Colin Mawby

Colin Mawby ( born September 5, 1936 in Portsmouth) is an English organist, choirmaster and composer. It derived from the 1961 church music at Westminster Cathedral and from 1981 was director of the choir of Radio Éireann Telefís. In 2006 he was appointed Knight of the Papal Gregoriusorden. He is considered one of the most famous contemporary English composers of sacred music.

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Life

Colin John Beverley Mawby received his earliest musical education at the choir school of Westminster Cathedral. He assisted George Malcolm there on the organ from the age of 12 at. The boys sang per week in 14 to 15 church services and were given ten hours samples, including Gregorian chant. Mawby studied at the Royal College of Music with Gordon Jacob. During this time he worked with Adrian Boult and Malcolm Sargent.

He was first assistant at Westminster Cathedral and was then 1961-1976 Master of the Music. During this time he conducted the first performances of the ensemble for Early Music Pro Cantione Antiqua. He also worked with the London Mozart Players, the Wren Orchestra, Belgian Radio Choir and the BBC Singers. He entered St Paul 's Cathedral in front of the Queen of England, at Westminster Cathedral for President John F. Kennedy, and in the Vatican Basilica for Pope John Paul II.

In 1981 he became head of the Radio Choir of Radio Éireann Telefís, later also artistic director of the National Chamber Choir in Dublin. In 1985 he founded the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and a children's choir.

Mawby now lives in County Dublin in Ireland and London.

Honors

In 2006 he was awarded for his services to the church music of the papal Gregoriusorden. In 2012, he entered his name in the Golden Book of the city of Magdeburg. In 2013, Colin Mawby signed the Golden Book of Rheda -Wiedenbrück.

Works

Mawby composed numerous works for the liturgy of the Catholic Church in England, masses, motets and antiphons, including Psalms (such as Psalm 23, 121, 150), and song settings. His Requiem of Hope ( Requiem of Hope) for soprano, mixed choir and organ, composed from 1995 to 2002, based on texts by Henry Vaughan, John Henry Newman and anonymous texts. A Te Deum for soprano, mixed choir, organ and brass was premiered in 2006 in Cambridge, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. His setting of Psalm 113, Laudate Pueri Dominum, was first performed in 2011 in Westminster Cathedral Hall. For the choir of St. Boniface in Wiesbaden, the 2012 will be celebrating its 150th anniversary, he composed the Missa Solemnis Boniface Mass for soprano, mixed choir, children's choir, oboe and organ, which was premiered on 3 October 2012, led by Gabriel Dessauer. The " sounded magnificent and impressive and musically haunting " mass was performed on 3 November 2012 at the Frankfurt Cathedral, this time with organist Andreas Boltz at the organ.

Secular Works include two children's operas, The Torc of Gold (1996) and The Quest (2000 ), both premiered on librettos by Maeve Ingoldsby, on behalf of the National Chamber Choir, and in Dublin under his leadership. He wrote, among other things, five song cycles and a Christmas cantata for children.

Mawby remarked on his work for choirs: I can not write choral music when I'm not working with choirs. ... I need to write for specific people. (I can not write choral music Unless I work with choirs Now that's a subjective judgment: .. . Did I know lots of people can do thesis things, I can not I have to write for Particular people)

Selection

The compositions listed below have been listed by the Biederitzer Kantorei:

  • Homage to Martin Luther: composed for the Biederitzer Kantorei, world premiere (2012 )
  • Et Verbum Caro Factum Est: composed for the Biederitzer Kantorei, world premiere (2011)
  • Missa Solemnis: composed for the Biederitzer Kantorei, world premiere (2010)
  • A Song of Hope: German premiere (2009)
  • Te Deum: German premiere (2009)
  • A Fun Gloria: German premiere (2007)
  • Christ vincit: German premiere (2007)
  • Quoniam Angelis Suis

The compositions listed below have been listed by the Children 's and Youth Choirs of St. Aegidius:

  • Sicut Cervus: composed for the youth choirs St.Aegidius, world premiere (2013 )
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