Mixed Choir, Vibratones and Other Percussion ad libitum
Mixed Choir, Vibratones and Other Percussion ad libitum
Document title Missa para Vozes Vulgares
Date of Composition 2001/Nov · 2001/Dec
Catalogue Number Op. 6
Notes
Based on sketches from 92 and the Gloria from 94.
Rehearsed with Estgad Varèse and Gonçalo Pena.
Instrumentation
Musical Category Vocal Group/Choir and Orchestra/Ens.
Instrumentation (general) Mixed Choir, Vibratones and Other Percussion ad libitum
Premiere
Date 2004/Jun/07
Performer(s)
Lisbon's Escola Superior de Música Choir
Luís Almeida (direction)
Venue Chagas Church
Town Lisbon
Country Portugal
Program Notes
Program notes for the Credo:
The legend states that the Credo is the most difficult part of a Mass for the composer, because of the length and complexity of its text. Ever since the first Mass composed (in the XIVth century), composers have used different musical resources - such as homophonic writting or division in parts - to deal with this difficulty, which seems to be more of a quantitative nature than qualitative.
In my version of the Credo, I have divided it in different and characteristic parts. I used ostinati based on the first phrases of each section to work as musical accompaniment to the other parts of the text. I assumed a playfull aproach of the religious text, working with it as "lyrics", searching onomatopoeias and phonetical effects evoking different musical universes.
The result is a small (pocket) ritual, emphasized by the use of vibratones (a sort of hand tubular bells).
José Eduardo Rocha (April 2001)
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Missa para Vozes Vulgares
Premiere
2004/Jun/07
Chagas Church
Lisbon
Portugal
Lisbon's Escola Superior de Música Choir
Luís Almeida (direction)