(The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors. Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works. Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter. The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear)
Silver Platter Award Winner:
Level: Advanced High School or Higher
Uses: General Concert
Program Themes: Easter, Body of Christ, Transcendent Chorals
This Piece Would Program Well With: O Sacrum Convivium! by Oliver Messiaen available from JWPepper and SheetMusicPlus
Master composer Cyrill Schürch sends the audience to new heights with this beautiful choral duet between two SATB (non divisi) choirs. If you are in a hurry, start listening at 1:47, though I’m sure you will go back to hear the whole work. The short length of the work is an asset to aspiring choirs ready to sink their teeth into a true gem. Inspiring!
O sacrum convivium is available through the composer’s website: http://cschurch.net/en/order-music/
Cyrill Schürch says