in order to do so. I chose to reduce the original text in order not to over complicate the music. I wanted the rhythms, melodies and textures to be at the forefront. I loved writing the piece and hope to compose a Nunc Dimittis which has a more harmonic focus.
Click on the link to find the music player of Magnificat.
Inspiration:
My inspiration for this piece came from my experience singing at St. Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh as a chorister. Around that time at the age of twelve I was discovering the world of choral music and loving it. A melody came to me with the Magnificat words, and this is the melody which starts the piece. About four to five years later and one year ago I decided to continue the piece with the further musical knowledge I gained, especially through composition lessons at The Purcell School of Music which I attended in the 6th form. From the basis of the beginning melody I decided to create a soundscape that fused not only the traditional choral music that first inspired it but also a rhythmic African sound that I had been introduced to in my music classes. My teacher played us Congotronics, an album made by musicians from Congo and Angola from the bare raw materials around them used as instruments. I wanted to convey this rich texture but with solely voices and try to use more unusual compositional techniques in order to do so. I chose to reduce the original text in order not to over complicate the music. I wanted the rhythms, melodies and textures to be at the forefront. I loved writing the piece and hope to compose a Nunc Dimittis which has a more harmonic focus.
Click on the link to find the music player of Magnificat.
