for mixed voices (SSATBB) & string orchestra or organ
Text: Latin(Agnus Dei from the Ordinary of the Latin Mass)
Duration: 5 minutes
Difficulty: 3/5

Commissioned by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for a commemorative event in 2022, this work presents the composer's celebrated Passcaglia for string orchestra of 1995 in a new scoring for chorus and string orchestra or organ. Setting the text of the Agnus Dei, the piece will fit a range of performance options both sacred and secular and venues from large to small. Choirs of all sizes can now present this short but powerful musical statement in programmes of a general nature, and specifically those focussing on remembrance or peace.

String orchestra performance materials available on hire from Boosey& Hawkes.

Text
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

from the Ordinary of the Latin Mass

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, Stella 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.