Untitled Choral Hymn Type Thing

Ello,

This is a bog-standard choral hymn styled piece which my flatmate and I are writing for the choir we run. She's writing the lyrics, and I'm writing the music. She's not given me the lyrics yet, and I can't remember any of them, so I'll post them up once she wakes up (it's 05:18 here! ;)).

This is written for a normal SATB choir, and was composed, for once, by playing the parts on a piano, rather than inputting the note directly into Sibelius as I normally do (yes, go on; you may hiss).

There's not really much you can do in a piece like this in terms of ornamentation and fiddlybits, and I think I've gotten most of the decent suspensions in there, but if I've missed any obvious ones it'd be appreciated if they were pointed out, heh.

So, yeah; see attached.

Ben.

Hymn.mid

it's a nice job!

Ahh... this is music...

It's so... beautiful, if I may say so myself. I always love the slow movements... It kinda reminds me of a chorale.

I can't think of any improvements to it.

Keep up the good work.

very nice, I've been getting into choral music a lot more recently. do you have the .sib score? you'll probably get a lot more comments if you put a score up as well, i look forward to seeing the lyrics.

Mark

This is a slightly updated version and a Sibelius score. I found a couple of extra places where a suspension doesn't destroy the piece, so I stuck them in. :wacko:

Hymn-20061122T0146Z.sib

Hymn-20061122T0146Z.mid

After looking at the score i suggest a few more quavers (like in bars 4, 12 and 14 in the tenor and bar 12 in the alto) to keep it moving a bit more but this is mainly a matter of taste, it's up to you.

Are you going to get this recorded? If so please post it when you have it, I'd love to hear this!

Mark