Hewitt – Ave Maria (SATB, organ)
Saturday 5th December, United Reformed Church, Bridport
Bridport Choral Society conductor Mark Hewitt
Monthly Archives: September 2015
1st performance: Hewitt – Away in a Manger
arr. Hewitt – Away in a Manger
6th December 2015. Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset.
1st performance: O Nata Lux
April 23rd 2016, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, South Petherton, Somerset, UK.
Away in a Manger (SATB divisi, unaccompanied) (2014)
Dedicated to Lisa Piper. Written for Nigel Edwards and the Parnham Voices.
Duration: c. 3′
Text: Anon., ca. 1883, Philadelphia
Music: melody J. Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921;
arranged by Mark Hewitt 2014
Programme note by the composer:
I have to confess I have taken some liberties with this iconic Christmas melody.
I hope my setting still captures some of the innocence and quietude of the original.
In contrast, the third verse becomes a more elaborate, polyphonic texture.
Score format = A4
File type = pdf file
No. of pages = 8
Licence to print up to 20 copies £18.00
Licence to print up to 21 + copies £25.00
Fandango (Soler, arr. Hewitt)
picc., ob., cl., bsn., tpt., perc. (1 player), vln I, vln II, vla, vc, db.
To Nigel Evans.
Duration: c.
A re-casting of Antonio Soler’s (1729-1783) ‘Fandango’. Originally written for harpsichord, this arrangement is an effectionate re-casting of the piece which highlights the humour of the piece as well as bringing to the fore its Spanish flavour.
O Nata Lux (S.A.T.B., organ, no divisions)
M Hewitt O Nata Lux SATB,org SAMPLE score
For St. Bartholomew’s Church Choir, Crewkerne. Composed 7th-10th September 2014
Duration: c. 5′
Score format = A4
File type = pdf file
No. of pages = 7
Licence to print up to 20 copies £18.00
Licence to print up to 21 + copies £25.00
Veni Coronaberis (SATB (no divisions), unaccompanied) (2015)
Hewitt Veni Coronaberis SATB SAMPLE score
Text: English, late 15th century.
To Victoria Pirie.
Written for Roger Stacey and the South Petherton Combined Arts Choir.
Composed: April 10th 2015.
Duration: c. 2′
Score format = A4
File type = pdf file
No. of pages = 5
Licence to print up to 20 copies £18.00
Licence to print up to 21 + copies £25.00
Silent Night (SATB divisi, unaccompanied) (2015)
Dedicated to Laura Wright, with affection, on the occasion of her 50th birthday
Composed: August 2015
Duration: c. 6′
Text: Joseph Mohr, 1792-1848; trans. by John F. Young, 1820-1885 (v. 1, 2, 3) and anon. (v. 4)
Programme note:
‘Silent Night’ is an iconic Christmas melody, known to millions as a simple lullaby. However, the imagery of the text has prompted from me a more elaborate musical setting. My response is akin to those Renaissance paintings of the Nativity which do not portray the holy family as poor people in humble surroundings but rather as royal, rich in colour and opulent in manner. I have sought to capture a sense of calm but also of radiance, the music ringing out the joy of Christ’s birth. The original melody by Franz Gruber is not present throughout the piece but is hinted at in verses 1, 2 and then emerges complete in the third and fourth verses.
Mark Hewitt
Crewkerne, Somerset, August 2015
Sheet music available here:
Recorded on the Prima Facie label on the album ‘The Silver Stars At Play’, Kantos conducted by Elspeth Slorach
