ad puram annihilationem meam - Mixed choir — Ritual for mixed choir (with percussion)
Whittall, Matthew
Product information
| Title: | ad puram annihilationem meam - Mixed choir — Ritual for mixed choir (with percussion) | ||
| Authors: | Whittall, Matthew (Composer) de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard (Sanoittaja) |
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| Product number: | 9790550115606 | ||
| Product form: | Sheet music | ||
| Availability: | Delivery in 7-16 days | ||
| Publication date: | 10.2.2026 | ||
| Price per piece: | 11,50 € (10,13 € vat 0 %) | ||
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| Publisher: | Fennica Gehrman |
| Edition: | 2026 |
| Publication year: | 2026 |
| Language: | Latin, French |
| Pages: | 21 |
| Product family: | Choral works Mixed choir |
| Finnish library classification: | 78.3411 Sekakuorot |
| Key words: | sekakuoro |
Matthew Whittall's ad puram annihilationem meam ("to the purest annihilation of myself", 2008) for mixed choir juxtaposes facets of Christian liturgy, like plainchant, with a more spacious ritual atmosphere influenced by gagaku music. The plainchant opens and closes the work, framing the central rite, which is more responsory in character.
The percussion part, written to be performed by the vocalists, plays a minimal but central role, with tuned glasses providing a halo for the chant passages, and a bass drum punctuating the starker middle section,
marking time and shaping the silences, and providing the rhythmic impulse for the dancer. A large gong adds its weight to the penultimate section, in which the long-desired illumination is glimpsed.
Duration: c. 20'
Percussion instruments required:
Bass drum (deep and very resonant)
Tubular bell or bell plate in G
Low Thai gong in C (C or c1)
Antique or finger cymbals (2)
Glass or shell windchime (small and delicate in sound)
Tuned water glasses (d2, a2, c3)
Sheets of paper (2 per performer not otherwise occupied)
The percussion part, written to be performed by the vocalists, plays a minimal but central role, with tuned glasses providing a halo for the chant passages, and a bass drum punctuating the starker middle section,
marking time and shaping the silences, and providing the rhythmic impulse for the dancer. A large gong adds its weight to the penultimate section, in which the long-desired illumination is glimpsed.
Duration: c. 20'
Percussion instruments required:
Bass drum (deep and very resonant)
Tubular bell or bell plate in G
Low Thai gong in C (C or c1)
Antique or finger cymbals (2)
Glass or shell windchime (small and delicate in sound)
Tuned water glasses (d2, a2, c3)
Sheets of paper (2 per performer not otherwise occupied)