related works
Six Chaucerian Pilgrims : for mixed choir / William Knight; lyrics by Geoffrey Chaucer
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Missa Aquileia : voor vier mannenstemmen, (of mannenkoor), 1980 / Klaas G. Govaert
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Male choir; Vocal ensemble (2-12)
Scoring:
2ten 2bas / MK4
Cantico del sole : voor driestemmig vocaal ensemble, 1980-1985 / Klaas Govers
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12); Mixed choir
Scoring:
female voice 2male voices / GK3
Lux : = Licht, = Light, versie voor 4 mannenstemmen, 1990; bew. 1999 / Paul Evenblij
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Vocal ensemble (2-12)
Scoring:
ten-c ten bar bas
composition
Ombrose e care selve : for voice quintet / William Knight; Text Giovanni Battista Guarini
Other authors:
Knight, William
(Composer)
Description:
Ombrose e care selve was written to fit into an Italian madrigal programme performed by the Windsor Consort. The programme, solely comprised of text from the play Il pastor fido by Giovanni Battista Guarini, included music by Monteverdi, Marenzio, and Gastoldi. This new composition was influenced by the style employed in these Italian madrigals, following the word stresses rather than the natural inclination to stress the beginning of each bar. The music allows the singers to manipulate tempo to emphasise emotion, just as you would with an Italian madrigal. There are intentionally no dynamics and the metronome mark is only a suggestion.
William Knight