updated 10 February 2007
This piece was performed by a 4-part acapella choir from Utrecht Conservatory - formed for the purpose of performing it on Monday 20 November 2006.
The new version is in 2 pages (PDF).
Recording of live premiere of Kyrie (20 November 2006) - mp3 (3.9 MB) over 3 minutes ****NEW ****
Conductor
Koos van Eijk (Koor directie)
Sopraan (soprano)
Ingrid N. (Zang)
Maria Pozdnyakova (Harp)
Daphne van Wassenberg (Zang)
Alt (alto)
Nicky Bouwers (Zang/Hafa)
Fanny de Ruiter (Zang, not at rehearsals but at final performance)
Tenor
Hidesato Sugiyama (Blokfluit)
David Lopez (Piano)
Rafael Nunez. (Baroque violin)
Bass
Gerben Budding (Orgel)
Otto Vervaart (at all rehearsals but not in recording)
11 April 2006
composed in March/April 2006
The simple Latin texts of "Lord have mercy on us" have been set to music many times over:
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
purpose: to take one music idea and expand upon it so that the result is still one musical idea
When my composition teacher asked me to write a simple choral piece for soprano, alto, tenor and bass based on the Kyrie verse (Lord have mercy on us...) my first step was to visit the music library to research what has done before. Not only was the verse in every requiem, just about every major composer had written a requiem. I became so overwhelmed that I couldn't begin a single note. "Just go to church," he said at the next lesson. Then he proceeded to tell me the story of how he stumbled upon a cathollic church in the middle of nowhere and saw an old priest conduct the mass. There was more meaning than matter, he told me. He was so inspired in his drunken stupor that he rushed home immediately to compose several Kyrie Eleison in succession. |
PDF Score for SATB choir and piano - 2 pages (224 kB)
PDF Score arranged for string quartet - 2 pages (112 kB) - no bow markings
MIDI File SATB choir and piano (8 kB)
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