Ut Queant Laxis - Xabier Sarasola - Harmonium Choral Society

Magic and Mysteries, June 2016
Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack
Harmonium Choral Society
Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, New Jersey
Xabier Sarasola, Basque musician, teaches violin, harmony, orchestra and choral singing at the Music School of Beasain. His choral teachers included Javier Busto and E. Ericson. He is active as an adjudicator of many festivals including the Choral Competition in Tolosa, for which he has been president of the jury. Ut Queant Laxis (aka Hymnus in Ioannem) is a Latin hymn in honor of John the Baptist, famous for its part in the history of musical notation. In the original Gregorian chant, each line starts a tone higher, and the beginning syllable of each line is ut (later do), re, mi, fa, so, la. This solmization was attributed to composer/theorist Guido of Arezzo, who was active in the 11th century and is regarded as the father of modern musical notation. (The hymn does not help with the 7th tone as the last line, Sancte Iohannes, breaks the ascending pattern. The syllable si, for the 7th tone, was added in the 18th century.) Sarasola sets a new tune but with the same idea; each line begins on the successive note of the scale for the appropriate solfege syllable. It was composed in 2010 for the choir ‪@ElLeondeOroLDO‬.
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Such a beautiful piece! This is a wonderful sound and I really enjoy this from Mr. Xabier Sarasola.
Now we are trying this amazing score here in México this beautiful piece!
Congratulations @Harmonium Choral Society!