Te Deum (2010)

SSAA, Organ or SATB, Organ

Commissioned by Patrick Craig for Aurora Nova.

Duration:
9′

First performance:
(SSAA) 02 January 2011
Aurora Nova, Patrick Craig, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK.

(SATB – recording)10-11 January 2013
Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge, Sarah MacDonald, Onyx Brass, Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK


Score


Programme note

My setting of the Te Deum is a relatively simple piece, largely homophonic, with greater emphasis being placed on the ‘effect’ of the words and music combined, rather than any strong liturgical impulse. The work revolves around a strong Lydian mode on G (with a flattened seventh) which colours all the harmony in the piece and provides much of the harmonic drive.

PAC


Recording

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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