{"product_id":"ad-puram-annihilationem-meam-mixed-choir","title":"ad puram annihilationem meam - Mixed choir","description":"Matthew Whittall's ad puram annihilationem meam (\"to the purest annihilation of myself\", 2008) for mixed choir juxtaposes facets of Christian liturgy, like plainchant, with a more spacious ritual atmosphere influenced by gagaku music. The plainchant opens and closes the work, framing the central rite, which is more responsory in character. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe percussion part, written to be performed by the vocalists, plays a minimal but central role, with tuned glasses providing a halo for the chant passages, and a bass drum punctuating the starker middle section,\u003cbr\u003emarking time and shaping the silences, and providing the rhythmic impulse for the dancer. A large gong adds its weight to the penultimate section, in which the long-desired illumination is glimpsed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuration: c. 20'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePercussion instruments required:\u003cbr\u003eBass drum (deep and very resonant)\u003cbr\u003eTubular bell or bell plate in G\u003cbr\u003eLow Thai gong in C (C or c1)\u003cbr\u003eAntique or finger cymbals (2)\u003cbr\u003eGlass or shell windchime (small and delicate in sound)\u003cbr\u003eTuned water glasses (d2, a2, c3)\u003cbr\u003eSheets of paper (2 per performer not otherwise occupied)","brand":"Fennica Gehrman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52394793107803,"sku":"9790550115606","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9790550115606_1-ad-puram-annihilationem-meam-mixed-choir.jpg?v=1771827191","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/ad-puram-annihilationem-meam-mixed-choir","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}