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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

16

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

Yale Glee Club

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

november 09, 2012 (premiere)

Yale-Princeton Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Yale University - Woolsey Hall - New Haven, CT

november 16, 2012

Yale-Harvard Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA

january 20, 2013

Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Dominick DiOrio, director
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Indiana University - Auer Hall - Bloomington, IN

april 14, 2013

"Atlantic Crossings"
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen, Denmark

may 25, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Zhejiang University - Hangzhou, China

may 26, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Oriental Arts Center - Shanghai, China

may 31, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Tianjin Concert Hall - Beijing, China

june 03, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Hong Kong Arts Center - Hong Kong

june 14, 2013

Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Grace & Holy Trinity Church - Kansas City, MO

june 15, 2013

Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Corpus Christi Catholic Church - Lawrence, KS

march 27, 2015

Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Westerbeck Recital Hall - Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA

march 28, 2015

Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Doheny Mansion - Pompeian Room - Los Angeles, CA

may 01, 2016

University of Maryland Chamber Singers
Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor
​UMD School of Music - College Park, MD

october 07, 2016

Webster University Chamber Singers
Trent Patterson, conductor
Webster University - Community Music School - St. Louis, MO

november 13, 2016

All Saints Parish Choir
Christian Lane, director of music
All Saints Parish - 1773 Beacon St - Brookline, MA

april 26, 2019

Larimer Chorale
Michael Todd Krueger, conductor
First Presbyterian Church - Fort Collins, CO

may 03, 2020 (Cancelled due to coronavirus)

Westminster Kantorei
Jay Carter, director
Westminster Choir College - Princeton, NJ

october 16, 2022

The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director * Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore, MD

scores

purchase

publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Purchase

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

16

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

Yale Glee Club

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

november 09, 2012 (premiere)

Yale-Princeton Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Yale University - Woolsey Hall - New Haven, CT

november 16, 2012

Yale-Harvard Joint Glee Club Concert
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA

january 20, 2013

Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Dominick DiOrio, director
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Indiana University - Auer Hall - Bloomington, IN

april 14, 2013

"Atlantic Crossings"
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Simon Carrington, guest conductor
Garnisons Kirke - Copenhagen, Denmark

may 25, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Zhejiang University - Hangzhou, China

may 26, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Oriental Arts Center - Shanghai, China

may 31, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Tianjin Concert Hall - Beijing, China

june 03, 2013

Yale Glee Club Tour to China and Hong Kong
Yale Glee Club
Jeffrey Douma, director
Hong Kong Arts Center - Hong Kong

june 14, 2013

Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Grace & Holy Trinity Church - Kansas City, MO

june 15, 2013

Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Simon Carrington, conductor
Corpus Christi Catholic Church - Lawrence, KS

march 27, 2015

Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Westerbeck Recital Hall - Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA

march 28, 2015

Inspiravi Chamber Choir
Jean Sébastien-Vallée, conductor
Doheny Mansion - Pompeian Room - Los Angeles, CA

may 01, 2016

University of Maryland Chamber Singers
Dominick DiOrio, guest conductor
​UMD School of Music - College Park, MD

october 07, 2016

Webster University Chamber Singers
Trent Patterson, conductor
Webster University - Community Music School - St. Louis, MO

november 13, 2016

All Saints Parish Choir
Christian Lane, director of music
All Saints Parish - 1773 Beacon St - Brookline, MA

april 26, 2019

Larimer Chorale
Michael Todd Krueger, conductor
First Presbyterian Church - Fort Collins, CO

may 03, 2020 (Cancelled due to coronavirus)

Westminster Kantorei
Jay Carter, director
Westminster Choir College - Princeton, NJ

october 16, 2022

The Emmanuel Choir - Christian Lane, director * Emmanuel Episcopal Church - Baltimore, MD


scores


press


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.


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