Work Information
| written for Francis Grier and the Choir of Christ Church Oxford |
| Publisher |
Novello & Co Ltd |
Category |
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument |
| Year Composed |
1982 |
Duration |
5 Minutes |
| Chorus |
(SSAATTBB) |
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| Full Score(s): |
NOV290590 |
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Programme Note
Giles Swayne: Magnificat
My Magnificat was written in 1982 in response to a commission from Christ Church College, Oxford, whose choir first performed it under their conductor Francis Grier in July of that year.
At that time I was still reeling from the impact of my belated discovery of African music. In the previous year I had spent two months in Senegal and the Gambia, researching and making recordings of the music of the Jola people of that region. One of the songs I collected during this trip was a work-song which I recorded in a small village called Badem Karantaba, about thirty miles south-east of Ziguinchor in the Casamance region of southern Senegal. I used the opening call of this song to begin the Magnificat; it returns as a refrain towards the end.
© GS
Reviews
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Swayne's 'Magnificat' with a cappella writing is notable for its rhythmic setting of the words - highly staccato so that at times they seem to bubble like a furiously perking coffee pot.
Glenn Giffin, The Denver Post, 12/12/1992
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