Britten, Benjamin: Saint Nicolas op. 42 (1948) 50'
Cantata for tenor solo, chorus (SATB), semi-chorus (SA), four boy singers, and orchestra
Music Text
Eric Crozier (E)
Scoring
timp.perc(2 or 1):gong/cyms/tgl/whip/BD/SD/tamb/TD-pft(4 hands)- organ-strings
Repertoire Note
Originally written for the centenary of Peter Pears’ old school Lancing College in 1948, Britten’s cantata tells the life of the fourth-century Bishop of Myra in a work of great poetry and sensitivity. It was conceived and composed with semi-amateur performance in mind and the technical demands of the choral and orchestral writing are appropriately straightforward. The audience also gets to join in two well-known hymns, All people that on earth do dwell and God moves in a mysterious way.
Cantata for tenor solo, chorus (SATB), semi-chorus (SA), four boy singers, and orchestra
Music Text
Eric Crozier (E)
Scoring
timp.perc(2 or 1):gong/cyms/tgl/whip/BD/SD/tamb/TD-pft(4 hands)- organ-strings
Repertoire Note
Originally written for the centenary of Peter Pears’ old school Lancing College in 1948, Britten’s cantata tells the life of the fourth-century Bishop of Myra in a work of great poetry and sensitivity. It was conceived and composed with semi-amateur performance in mind and the technical demands of the choral and orchestral writing are appropriately straightforward. The audience also gets to join in two well-known hymns, All people that on earth do dwell and God moves in a mysterious way.
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