 A.Amici: Regina Coeli op.4a |
Regina Cœli for soprano, chorus, & organ (Op.4a) was composed in 1997 for a cycle of concerts organized by the composer to celebrate that year’s Easter festivities. The original idea was to create a song of praise that expresses itself with a free, tonal harmony, which seems to circulate like the angels circulating in the celestial spheres. The constant and static repetition of melodic phrases and rhythmic schemes depicts this “circular fixity.” In 2008, the composer transcribed Regina Cœli for double chorus and orchestra (Op. 4b). Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Recorded by Andrea Amici on Apple computer with the following virtual instruments: Vocaloid Prima, EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs, Schantz Organ. |
Archive for March, 2009
Andrea Amici: Regina Coeli op.4a
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Leonardo Ciampa: Lenten Amethyst (Ametista Quaresimale) op.209
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 L.Ciampa: Ametista Quaresimale |
Lenten Amethyst (Ametista Quaresimale) (Op. 209) is an organ meditation composed in 2009. The work, which has a distinct French Romantic flavor, incorporates two Lenten themes, “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” and “Lift High the Cross“. In addition to Lent, the piece is appropriate also for the Feast of the Holy Cross. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
The Lenten Amethyst was recorded by Andrea Amici on a Apple computer using MyOrgan Sample software and Schantz Organ sample set by Jonathan Orwig.
Andrea Amici: Hymn to St. Andrew op.10
Friday, March 6th, 2009
 A.Amici: Inno a S.Andrea |
The Hymn to St. Andrew for chorus and organ op.10 was written for the octocentennial of the transfer of the Relics of St. Andrew from Constantinople to Amalfi (1208-2008).
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The cover of this edition, designed by Andrea Amici, depicts St.Andrew and an ancient print of the Dome of Amalfi.
Andrea Amici: Trittico Gregoriano op.5
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
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Meditazione su ”Victimae Paschali Laudes“ Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Elegia su ”In Conspectu Angelorum“ Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Toccata su ”Dies Irae“ Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
The Trittico Gregoriano (Gregorian Triptych) for organ was composed in 1997, on the occasion of the commemorative events, held in Amalfi in July of that year, for the 50th anniversary of the death of Antonio Tirabassi. An important musicologist and organist, Tirabassi was born in Amalfi and later moved to Brussels, where he composed his important studies on the tactus as the basis of the interpretation of early Renaissance music. The Triptych is divided into three “panels,” each movement characterized by a different atmosphere and based on a theme taken from the Gregorian chant repertoire. The chants are immersed in very changeable harmonic and contrapuntal atmospheres, with the intention of reviving the great patrimony of ancient Church music, expressed in a modern language and transmitted through that greatest of sacred, liturgical instruments: the organ.
The music on this page was recorded with the Schantz organ sampleset of First Baptist Church of Riverside, CA, on a Apple Computer system, by Andrea Amici. Thanks to Jonathan Orwig who made and donated the sampleset to the CIC.
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