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Mar 4, 2023 · Translation of 'Benedictus' by Karl Jenkins from Latin to English. Contributions: 536 translations, 5 transliterations, 434 songs, 1 collection, 5901 thanks received, 75 translation requests fulfilled for 48 members, 83 transcription requests fulfilled, added 15 idioms, explained 18 idioms, left 431 comments
- A Simple Beginning
- The Cello Solo
- Beauty in Simplicity
- Expanding The Sound
- So, How Does He Find His Inspiration?
The music begins quietly with two alternating chords in the strings, D major and E major. However, the bass part stays as a D throughout, creating an E major chord over D. “It’s got an opening unlike any other,” Sir Karl explains. “It doesn't sound like an introduction. It's just these two chords stated [D major and E major over D] and it sets it u...
Its unusually high register might fool you into thinking this is a violin or viola solo – but the haunting opening phrase to ‘Benedictus’ is played on the cello. It’s even notated in the treble clef in many publications. “Now, I didn’t believe the cello solo would cause so much anguish, because it’s quite simple. But it’s also very high, and many h...
“[‘Benedictus’ has] quite a simple form: AABA. The opening and the end is just strings; the cello in the first instance, and then choir and cello in the end section. “The middle bit [B] is very very full, and that’s the loudest bit in the whole piece at fortissimo.”
Sir Karl is no stranger to unusual percussion instruments; his previous works, especially Symphonic Adiemus, use them extensively. “There are various different drums [in The Armed Man],” he says. “There’s a bass drum, I also wrote for a taiko drum if it’s available, which is a very deep round Japanese drum. “Tam-tams play the up-beat to that [the h...
“I studied music academically, so I was thoroughly trained, first at the University in Cardiff and then at the Royal Academy, so things like harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, the skill or the craft if you like, I’ve learnt. “But then the other bit is the intuitive bit I suppose, which some might call inspiration. But I don’t use that word, beca...
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Also known as Benedictus Benedictus qui venit, qui venit in nomine Domini lyrics. English translation of Benedictus by Karl Jenkins.
