Te Lucis Ante Terminum
For a cappella SATB Choir (2022)
Duration: c. 3 mins
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Te Lucis Ante Terminum for SATB Choir was composed over the course of a week in February 2022. It was written for the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church, Rochester, NY while I was a member of the ensemble. The work explores my fascination with split-third chords—triads which are both major and minor at the same time having both a raised and lowered third present (usually in different octaves). I was surprised to encounter these harmonies in some works of Tallis and Purcell that we sung in the choir, as well as a hallmark in the early works of Andrzej Panufnik who is one of my favorite composers. The challenge I set for myself was to use these dissonant harmonies as much as I could while keeping the work as easy to sing as possible for this prayer of protection during the night.
Premiered April 24, 2022 by the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church, Rochester, NY, conducted by Stephen Kennedy.
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