My choral composition featuring the poem “Non sibi sed omnibus” (2006) by Mark Hillman has been performed in St. Stefan’s Church, Copenhagen N, at May 21 at the Komvest Choral Music concert with the choir Ensemble Vest and conductor Uffe Most. The concert will be held again on sunday May 24 in Kritskirken (the Christ Church), Copenhagen V.
“Non sibi sed omnibus” is a piece which has been conceived over a long period of time. The oldest part of it came to birth in 1991 serving the single word “Amen”.
In 1995 another unfinished fragment ended in my drawer. This was a part of the “Credo” from Roman Mass.
At last in 2000 the two early segments found a place as part of a setting to the Paulian 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians: “Hymn to Love”.
I never found my selv satisfied with this composition – until the summer 2006 when I received this overwhelming little poem from my English fellow vocalist and friend Mark Hillman (whom I actually had become aquainted with through MySpace in early 2006).
In this text my composition finally found it’s home.
A completely new piece grew up from the old parts and was finished in the summer 2007.
Now two years later after having been taken off the programme two times at earlier concert projects and after my lack of success finding financial support to having this rather complicated piece performed by a professional vocal ensemble – it sounds before the audience.
“Non sibi sed omibus” is my second composition serving a text by Mark Hillman. There will be more to come.
Listen to “Non sibi sed omnibus” in a Sibelius Scorch version at: http://christianhildebrandt.dk
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