Christus Factus Est (arr Wilds)

Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner (setting Jack Wilds)

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General Info

Year: 1884 / 2018
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir and chamber instruments
Publisher: TRN Music Publishers
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Christus factus est ("Christ became obedient" or "Christ became man for our sake") WAB 10, is a sacred motet by Anton Bruckner, his second setting of the Latin gradual Christus factus est, written in 1873. Several decades earlier, in 1844, he had composed another piece on the same text as gradual for the Messe für den Gründonnerstag (WAB 9). In 1884, Bruckner composed a third, better known setting (WAB 11) for choir a cappella.

The work exhibits many traits of the composer's mature style: chromatically shifting harmonies, square-cut phrases often ending in moments of silence, and moods alternating between exaltation and serene contemplation.

- Program Note from Wikipedia and from score

This beautiful setting of the attractive Bruckner work begins softly and proceeds through a variety of attractive textures before reaching a powerful full-ensemble statement. A soft, reverent closing section then fades to a quiet conclusion.

- Program Note from The Instrumentalist

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Indiana University Wind Ensemble (Stephen W. Pratt, conductor) – 30 September 2015

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Adagio from Symphony No 7 (arr. Schmalz)
• Adagio from Symphony No 7 (arr. Walker)
• Antiphon (Bruckner) (arr. Gordon) (1976)
• Apollo March (arr. Leidzen) (1862/1951)
• Apollo March (arr. Rhodes) (1862/1986)
• Ave Maria (trans. Buehlman) (1861)
• Ave Maria (arr. Doss) (1861/2012)
• Ave Maria (trans. Kreines) (1861/2006)
• Ave Maria (arr. Leinhart) (1861)
• Ave Maria (arr. Malecki) (1861)
• Ave Maria (arr. Marlatt) (1861)
• Ave Maria (trans. Powell) (1861/2012)
• Ave Maria (tr Reid) (1861/2013)
• Cathedral Music (ar Daehn)
• Christus Factus Est (arr. Thurston) (1884/1999)
• Christus Factus Est (setting Wilds) (1884/2018)
• Hunt Scherzo from Symphony No 4
• Locus Iste (ar Van Grevenbroek)
• Mass No 2 in E minor
• Os Justi (arr. Doss) (1879/2004)
• Os Justi (arr. Forbes) (1879/2017)
• Os Justi (1879)
• Prayer and Alleluia (ar Marlatt)
• Symphony No 4, Movement 1 (ar Schmalz)
• Two Solemn Pieces (ar Thurston)

Resources

• Christus Factus Est, WAB 10, Wikipedia Accessed 6 May 2016
• Jack Wilds Music Accessed 1 September 2019
• "New Music Reviews." The Instrumentalist, 72/5 (December 2017), p. 40.