Ubi Caritas
Ola Gjeilo (arr. Cameron Kotovsky)
General Info
Year: 2007 / 2016 / 2020
Duration: c. 3:13
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir
Publisher: Kotovsky Arrangements
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part I
- Flute
- Oboe
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
Part II
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part III
- Bassoon
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part IV
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Double Bass
Percussion, including:
- Marimba I-II
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The first time I sang in a choir was in high school; I went to a music high school in Norway, and choir was obligatory. I loved it from the very first rehearsal, and the first piece we read through was Maurice Duruflé’s Ubi Caritas. It will always be one of my favorite choral works of all time; to me, it’s the perfect a-cappella piece. So when I set the same text myself a few years later, it was inevitable that the Duruflé would influence it, and it did. While Duruflé used an existing, traditional chant in his piece, I used chant more as a general inspiration, while also echoing the form and dynamic range of his incomparable setting of the text.
- Program Note by composer
This piece is an adaptation on the original choral parts from Ola Gjeilo’s piece. Written in four-part flex arrangement, this piece gives any ensemble the opportunity to enjoy this piece.
- Program Note by arranger
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
None discovered thus far.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Ubi Caritas (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kotovsky) (2007/2016/2020)
All Wind Works
- Luminous Night of the Soul (arr. Kotovsky) (2013/2020)
- Meridian (2010)
- Sanctus (arr. Kotovsky) (2008/2019)
- Sanctus (arr. Wilson) (2008/2016)
- Serenity (2014)
- The Spheres (2008)
- The Spheres (arr. Kotovsky) (2008/2020)
- Tundra (arr. Kotovsky) (2011/2020)
- Ubi Caritas (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kotovsky) (2007/2016/2020)
Resources
- Kotovsky Arrangements Accessed 28 August 2020
- Ola Gjeilo website Accessed 28 March 2018