Peter Maxwell Davies: Job (Vocal Score)
Job (Vocal Score)
by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
4-Part - Sheet Music

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Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone Voice, SATB, Orchestra

SKU: HL.14021023

Job (Vocal Score). Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. Classical. Vocal Score. Composed 1999. 136 pages. Chester Music #CH61453. Published by Chester Music (HL.14021023).

ISBN 9780711969292. UPC: 884088439910. 9.0x12.0x0.375 inches.

A substantial work for four soli, SATB chorus and orchestra, using text from the translation of Stephen Mitchell's The Book Of Job. Like Vaughan Williams in his Job: A Masque for Dancing, Davies was inspired in part by William Blake's 21 engravings for the Book of Job. His oratorio, however, is less dependent on find parallels for Blake's visual details, given the direct poetry in David Lemon's adaptation of the Stephen Mitchell translation from the biblical original, it is hardly surprising that the spotlight should be so much on Job's suffering litany. The baritone has the lion's share of the setting, though the other soloists occasionally reinforce his plea and chorale-like episodes universalize his predicament. Davies frames with work with two seminal plainsong-like passages; there is also plenty of dramatic contrast both within Job's monologues and in the vivid orchestral writing for the smarmy Comforters, the initially shrill God who finally appears out of a dazzling orchestral whirlwind and the animal life he uses to illustrate the wonders of creation to a humbled Job. Commissioned by the University of British Colombia, it was first performed in May 1997 by Valdine Anderson (soprano), Linda Maguire (mezzo soprano), Paul Moore (tenor) and Kevin McMillan (baritone) with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Vocal score with piano reduction of the orchestral score. Duration c. 70mins.

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