10-95 The Amarillo Canticles (Magniicat and Nunc dimittis, 166 BC) David Ashley White SATB and organ The Amarillo Canticles Magniicat Nunc dimittis Book o Common rayer, 166 David Ashley White
St eter s Eiscoal Church, Amarillo, Texas, originally commissioned The Amarillo Canticles in 199 As as requested, I used the Rite II language taken rom the American Book o Common rayer, 1979 In the late 1990s, the British organist/choirmaster, Simon Nieminski, hom I irst met hen he as organist at St Bartholome the Great in London, suggested adating the canticles to the older language o the 166 Book o Common rayer In act, he created such a revision himsel and has used it at St Mary s Eiscoal Cathedral, Edinurgh, here he no heads the music rogram In all 006, having develoed other ideas or an adatation to the 166 text, I created my on version, hich is dedicated to Mr Nieminski Shortly ater ulication in early May 007, this setting received its remiere at York Minster, sung y a guest British choir, the Bridgeman Singers To months later, the St aul s Choir, St aul s United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, Mark Edenield, director, and Kenneth Coleman, organist, erormed the Canticles at Ely Cathedral during the choir s eeklong residence there The original Rite II setting, also ulished y Selah ulishing Co, is included on the CD Echoes o the American Cathedral: Music o David Ashley White (Zehyr, Z-115-99), sung y the St aul s Choir, Roert Breer, organist/choirmaster, and rances Anderson, director David Ashley White, a seventh-generation Texan, is an active comoser ho in recent years has secialized in chamer, solo vocal, and choral music He is one o the leading comosers o sacred music in the United States and has numerous ulications, commissions, and recordings to his credit, including the recent raise the Sirit: Sacred Music o David Ashley White, sung y the almer Choir, almer Memorial Eiscoal Church, Houston, Texas, Brady Kna and Courtney Daniell-Kna, co-directors (Gothic G-95) His hymns are included in maor denominational ulications, including the hymnals o the Eiscoal Church and the United Methodist Church His irst collection o hymns, Sing, My Soul, as ulished in 1996 Songs or a Ne Creation as ulished in summer 00, and a third, Ne Harmony: A Har o Thousand Strings, in collaoration ith hymn oet Richard Leach, as released in 006 Selah ulishing Co ulishes all three ooks Dr White earned his irst to degrees rom the University o Houston, the Bachelor o Music in ooe erormance and the Master o Music in comosition His Doctor o Musical Arts is rom the University o Texas at Austin He has taught at the University o Houston since 1978 In 1999, he as aointed Director o the Moores School o Music and currently holds The Margaret M Alkek and Margaret Alkek Williams Endoed Chair Amarillo Canticles 10-95
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