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Clare Maclean  

Leise rieselt der Schnee: An Austrian Carol (Softly falls the Snow)

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1997
arrangement of a traditional Austrian carol for unaccompanied choir (SATB)

  • Programme Note

    Leise rieselt der Schnee uses as a starting point the Austrian carol of that name. The piece is a kind of homage to Austrian folk music, which is so pure in its simplest forms, and which has had such a wide influence through the music of classical composers. I have also used other music which is still sung in the alps, as well as some ‘jodlers’ of my own: the plainchant, Christ ist erstanden, Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen by Isaac, Verlassen bin i, in Alpine dialect, and the Andachtsjodler, which is traditionally sung at Christmas. I also used a few bars of Mozart’s clarinet quintet, which is very like the Andachtsjodler, because the spirit of Alpine folk music is very much alive in his music.

    Leise rieselt der Schnee was written for the Sydney University Musical Society.

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Clare Maclean  

Leise rieselt der Schnee (Softly falls the Snow)

Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1996
carol for unaccompanied choir (SSAATBarB)

  • Programme Note

    Leise rieselt der Schnee uses as a starting point the Austrian carol of that name. The piece is a kind of homage to Austrian folk music, which is so pure in its simplest forms, and which has had such a wide influence through the music of classical composers. I have also used other music which is still sung in the alps, as well as some ‘jodlers’ of my own: the plainchant, Christ ist erstanden, Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen by Isaac, Verlassen bin i, in Alpine dialect, and the Andachtsjodler, which is traditionally sung at Christmas. I also used a few bars of Mozart’s clarinet quintet, which is very like the Andachtsjodler, because the spirit of Alpine folk music is very much alive in his music.

    Leise rieselt der Schnee was written for the Sydney University Musical Society.

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David Hamilton  

Magnificat

 Year: 1996
unison voices with piano, optional descant/tone chimes

Patrick Shepherd  

O Magnum Mysterium

 Year: 1991, r. 2004
for SATB choir

  • Programme Note

    Composed in 1991 for the Christ’s College Chapel Choir, this work has been performed many times by the choir and, coincidentally, was toured by and broadcast on Concert FM by the choir of Christ’s College, Oxford (UK) when they visited New Zealand in the mid 1990s. It captures the true flavour of Christmas and has an ethereal quality, incorporating elements of plainchant in the final section. The score was revised in 2004 but only in terms of editorial and technical additions.

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Helen Fisher  

Te Whakaaro pai ki nga tangata

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1994, r. 1997
Christmas carol for SATB choir, bongo and conga

Helen Fisher  

Te Whakaaro Pai Ki Nga Tangata

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1994
Maori Christmas carol for SAA girl's choir with conga and bongos

Helen Caskie  

The Feel of Christmas

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 1996
A carol for children

John Wells  

The Shepherd's Carol

 Year: 1993
for SATB Choir with piano accompaniment