Work Information
John McCabe : Upon the High Midnight
| Work Notes |
Scoring varies for each of the three carols |
Publisher |
Novello & Co Ltd |
| Category |
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument |
Year Composed |
1973 |
| Duration |
8 Minutes |
Solo Voice(s) |
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass |
| Chorus |
SATB |
Orchestration |
Organ (optional) |
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| Full Score(s): |
NOV050042 |
Full Score(s): |
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Programme Note
A little child there is y-born (Anon. 15th century)
Dormi, Jesu (Anon.)
In Bethlehem, that fair city (Anon. 14th century)
Upon the High Midnight is a triptych of Christmas carols composed at different times during the 1960s and early 1970s. The first carol is a gentle, rather modal setting of anonymous 15th century words. The second, Dormi, Jesu, was the latest to be composed and is a slightly more chromatic setting of an anonymous Latin text. In Bethlehem, that fair city was originally written for a concert at the Liverpool Institute High School (my old school) in 1960, and was revised for inclusion in this group - it is livelier in mood, with a text derived from anonymous 14th century words. All the carols are unaccompanied, but there is an optional organ accompaniment for the last.
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