Missa Sancti Albanus (2017, rev. 2023)

Choral: SacredServices
Written By Tobias Patrick Wolf

SSATB

Duration:
13′

First performance:
18 November 2023
Caritas Chamber Choir, Benedict Preece (conductor), St Leonard’s Church, Hythe, Kent, UK

Belgian première:
04 August 2024
Lassenne Vocale, Ivan Yohan (conductor), Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula, Brussels, Belgium

Score

Programme note

The Missa Sancti Albanus is an attempt at an unaccompanied mass setting which is largely polyphonic and inspired by the great settings by the Renaissance masters. The piece uses an earlier motet, Prayer to St Alban (2016), as the Kyrie and this material then informs the following movements. As well as inspiration from the likes of Palestrina and Byrd, there is much from other more recent composers such as Vaughan Williams, Martin, Howells and MacMillan.

PAC

Tobias Patrick Wolf

Tobias is an award-winning German conductor and composer based in North East Scotland. He is Music Director of the renowned King’s Studio Orchestra (Scotland), the Braeside Singers (Aberdeen) and Principal Guest Conductor of the German Winds. Tobias is PhD researcher at the University of Aberdeen, exploring hybrid composition and performance practice. Sought after as guest conductor for ensembles around the globe, he brings new music to life — for audiences in the concert hall, on radio and television, and across multi-platform online streaming services.

https://www.tpwolf.com
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