Motet a 5 "Kyrie Eleison - Stabat Mater" in C-sharp minor.

Nearly two months after taking down the original, I have decided to re-upload a revised version of this motet, with all contrapuntal flaws present in the first video having been hopefully corrected, as well as the main key having been changed from C minor to C-sharp minor and the Cantāmus rendering accordingly modified.

The soprano line stands as a nigh unadulterated version of a theme I had been working on for years now, for diverse purposes and with varying degrees of success, as this is the only piece I have managed to finish featuring it. I guess it took me a while to realise just how fitting a religious hymn such as the Stabat Mater would be for this configuration, notwithstanding the slight redistribution and duplication of certain verses which in the end does not severely modify the text, save for the metrics of the original first three stanzas.

Enjoy!

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Hi again @Fugax Contrapunctus!

Beautiful work!  I like this work even better because you took care to include some well chosen space/punctuation between the phrases (although I'm sure a choir would be able to make seem like they're continuous anyway but in this case you also gave them instructions for when to leave an 8th note of silence).  But, in measure 40, the mezzo-sopranos seem to have been omitted (by accident?) in the slight pause you gave all the other voices.  Btw - did you overlay the cantamus rendition with some other choir patch and combined them?  It seems like some of the voices are singing words while others are just aah-ing.  But I might just not be hearing it right.  Thanks for sharing!

7 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

[...] But, in measure 40, the mezzo-sopranos seem to have been omitted (by accident?) in the slight pause you gave all the other voices. [...]

Thank you for pointing that out, it will be corrected right away.

7 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

[...] Btw - did you overlay the cantamus rendition with some other choir patch and combined them?  It seems like some of the voices are singing words while others are just aah-ing.  But I might just not be hearing it right. [...]

You're right actually, I did overlay the original MuseSounds choir rendition over the main Cantāmus rendering in order to further enrich the sound and add a semblance of a reverb effect. I'm still not entirely sure just how noticeable this might be to the ears, but overall it was very much intentional and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I like it and think it is a cool conception. I do worry about the range for soprano 1. Staying near and above the staff as often as they do would be difficult for any non-professional choir.