Gloria In Excelsis Deo
SATB choral/organ score
PEL2001-Choir and Organ
Full score and brass parts
PEL2001-FS/Brass
A SETTING OF THE WORDS "GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO" INTENDED FOR USE AS AN ACCLAMATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE GOSPEL ON CHRISTMAS DAY, FOR SATB CHOIR AND ORGAN WITH OPTIONAL BRASS QUARTET.
'Gloria In Excelsis Deo' is a short (under a minute), jubilant choral fanfare that derives its energy from a recurring dotted quarter-note, eighth-note, quarter-note motive. This is one of Paul Halley's earliest pieces, composed for St. Matthew's Anglican Church Choir, Ottawa, when Halley was sixteen.
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Notes
Included in the Pelagosmusic recording "Wondrous Love", with Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus, directed by Paul Halley (JN104).
Texts
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Words: 6th cent. Roman Rite
Music: Paul Halley (1952 - )
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Glory to God in the highest.
Reviews
"Throughout the composition, Halley’s sense of drama and motion never falters; at one minute’s duration, it would serve as an enthusiastic and impressive opening in worship and concert settings."
– Michael Braz, The Choral Journal
