Christmas Cantata
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Subtitle: Sinfonia Sacra
General Info
Year: 1958
Duration: c. 9:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Leduc
Cost: Score and Parts - $40.90 (instrumental parts)
Movements
1. Quem vidistis pastores? - 3:08
2. O magnum mysterium et admirabile - 3:58
3. Gloria in excelsis Deo - 2:21
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Pinkham's Sinfonia Sacra with its Latin Christmas text is scored for chorus and double brass choir. The final movement, Gloria In Excelsis Deo, is a monument of 20th century choral expression.
- Program Note from publisher
For the New England Conservatory Chorus, Lorna Cooke de Varon, conductor.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Washington Chorus (Robert Shafer, conductor; National Capital Brass) - 2004
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- New York Honors Chorus and The New York Wind Symphony (David Crone, conductor) - December 2013
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Chungsam Doh, conductor; Atascadero UMC Choir, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church Choir San Luis Obispo UMC Choir; Paul Woodring, organ ) - 13 December 2008
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Christmas Cantata (1958)
- Music for an Indian Summer (1998)
Resources
- Pinkham, D. (1958). Christmas Cantata : Sinfonia Sacra : For Chorus and Double Brass Choir or Chorus, Brass Quartet and Organ [score]. R. King Music Co.: North Easton, Mass.