Missa secunda
With a duration of 15 minutes, the Missa secunda is suitable for concert performance or for use in church services. The scoring is flexible and structured in modules: there is a cantus firmus which can be sung by a choir, or by the congregation in unison in treble or bass range.
- It is perfectly possible to achieve an expressive performance of this unison version with just organ accompaniment.
- The Missa secunda can be expanded to a four-part setting.
- A five-part performance can be achieved by the addition of an upper voice (children’s choir or solo soprano).
- In the full scoring the Missa secunda can be accompanied in ceremonial style by a wind quintet and timpani.
In the full instrumentation, the Missa secunda is accompanied by an brass quintett and timpani. Woodwinds (with trombone) instead of the brass quintet can also take over the instrumental parts.
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Composer
Peter Schindler
| 1960Composer, pianist and organist Peter Schindler writes and performs music for ballets and theatrical performances, films and dramatic recordings, instrumental and choral arrangements, chansons and sacred works. He is particularly passionate about his compositions for children and young adults, which has come to comprise hundreds of humourous children’s songs (Kinderhits mit Witz). His full-length musicals include Geisterstunde auf Schloss Eulenstein (Witching Hour at Eulenstein Castle), Max und die Käsebande (Max and the Cheese Gang), König Keks (Cookie King), Zirkus Furioso (Circus Allegro), and SCHOCKORANGE. These musicals are some of the most frequently played pieces of their kind by children’s and youth choirs in German-speaking theaters and schools. With his first English musical Circus Allegro, Peter’s hugely sucessful work for all kids under 100 is now also accessible to audiences around the world. Personal details
Reviews
Peter Schindler legt hier eine eher traditionelle Messvertonung für vierstimmigen Chor in der ihm eigenen, gefälligen Klangsprache vor, die den vollständigen lateinischen Text des Messordinariums verwendet. ... Der Tonumfang ist so gewählt, dass die Komposition für Laienchöre geeignet ist.
Gabriele Wurm, Musica Sacra, Jan. / Feb. 2015
Die Messe ... nimmt geschickt auf die Möglichkeiten eines Laienchores Rücksicht und bietet auch Kinderchören die Möglichkeiten, zusammen mit anderen Chören zu musizieren. ... Empfehlenswert.
Kirchenmusikalische Mitteilungen der Erzdiözese Freiburg 11/2015
Peter Schindlers „Missa secunda” ist eine gelungene Vertonung des Messordinariums abseits des sonst gängigen Repertoires. ...
Michael Hoppe, KIBA – Kirchenmusik im Bistum Aachen, September 2014
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