With the approach of All Saints Day, I thought I would post a setting of the Kontakion and Ikos. I composed this setting number of years ago while I was in the process of earning my Master of Sacred Music (Composition) degree from Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology. Unlike the other pieces I've posted thus far, this is a choral anthem and requires a strong alto soloist.
This is the sixth movement of a major composition for alto, mezzo-soprano and soprano soloists, choir and chamber orchestra: Requiem. Like the other pieces on this site, I am going to make it available for use - for free - but only for the months of October and November 2015. If you would like to permanently add it to your choral library, please contact me. My email address is included on the 'About' page.
The recording below was a project of The Toronto Cantata Chorus. It was recorded a few years ago at Glenn Gould Studio, downtown Toronto and is included, with the entire Requiem, on our album 'Prayers for All Seasons'. Michelle Man is the alto soloist.
This is the sixth movement of a major composition for alto, mezzo-soprano and soprano soloists, choir and chamber orchestra: Requiem. Like the other pieces on this site, I am going to make it available for use - for free - but only for the months of October and November 2015. If you would like to permanently add it to your choral library, please contact me. My email address is included on the 'About' page.
The recording below was a project of The Toronto Cantata Chorus. It was recorded a few years ago at Glenn Gould Studio, downtown Toronto and is included, with the entire Requiem, on our album 'Prayers for All Seasons'. Michelle Man is the alto soloist.
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