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Angele Dei (Prayer to the Guardian Angel) for a cappella choir (2005)
I have been familiar with, and have always enjoyed, the Prayer to One's Guardian
Angel since childhood. When I began searching for texts to set to music for chorus, I
was pleasantly surprised to come across the Latin version of the translation I was
familiar with. According to Michael Martin, "Angele Dei, also known as the Prayer to
One's Guardian Angel, was in the past attributed to St. Anselm (c. 1033-1109), for it
appears in medieval collections of St. Anselm's works. However, it is clear that this
determined, this prayer is an 11th/12th century interpolation of a prayer composed
by Reginald of Canterbury, who died sometime after 1109. This prayer is from
Reginald's Life of St. Malchus (d. c 390), a famous hermit who was a friend of St.
Jerome (c 341-420). The popular English translation...is from the later half of the
19th century and appears in the Baltimore Manual of Prayers (1888)." (from the
Treasury of Latin Prayers, http://www.preces-latinae.org) Completed in December of
2005, "Angele Dei" was premiered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in
May of 2006. It was selected for performance by the Indiana University
contemporary vocal ensemble for the 2007 Midwest Composers Symposium.
Angel of God,
My Guardian Dear
To whom God's love commits me near.
Ever this day be at my side
To light and guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.
Angele Dei
qui custos es mei
Me tibi commissum pietate superna;
Hodie illumina, custodi, rege,
et guberna.
Amen.
Recording from premiere performance, May 13, 2006
Bezanson Recital Hall, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Three Movements for piano trio (2005)
The piano trio is unified by two primary elements, one technical and one emotional.
Each movement prominently features the relationship of the semitone (minor seconds
and minor ninths). Furthermore, each movement carries its own mood or emotion,
based somewhat on three aspects of my personality. Originally entitled "Three
Emotions," the piece was premiered at the University of Massachusetts in May of
2005, and performed again at the University of Iowa in November of 2006.
from performance at University of Iowa, November, 2006
Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
Conversation for woodwind quintet (2004)
Conversation represents a shift in my style from my pop and musical theater
background, moving toward a more "traditional" compositional method. I took the
idea of having each instrument in the ensemble representing a specific character from
some of Haydn's string quartets, as well as from Ives's String Quartet No. 2.
Furthermore, I based the piece on three short motives, all heard in the beginning but
each individually realized as the piece develops.
from premiere performance, November 6, 2005
Unitarian-Universalist Church of Nashua
The Movadi Woodwind Quintet
Nashua, NH
I have been familiar with, and have always enjoyed, the Prayer to One's Guardian
Angel since childhood. When I began searching for texts to set to music for chorus, I
was pleasantly surprised to come across the Latin version of the translation I was
familiar with. According to Michael Martin, "Angele Dei, also known as the Prayer to
One's Guardian Angel, was in the past attributed to St. Anselm (c. 1033-1109), for it
appears in medieval collections of St. Anselm's works. However, it is clear that this
determined, this prayer is an 11th/12th century interpolation of a prayer composed
by Reginald of Canterbury, who died sometime after 1109. This prayer is from
Reginald's Life of St. Malchus (d. c 390), a famous hermit who was a friend of St.
Jerome (c 341-420). The popular English translation...is from the later half of the
19th century and appears in the Baltimore Manual of Prayers (1888)." (from the
Treasury of Latin Prayers, http://www.preces-latinae.org) Completed in December of
2005, "Angele Dei" was premiered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in
May of 2006. It was selected for performance by the Indiana University
contemporary vocal ensemble for the 2007 Midwest Composers Symposium.
Angel of God,
My Guardian Dear
To whom God's love commits me near.
Ever this day be at my side
To light and guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.
Angele Dei
qui custos es mei
Me tibi commissum pietate superna;
Hodie illumina, custodi, rege,
et guberna.
Amen.
Recording from premiere performance, May 13, 2006
Bezanson Recital Hall, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Three Movements for piano trio (2005)
The piano trio is unified by two primary elements, one technical and one emotional.
Each movement prominently features the relationship of the semitone (minor seconds
and minor ninths). Furthermore, each movement carries its own mood or emotion,
based somewhat on three aspects of my personality. Originally entitled "Three
Emotions," the piece was premiered at the University of Massachusetts in May of
2005, and performed again at the University of Iowa in November of 2006.
from performance at University of Iowa, November, 2006
Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
Conversation for woodwind quintet (2004)
Conversation represents a shift in my style from my pop and musical theater
background, moving toward a more "traditional" compositional method. I took the
idea of having each instrument in the ensemble representing a specific character from
some of Haydn's string quartets, as well as from Ives's String Quartet No. 2.
Furthermore, I based the piece on three short motives, all heard in the beginning but
each individually realized as the piece develops.
from premiere performance, November 6, 2005
Unitarian-Universalist Church of Nashua
The Movadi Woodwind Quintet
Nashua, NH