Ode to Purcell
Choral Music
chorus a cappella
work detail
instrumentation: SATB and SATB solos quartet, a cappella
completion date: december 2011
duration: 6 minutes
texts: Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) poem "Henry Purcell"
events
THE EMMANUEL CHOIR @ 10:30A
The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director
Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore
10:30 am
Christian Lane and The Emmanuel Choir perform my work, Ode to Purcell as part of their Sunday morning service.
audio
Ode to Purcell
Jeffrey Douma, director
(purchase the score)
Recorded by STUDIOTEO / Mateusz Zechowski, recording engineer
videos
Ode to Purcell
IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Simon Carrington, guest conductor
performances
Yale-Princeton Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Yale University - Woolsey Hall - New Haven, CT
Yale-Harvard Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Dominick DiOrio, director
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Indiana University - Auer Hall - Bloomington, IN
"Atlantic Crossings"
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen, Denmark
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Zhejiang University - Hangzhou, China
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Oriental Arts Center - Shanghai, China
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Tianjin Concert Hall - Beijing, China
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Hong Kong Arts Center - Hong Kong
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Grace & Holy Trinity Church - Kansas City, MO
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Corpus Christi Catholic Church - Lawrence, KS
Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Westerbeck Recital Hall - Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA
Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Doheny Mansion - Pompeian Room - Los Angeles, CA
University of Maryland Chamber Singers
Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor
âUMD School of Music - College Park, MD
Webster University Chamber Singers
Trent Patterson, conductor
Webster University - Community Music School - St. Louis, MO
All Saints Parish Choir
Christian Lane, director of music
All Saints Parish - 1773 Beacon St - Brookline, MA
Larimer Chorale
Michael Todd Krueger, conductor
First Presbyterian Church - Fort Collins, CO
Westminster Kantorei
Jay Carter, director
Westminster Choir College - Princeton, NJ
The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director * Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore, MD
scores
press
prize
First-prize winner of the 2012 Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition
finalist
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition
program note
I have recently been fascinated with the idea of compositional re-examination. In other works, I have “actively quoted” the music of Hildegard, Bach, and Britten: here I do the same with Purcell. Taking his second setting of “Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts” from the Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary (1694), I have pulled the music apart and woven in my own original music to the words of Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “Henry Purcell”; taking Hopkins text and Purcell’s music, we are given a fresh context with which to examine both of these men and their artistic voices.
This work is written for the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition, and is dedicated to Jeffrey Douma.
information
events
THE EMMANUEL CHOIR @ 10:30A
The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director
Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore
10:30 am
Christian Lane and The Emmanuel Choir perform my work, Ode to Purcell as part of their Sunday morning service.
audio
Ode to Purcell
Jeffrey Douma, director
(purchase the score)
Recorded by STUDIOTEO / Mateusz Zechowski, recording engineer
videos
Ode to Purcell
IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Simon Carrington, guest conductor
performances
Yale-Princeton Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Yale University - Woolsey Hall - New Haven, CT
Yale-Harvard Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Dominick DiOrio, director
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Indiana University - Auer Hall - Bloomington, IN
"Atlantic Crossings"
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen, Denmark
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Zhejiang University - Hangzhou, China
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Oriental Arts Center - Shanghai, China
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Tianjin Concert Hall - Beijing, China
Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Hong Kong Arts Center - Hong Kong
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Grace & Holy Trinity Church - Kansas City, MO
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Corpus Christi Catholic Church - Lawrence, KS
Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Westerbeck Recital Hall - Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA
Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Doheny Mansion - Pompeian Room - Los Angeles, CA
University of Maryland Chamber Singers
Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor
âUMD School of Music - College Park, MD
Webster University Chamber Singers
Trent Patterson, conductor
Webster University - Community Music School - St. Louis, MO
All Saints Parish Choir
Christian Lane, director of music
All Saints Parish - 1773 Beacon St - Brookline, MA
Larimer Chorale
Michael Todd Krueger, conductor
First Presbyterian Church - Fort Collins, CO
Westminster Kantorei
Jay Carter, director
Westminster Choir College - Princeton, NJ
The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director * Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore, MD
scores
press
- 2013-06-18: REVIEW: The creative soul of choral music
- 2013-06-16: REVIEW: Carrington Singers pair modern, sacred music beautifully
- 2013-06-08: Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Return to KC This Week
- 2013-01-22: REVIEW: Collaborations worth the effort
published
prize
First-prize winner of the 2012 Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition
finalist
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Choral Composition Competition
program note
I have recently been fascinated with the idea of compositional re-examination. In other works, I have “actively quoted” the music of Hildegard, Bach, and Britten: here I do the same with Purcell. Taking his second setting of “Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts” from the Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary (1694), I have pulled the music apart and woven in my own original music to the words of Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “Henry Purcell”; taking Hopkins text and Purcell’s music, we are given a fresh context with which to examine both of these men and their artistic voices.
This work is written for the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition, and is dedicated to Jeffrey Douma.
