The Magnificat was commissioned in 2017 by the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg for the Choir of the International Choir Festival C.H.O.I.R. In this setting of the hymn of praise from St Luke’s gospel, we hear the solo soprano as the voice of Mary. The work draws on the wealth of Afro-Caribbean rhythms. The first movement gives a hymn-like expression to the message of the text with the tremendous energy of the Cuban salsa. There are many examples of the relationship between word and music throughout the work. An example of this is the passage "Deposuit potentes" (“He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek”). In this passage, a 9-part canon vividly portrays the words "et exaltavit" and "deposuit" through chromatic passagework in contrary motion extending over an octave.
With this work composer Bobbi Fischer has created a musical bridge between Europe and South America as well as stylistic links to his Missa latina (Carus 28.007). The rhythm group (piano, bass, drums, and percussion) is identical; new instrumental colors from the "Latin world" are added with two obbligato violins and one reedplayer (alto saxophone/flute) – in the place of the bandoneon and violin used in the Missa latina.
The Magnificat is also available on CD (Carus 83.483).
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- Magnificat
- Et exultavit
- Quia respexit humilitatem
- Quia fecit mihi magna
- Et misericordia
- Fecit potentiam
- Deposuit potentes
- Esurientes implevit bonis
- Suscepit Israel
- Sicut locutus est
- Gloria patri
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Bobbi Fischer
| 1965Bobbi Fischer studied school music, jazz and popular music as well as film music at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and the Filmhochschule Ludwigsburg and now works as a pianist and composer. He covers a broad spectrum of jazz, classical and popular music. In addition to compositions for film and theatre, he performs with various bands. For over 25 years, he toured with the music-comedy group Tango Five. Today he performs with his trio ‘Berta Epple’. He lives out his love of Argentine tango with the Raúl Jaurena Trio. In addition to the Carus publishing house, his clients include Musik der Jahrhunderte, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend. He is a lecturer at various workshops.
We asked the composer 5 questions, read them here in our blog: https://blog.carus-verlag.com/en/personalities/5-questions-for-bobbi-fischer/
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... Lekkere swingende, toegankelijke muziek en hier en daar best pittig. Met salsa, tango en andere dansen. Voor koren die eens wat anders willen zeker een aanrader! (Köstlich swingende, zugängliche Musik und hier und da recht würzig. Mit Salsa, Tango und anderen Tänzen. Für Chöre, die etwas anderes wollen, empfehlen wir es sehr!)
ZINGmagazine, 04/05 2019
... Eine breite Palette an vielen weiteren verschiedenen Klangdarstellungen des Chores ... lassen das Werk zu einer abwechslungsreichen Herausforderung für junge Chöre mit Spaß an lebendiger lateinamerikanischer und karibischer Musik werden.
Andreas Frese, Chorzeit 2019
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