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Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen (Sandström)
' (', ''Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming'') is the setting of the Christmas carol ''Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'' for two choirs a cappella by Swedish composer Jan Sandström (composer), Jan Sandström. The work of 1990, which incorporates the harmonization by Michael Praetorius, Praetorius, is one of his signature compositions, along with his ''Trombone Concerto No. 1'', the ''Motorbike Concerto''. Composition Jan Sandström composed the work in 1990, one year after the success of his ''Motorbike Concerto''. He took the four-part setting of the Christmas carol ''Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'' by Michael Praetorius (1609) as a starting point. Line by line, he placed it in slow motion within an eight-part a cappella setting. Choir I in four parts, singing Praetorius, can be performed by soloists. Choir II in eight parts is hummed throughout. The way of combining a chorale as a cantus firmus with different musical material is similar to chorale preludes, but in this case the cantus firmus i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Sandström (composer)
Jan Sandström (born 25 January 1954) is a Swedish classical music composer. His compositions include the so-called '' Motorbike Concerto'' for trombone and orchestra and his choral setting of ''Es ist ein Ros entsprungen''. Career Born in Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sandström grew up in Stockholm. He studied at the Luleå University of Technology's Piteå School of Music (1974–1976) and completed his music training at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, studying music theory (1978–1982) and composition with Gunnar Bucht, Brian Ferneyhough and Pär Lindgren (1980–1984). He joined the faculty of the Piteå School of Music in the 1980s and was appointed professor of composition in 1989. In 1988 to 1989 he composed his first concerto for trombone and large orchestra, which became famous as the '' Motorbike Concerto'', revised in 2002 to a ''Motorbike Odyssey''. In 1990 he composed ''Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'' (''Det är en ros utsprungen''), placing the famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |