Christmas in July: a new SILENT NIGHT!
Premiered as the opening number at The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists’ Christmas concerts, this is the first time in over 30 years of writing music that Stephen has set this iconic carol.
A rich and brooding setting starting in C-sharp minor, the work opens with an undulating ostinato accompaniment from the choir, with soaring solos verses for soprano and tenor. The full choir opens up the texture on verse three, as shimmering clusters unfold in both major and minor textures. Then it tappers away as it began, with soprano solos floating over the choir, dissipating off into a cloudless winter night.
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Stephen Paulus is a prolific composer of over 350 works. He is fluent in all genres, including orchestra, opera, chorus, chamber ensemble, solo voice, concert band, piano and organ.
Born August 24, 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Paulus has lived most of his life in Minnesota.
He co-founded the American Composers Forum in 1973 and continues to work on behalf of his colleagues as the Symphony and Concert representative on the ASCAP Board of Directors.
His music has been commissioned, recorded and performed by such varied performers as The New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Washington Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, The Dale Warland Singers, VocalEssence, Doc Severinsen, Thomas Hampson and Deborah Voigt.
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