Rhiannon Randle
O nata lux
Rhiannon Randle
O nata lux
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Optional Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Composer Rhiannon Randle
- Series Boosey & Hawkes Contemporary Choral Series
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
- Order no. BH13665
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Description:
This sublime setting of the well-known Latin text is by one of the UK's brightest emerging choral composers, Rhiannon Randle. Yet her O nata lux is a personal reflection on the captivating and timeless choral atmosphere evident in Thomas Tallis' famous setting of these words. Dedicated to the memory of Randle's late grandmother, the work balances a sense of intimate prayer and meditation with a spiritual declamation of 'light born of light' ('Licht geboren von Licht'). Recognizing hope and new life in despair and death - for in the darkness we have seen a great light - this fits both the expectant season of Advent and times of mourning at a personal loss.
The lilting homophony of the opening is characterized by light tenuti that evoke a sense of ebb and flow and support the natural accenting of a flowing, spoken language. The piece then expands into a polyphonic cascade that is as much a reference to Bruckner as it is a tribute to the aforementioned setting by Tallis.
O nata lux is an exciting addition to the Contemporary Choral Series and is suitable for choirs whose repertoire is intended to support and give voice to young, outstanding composers.
The lilting homophony of the opening is characterized by light tenuti that evoke a sense of ebb and flow and support the natural accenting of a flowing, spoken language. The piece then expands into a polyphonic cascade that is as much a reference to Bruckner as it is a tribute to the aforementioned setting by Tallis.
O nata lux is an exciting addition to the Contemporary Choral Series and is suitable for choirs whose repertoire is intended to support and give voice to young, outstanding composers.