Peter R Hallock

Victimae Paschali laudes (Setting III)

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An anthem for SATB choir, organ, brass sextet, and percussion

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This Easter anthem for SATB choir, brass, percussion, and organ is a medley containing three well-known Easter tunes, expertly woven together by Hallock in the twilight of his life. We begin with menโ€™s voices, accompanied by organ, chanting the Sequence Hymn Victimae Paschali laudes. Note the preservation of chant notation in the choral part here. The text and music are attributed to Wipo of Burgundy (d. 1050?). A rhapsodic organ line, followed by brass and snare drum, propel the work toward four-part chorus singing an English translation from The Antiphoner and Grail, 1880, of the Latin text sung previously. French horn and militaristic percussion signal the arrival of the minor mode German chorale tune Christ ist erstanden; the melody is from Geistliche Lieder, 1533. Throughout this section, choir, organ (using 8โ€™ Regaal or Voix humaine), and percussion are in dialogue with one another, while trombones undulate beneath. The chorale is answered, by womenโ€™s voices initially, with Jakob Hintzeโ€™s (1622-1702) major mode hymn tune SALZBURG, singing Robert Campbellโ€™s (1814-1868) translation of the Latin text Ad regias Agni dapes, 1632. In this section, death and life contendโ€”minor versus majorโ€”for nearly thirty measures. After the choir sings โ€œCome, ye forth, O souls in freedom, sing the triumph oโ€™er the grave,โ€ we begin ascending until finally the German chorale surrenders to SALZBURG. The total distance ascended is a minor 3rd, from B-flat minor to D-flat major. After an extended period of harmonically unstable brass interjections, compounded with unrelenting percussion, Easter bursts forth and our pace quickens suddenly as the choir sings โ€œEaster triumph, Easter joy.โ€ Brass and percussion become celebratory and heraldic, propelling the composition to its climax: AMEN followed by three ALLELUIAS.

Score Information

HI-0020
Published: 2020
Completion Date: Oct 15, 2013; rev. Feb 21, 2014; final ed. February 2015
ยฉ Peter R. Hallock Institute
Composer: Peter R. Hallock
Engraver: Robert Puff
Arranger/Editor: Jason Allen Anderson
Liturgical Season: Easter
Publisher: Peter R. Hallock Institute
Manuscript Location: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Recording information: Peter R. Hallock Tribute Concert
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