The Ensemble of the Chancel Choir performs Gjeilo’s composition in the clip below. John’s text, “I fell in love with its passionate spirituality right away.” He adds that, musically, “One of the things I wanted to do in this piece was to make the choir and piano fairly equal, as if in a dialogue often the piano is accompanying the choir, but sometimes the choir is accompanying the piano (or violin).” Gjeilo says that, when he was introduced to St. The pieces are linked through the musical theme at the end of Dark Night that comes back as the main theme of Luminous Night. The musical composition premiered in 2010. Based on the extended works Dark Night of the Soul and Luminous Night of the Soul, this set includes shortened versions of both works featuring the parts that are closest to the composers heart. The piece below is called “Dark Night of the Soul”, a musical accompaniment to several verses from St. Whatever the reason, religious music has been a large part of his output to date: he has composed a Mass, for instance, a breath-taking “Sanctus”, and his own musical setting for the ancient hymn “Ubi Caritas”. Inspired by the grace and passion of a medieval poem, this extended work offers intense dramatic.

I can’t tell from the biographical information I’ve seen whether or not he is a believer, or whether he simply finds the Christian (particularly the Catholic) tradition a particularly rich vein to mine for musical inspiration. Dark Night of the Soul (Full Score and Instrumental Parts) by Ola Gjeilo, Printed Music. Another promising recent composer is the Norwegian-born Ola Gjeilo, who is very recent indeed, having been born in 1978, the same year St.

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