Jenkins, Karl - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
complete vocal score
Instrumentation: SATB (Vocal Score)
ISMN: 9790060115455
ISBN: 9780851624686
Catalogue Code: BH 5402471
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.
Series: Karl Jenkins Choral Music
Commissioned for the millennium by Britain's Royal Armouries and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French song L'homme armé (The Armed Man). Set within the framework of the Christian mass, The Armed Man is a major choral work which uses both sacred and secular texts.
Contents |
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| 01 The Armed Man | |
| 02 Call to Prayers | |
| 03 Kyrie | |
| 04 Save Me from Bloody Men | |
| 05 Sanctus | |
| 06 Hymn Before Action | |
| 07 Charge! | |
| 08 Angry Flames | |
| 09 Torches | |
| 10 Agnus Dei | |
| 11 Now the Guns have Stopped | |
| 12 Benedictus | |
| 13 Better is Peace | |
Press Reviews
"This is a work of immense haunting beauty .... I can strongly recommend that you look at this piece, as there will undoubtedly be many occasions when its use is appropriate"
(MMA Journal, September 2003)