Jenkins, Karl - Benedictus

for lower voices (TTBB) & piano (with optional euphonium)
Text: Latin (Christian Mass)
Duration: c4'00"
Difficulty: 2/5

Originally scored for mixed voices in The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, this lower voices arrangement of Benedictus is from This Land of Ours (vocal score ISMN 979-0-060-12009-1),
as recorded by Cantorion Male Voice Choir & Cory Band, conducted by Karl Jenkins (Decca).

Text
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.

*Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.*Karl Jenkins
Sir Karl Jenkins is one of the most performed choral composers in the world. Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary has received 17 gold and platinum discs, while his The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace has received close to 3000 performances since its première in 2000 and has featured on the UK classical chart for over 1000 weeks. Classically trained, Jenkins transcends musical boundaries, from the seminal fusion band Soft Machine to the global crossover phenomenon Adiemus. Recordings include Requiem, Stabat Mater, tella Natalis, The Peacemakers, Cantata Memoria, Symphonic Adiemus and Miserere, while he has composed music for HM King Charles III, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Evelyn Glennie and Jess Gillam. Karl Jenkins has featured on British TV’s iconic South Bank Show, and he has been the highest placed living composer in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame. In 2015 he was awarded a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and his autobiography Still with the Music was published by Elliott & Thompson.