Winter
Motets with Latin texts
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Vocalis Chamber Choir
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Vocalis Chamber Choir
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Vocalis Chamber Choir
Caroline Mallonee
composer
The winter season is a wonderful time to celebrate with music! Mallonee has written many a cappella pieces suitable for winter concerts. All of these are available directly from the composer (preferred) or through J.W. Pepper.
The Carolers At My Door, written when Mallonee was 14 years old, was named the winner of a national Christmas carol contest on “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Hodie/Today on Earth, which combines the “Hodie Christus Natus Est” antiphon with original words and music, was commissioned in 2012 by “A Prairie Home Companion.”
O Gift of Glorious Sunrise was written for the Vocális Chamber Choir and was premiered in Buffalo, NY in 2015.
Snow Globe Upon a Sill is a New Year’s piece that was premiered by the Fairfax Choral Society in December, 2021.
A Star for a Wish is a solstice piece, depicting two stargazers during the pandemic observing the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that occurred on December 21, 2020. It was premiered by Vocalis Chamber Choir in 2021.
The Carolers At My Door (2’) (SATB) (Boosey) Buy
Words by the composer. Premiered by the Gregg Smith Singers.
Hodie/Today on Earth (4.5’) (SATB) Buy
Words by the composer. Commissioned by A Prairie Home Companion.
O Gift of Glorious Sunrise (4‘) (SATB) Buy
Words by the composer. Premiered by Vocális Chamber Choir.
Snow Globe Upon a Sill (3‘30”) (SATB) Buy
Words by the composer. Performed by Harmonia Chamber Singers. Also available in a version for treble voices with piano.
A Star for a Wish (The Great Conjunction) (4‘) (SATB)
Words by the composer. Premiered by Vocális Chamber Choir.
Mallonee was named “Composer-not-in-Residence” for the San Francisco Choral Artists for the 2022-2023 season. Over the course of the year, she wrote several new pieces for SFCA, including new Christmas pieces: