Choral music competition twice (2012, 2014), College, Oxford, the choir of
the Jerome Hynes composition Salisbury Cathedral, the National
Doherty has an extensive and competition, the St Giles's Youth Choir of Scotland, the choir
varied choral catalogue, which Cathedral Edinburgh anthem of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh,
includes sacred and secular composition competition, the Chicago a cappella, the Grant Park
(accompanied and a cappella) Fragments Choral Composition Chorus, Chicago, Laetare Vocal
works for SATB choirs of every Award (in association with Historic Ensemble, Voci nuove, the
ability. Scotland), and the Prix pour une Mornington Singers, and New
Doherty’s choral works have œuvre de création at the Dublin Voices.
garnered numerous awards: he international choral festival
has won the Feis Ceoil choral Florilège Vocal de Tours, France. For all the latest news and events,
composition award four times Doherty’s choral pieces have follow on Twitter: @SenDoherty
(2009, 2011, 2014, 2016), the Choir been performed by choirs
and Organ Magazine composition including the choir of Merton
Contents
Modern Irish Lyrics Page Three Medieval English Carols Page
A Crazed Girl 1 Blessed Be That Maid Marie 8
Testament 1 This Endris Night 9
A Nywe Werk 9
A Crazed Girl
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Seán Doherty
Languid, senza misura Più mosso
A Crazed Girl
mp f p ff mf f p f
# U U
œ Ó U U
& #à œ œ œ Ó œ œ œ œ Ó
Soprano Solo
œ œ œ
œ œ œ
Year composed: 2015 O O, O, O, sea - starved, hun - gry
Voicing: SATB
Duration: 3’30”
2 p
° ## ffœ mp
œ œ
S. Solo & œ œ
Text: William Butler Yeats (English) sea. O, sea - starved sea.
Premiere Information: ° ## U U
œ
S. Solo & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
14 November 2015. Sligo poco rit. O, sea - starved, hun - gry sea. O, sea - starved
Ensemble. 3 3
sfz o
#
A. & # œ- œ #œ Œ #œ- œ œ œ œ
po - et - ry danc - ing up -on the shore
sfz o
# 3 3
T. & # œ- œ œ Œ œ- œ œ œ œ
‹ po - et - ry danc - ing up -on the shore
sfz o
3
? ## -œ œ œ Œ
3
B.
œ- œ œ œ œ
¢
po - et - ry danc - ing up -on the shore
Testament Testament
Heather Brett Seán Doherty Year composed: 2014
Voicing: SATB
Very slow, senza misura Enter and repeat independently of other singers
A p mp
Duration: 8’
° ˙ ˙ c. 30"
SOPRANO & Ã ˙ ˙
Enter and repeat
independently of
other singers
be - come Enter and repeat independently
of other singers
Text: Heather Brett (English)
pp f pp
c. 45"
p mp
c. 15"
Difficulty level: 2
About: Commissioned by Cavan
ALTO & Ã T/B begin together and repeat at
tempi independent of other singers
*
)
˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
Arts to celebrate the opening of
, Sssh... be - long
whistle wind
pp mf pp
the Marble Arch Cave UNESCO
c. 1'
TENOR &Ã w
Global Geopark.
‹
overtone singing
Premiere Information:
(change shape of ,
tongue in mouth)
1
Speaker recites first verse of poem
(in performance notes) mf
c. 60" Increase in tempo and dynamics
& with each repetition
c. 30"
p mp mf
SEÁN DOHERTY
SACRED WORKS
Et clamabant (...and Et clamabant
Excited q. = 66
mf f
° b6 Œ ™
‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ™ Œ™ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ™
Year composed: 2013
S. & 8 ∑ ∑
> >
et cla - ma - bant et cla - ma - bant
Voicing: SATB 6 Ϊ
mf
‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ™ Œ™
f
A. & b 8 ∑ ∑ ∑ ‰ œ œ
Duration: 4’
¢ >
et cla - ma - bant et cla-
T. & b ˙™ ˙™ ˙™
‹ bant di - - - - cen - - - -
B.
?b ˙™ ˙™ ˙™
¢
cla - - - - ma - - - - bant
2
for the choir of St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
Jubilate Deo
Jubilate Deo
Year composed: 2012
Psalm 100
Book of Common Prayer (1662)
Seán Doherty
Difficulty level: 4
3
#4 3
A. & 4 ∑ Ó ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
About: Awarded St Giles' Cathedral
˙ w œœ œ
O be joy - - ful in the
f ff
3 Edinburgh composition prize 2012
œ 3œ œ
by composer James MacMillan.
#4 ∑ w w w w
T. & 4 w
‹
Premiere Information:
O be joy - - - ful in the
f ff
Cathedral.
Allegro q = 120
#4 ˙˙˙
& 4 ∑ ∑ Ó ˙ ˙˙ ww
ww œ #œ œ #œ
Org. f
#4
{ & 4Ó ˙˙˙
≈‰ ≈‰ Œ
˙ ˙˙ ww
ww ww
ww ww
ww œ œ œ œ
5 5
Ped.
? # 44
w w w w w w
f
7 3
3
° #w œœœ w w
S. &
Lord all ye lands;
3
# 3
A. & w
œœœ w
w
Lord all ye lands;
Easter Wings
3
# œ 3œ œ w
T. & w w Easter Wings
Seán Doherty
‹ Lord George Herbert (1593-1633)
Ped.
?#
w w w
.j .j .j 5 5 5
3 ∑
w™ ### œœœœ ‰ ‰ œœœœ ∑w™ ### œœœœ ‰ ≈ œœœœ œœœœ Ów™ ≈# œ # œ # œ n œ Œ ≈œœœœ≈œœœœ
&
mp mf
w™ . . .
& ∑ ###œœœœ ‰ ‰ œœœœ w
∑
™ ###œœœœ ‰ ≈ œœœœ œœœœ w
Ó
™ ≈ #œ #œ #œ nœ Œ ≈œœœœ≈œœœœ
{ J J J
5 5 5
? ∑ ∑ w™
nœ œ œœ œœ nœ œ œ œ œ œ
nœ# œ# œ# œ œ œ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ # œ# œ# œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œ
6
&
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
œ#œ#œ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
#œnœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ#œ#œnœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
{ &
? ˙ #˙ #˙ w™
3
SEÁN DOHERTY
THREE POEMS OF LOLA RIDGE
Under-Song
Year composed: 2014
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Duration: 5’
Text: Lola Ridge (English)
Difficulty level: 4
About: Winner of Mornington
Singers Composition Competition
for Dr Orla Flanagan
Premiere Information:
22 November 2014. Adam and
Eve's Church, Dublin. The
Mornington Singers.
About Lola Ridge Francisco in 1907 before settling in her adoptive city of New York.
Greenwich Village in 1908, where Ridge received a Guggenheim
Irish-American anarchist poet Lola she earned her living as a model Fellowship in 1935 and the Shelley
Ridge (1873–1941) was an early and factory worker while writing Memorial Award of the Poetry
Modernist, a political radical, and an and involving herself in radical Society of America in 1934 and
ardent feminist. She was born in causes. Ridge published five books 1935. She died of tuberculosis at
Dublin, and grew up in Australia of poetry, most of which were age 66.
and New Zealand, moving to San inspired by the urban landscape of
4
It’s Strange About
It’s Strange About Stars Stars
Lola Ridge (1873-1941) Seán Doherty
Year composed: 2016
q = 50 Slow
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Duration: 3’30”
° # 4 pp ˙˙
p
œœ œ œ œ
pp
Œ ˙˙
p
œœ œ œ œ
mp
SOPRANO & 4œ ˙ œ ˙˙ ™™ œ
Text: Lola Ridge (English)
- -
It’s strange a - bout stars. It’s strange a - bout stars. It’s
Difficulty level: 3
pp p pp p mp
#4
Œ ˙˙ ™™
About: A lush, yet accessible,
ALTO & 4œ ˙˙ œœ œ œ- œ œ ˙˙ œœ œ œ- œ œ
˙
It’s strange a - bout stars. It’s strange a - bout stars. It’s
mf f pp Dreams
mp
YearS.composed:
œœ2014
# ˙˙ U
˙˙ YY
& œ œ- œ œ œ œ œ œ œLolaœRidge Ó Œ
- œ (1873-1941) œ
Voicing: SATB
-
strange a - bout stars, a - bout stars, a - bout stars. Moderato
(s) q = 60 You sfz mf
Duration: # 4’30”
mf sfz pp f 3
°fU 2 #œ nœ ™ œ 5 n˙ ™ mp
#œ nœ ™ œ 42 nœ œ œ 43
SOPRANO &4 4 œû ‰ Œ Ó™
ŒJ œ
Text: Lola ˙Ridgeœ (English)
A. & ˙ œ œ œ- œ œ œ œ- œ œ œ œ- œ ˙˙ YY Ó
Men die Men d - d - d -
Difficulty level: mf 5
strange a - bout stars, a - bout stars, a - bout stars. (s) You
f sfz pp f sfz mf
About:
T. &Winner of œ
œ Feis Ceoil
2 5 j 2 3
# ˙
œ œ œALTO
U
˙& 4 n˙ YY 4œ œ #œ ∑ œû ‰ Œ Ó™ n˙ 4 #œj ‰ œj ‰ 4
˙ œ œ- œ œ œ -œ œ - œ ˙
choral composition awardstars, a -
‹ strange Men die Men, Me - (nuh)
a - bout bout stars, a - bout stars. (s)
2014. ? # ˙
mf f pp sfz f
œ œ -œ œ œ œ -œ œ œ œ TENOR ˙& 42
-œ œ U ∑Y 5
4 Ó™ nœ#œ ™ œ n˙ ™ œû ‰ Œ 2
4 ∑ 3
4
Runner-up in Seán œ Ó Riada
B. ˙‹ Y ∑ J
¢ ˙ Men die
Premiere Information:
f ff
3 > >. >. >. 5 2 3
A. & 4 >. >. . 4 œ nœ œ bœ œû ‰ Ó 4 ∑ 4
12 July 2014. New Dublin d - (ha) - (ha) - (ha) - (ha) - (ha) - ie.
Voices. St Ann’s Church, mf
3
Dublin.
3 5 œ nœ ™ œ 2- œ- œ- 3
T. &4 ∑ 4 Ó™ 4 #œ 4
‹ Men n - n - n -
sfz mf
Subsequent performers: ?3 5 #˙ 2 nœ œ 3
∑ 4 Ó™ 4J ‰ J ‰ 4
Voci nuove
B.
¢ 4
Men, Me - (he) -
8 sfz
° 3 5 2
S. &4 ∑ 4 Ó™ #œ nœ ™ œ 4
‘Men die… Men
sfz
3 5 2
4 Ó™
Dreams only
A. &4 ∑ n˙ 4
Men,
f ff sfz
change their
5
T.
3
& 4 #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 45 ˙ œû ‰ œ nœ ™ œ 2
J 4
‹ n - n - n - n - n - n - n - n - n - n - n die. Men
f ff sfz
houses.’
n˙
? 3 >. >. ≈ 5 œû ‰ 2
B.
¢ 4 >. >. 4 nœ œ #œ nœ 4
>. >.
—Lola Ridge
(he) - (he) - (he) - (he) - (he) - en die. Men,
5
SEÁN DOHERTY
FOUR TEXTS OF ST COLUMBA
Voicing: SSAATTBB
mp p mp
° bb 4 Œ ‰ œ w w ˙™ ‰œ w
Duration: 3’30”
Soprano 1 & 4 J J
In te, tu es
Text: attrib. St Columba (Latin)
Difficulty level: 4 mp p mp
hum
About: Awarded Prix pour une
b4 œ œ œ œ ˙ w ˙ ™ ‰ œJ œ œ œ ‰ ˙
Soprano 2 &b 4 Œ ‰J J
œuvre de création at the In te, Chris te tu es De - us
mp p mp
˙™
‰ œJ w
b4 w
Tenor 1 &b 4 ∑ Ó Œ ‰ œJ
‹ mi - se se
mp p mp
Tenor 2
b4
&b 4 ∑ Ó Œ ‰ œJ œ œ œ ˙ w ˙™ ‰ œJ
‹ mi - se -re - a se
mp
˙ w w
Bass 1
? bb 4 ∑
4 Ó Ó Œ ‰ œJ
ris o - - - -
mp
œ œ œ *œ hum
? b4 ‰ œJ w w
¢ b4 ∑
Bass 2 Ó Ó Œ
ris om -ni - um
œœ bœ6œœ nœ 4 œ bœ œ nœ 4
b 4 2 4
& b bb 4 w Ó
œœ bœ œœ nœ ∑ w
Ó
Piano n˙ n˙
(for rehearsal w w
only) n˙ œœ œ n˙ œœ œ
? bb b 44 nœ œ bœ ∑ nœ œ bœ 42 œ nœ ∑œ bœ 44
{ b Ó Ó
My Hand is Weary
With Writing
Year composed: 2012
Voicing: SATB
Duration: 2’
Text: attrib. St Columba (Irish)
Difficulty level: 1
About: An easy companion
piece to Doire.
3
° √ mf
S. & ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ‰ j 4
œ 4
remaining soli Is
Derry,
√
p mp mf
T. & w
w w
w w
w w
w
4
4
‹
For its stillness, for
(mm)
√
mf
B.
? w w w w 4
¢ w w w w 4
° 4 3 3 3 f 3
white angels
mf f 3
A.
4
&4 Œ ‰ j œ œ œ Ó
w w w ˙ œ œ œ œ œ
mf f 3
?4 Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙™
B.
¢ 4ww w
w w
w
˙
–St Columba
˙
...mmah Is ai - re cha - ra - im Doi - re
7
SEÁN DOHERTY
THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH CAROLS
Blessed be that Maid Difficulty level: 3 Subsequent performers:
About: Winner of Choir and Mornington Singers; Choir of
Marie Organ Magazine composition Christ Church Cathedral,
Year composed: 2012 competition 2012. Cincinnati; Grant Park Festival
Voicing: SATB Premiere Information: Chorus, Chicago; Acappellago,
Duration: 3’ 23 December 2012. Choir of Chicago; Chicago A cappella;
Text: Anon. 15th-Century English Salisbury Cathedral, England. New Dublin Voices.
8
in memory of the innocents of Syria 2012
This Endris Night
Year composed: 2012
This Endris Night
Voicing: SATB
Anon. Medieval English Seán Doherty
Anon. Medieval French
Duration: 4’
Gently rocking q. = 52
° b6 p
∑ ∑ Œ™ Œ œj œ™ œj œ œ™ œ œj œ™ œj œ j
Text: Anon. Medieval English;
SOPRANO & 8 œ™ œ œ
Difficulty level: 3
p
6
& b8 ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ œj œ ™ œ œj œ ™ œ œj œ ™ j
ALTO œ œ œ™
by, by, by, by, by, by, by, by, About: This setting of This
6
mp
j j Endris Night is underpinned
œ™ œ œ
with a contemporaneous
TENOR & b8 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ™ œ œ J
œ œ œ™
‹
French song, L’homme armé,
L'hom - me, l'hom - me, l'homme ar -
mp mf
which warns of an approaching
? 6 œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ™ ˙™
BASS
¢ b8 J J J ∑ ∑ ∑
L'hom - me, l'hom - me, l'homme ar - mé, army—a faint, gentle, and
8 mf
hopeless warning to the
innocents of the Middle East,
° b j j j ˙™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œJ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ J J J
lay, Lul - lay, Lul - lay, Lul - lay, This en - dris night I saw a sight a star as bright as written at the start of the Syrian
mf p
civil war.
& b œ œj œ ™ œ œj œ ™ œ œj œ ™ œ j
œ œ™ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ™
œ œ œ œ™
by, by, by, by, by, by, by, by, This night I saw a sight
Premiere Information: 15
mf mp
j Ϫ j
& b ˙™ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ™ œœ œœ
J
œ œ œ™
‹ mé, L'hom - me, l'hom - me,l'homme ar - December 2015. University
?
mp
œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ™ ˙ ™
p
Church, St Stephen’s Green,
Dublin. Laetare Vocal Ensemble.
¢ b ∑ J J J ˙™ ˙™
L'hom - me, l'hom - me, l'homme ar - mé, l'homme ar -
15
° b œ™ p
Œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j j j j j
& J J J œ œ œ œ™ Œ œ œ œ œ œ
day And ev - er a - mong, a maid - en sung, 'Lul - lay, by, by, lul - lay'. Lul - lay, by, by, Lul -
p
j j j
& b œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ ™
Œ œ
A Nywe Werk
a star, a maid - en sung 'Lu - lay, by, by lu - lay'. Lul
mf
Year& b composed:
˙™ Œ 2014 œ œ œ ˙™
J J
œ œ œ œ
J J
œ™ œ œ
J œ œj œ™
Voicing: SSAATTBB
‹ mé, L'homme ar - mé L'homme ar - mé doibt on doub - ter,
Duration:
?b 3’ ˙™ Œ™ Œ œ
Text: mé,
Anon. 15th-century English
¢ ˙™ ˙™ ˙™
˙™ J
Difficulty level: 4
doibt on doub - ter, Lul
9
SEÁN DOHERTY
TWO CAROLS
Can it be True? Susan Hill (b. 1942)
Can it be True?
Year composed: 2014 Allegro Seán Doherty
Voicing: SATB
(2+3 sempre) e=e (2+2+3 sempre)
mf f mf
° #5 Œ 7 5 j 6
Duration: 2’30”
& 8 j ‰ Œ 8Œ œ j
œ œ Œ Œ™ 8œ j œ œ œ 8
œ œ œ œ œ œ
Text: Susan Hill (English)
Christ - mas Eve Twelve of the clock Christ - mas Eve Twelve of the
#5 mf f mf
j 7 5 j 6
Difficulty level: 3 & 8 ∑ Œ Œ Œ™ Œ Œ™
œ œ 8œ œ œ
j 8
œ œ œ œ œ 8
About: A fun setting of a Christmas
Christ - mas Eve Twelve of the clock Twelve of the
mf f mf
#5 j
carol by contemporary poet Susan & 8Œ ‰ Œ 7 j Œ™ 5 œ 68
œ j
œ œ 8Œ œ œ œ œ
Œ 8œ j
œ œ
œ œ
‹
Hill, which calls for all the barnyard
Christ - mas Eve Twelve of the clock Christ - mas Eve Twelve of the
mf f mf
animal noises at the Nativity. œ 87 œ
? #5 œ Œ™ j 5 Œ™ œ 68
¢ 8 ∑ Œ
J
Œ Œ œ œ œ 8œ œ #œ
J
Christ - mas Eve Twelve of the clock Twelve of the
Premiere Information:
(q. = 74)
f mf fp mp mf f
7
mf fp mf f
#6 j j 3 6
& 8 œ™ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ™ 4˙ œ œ #œ ˙ ˙™ ˙™ 8
'
clock The mes - sage was heard un-der ground,
mf fp mf f
#6 j j 3 6
& 8 œ™ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ™ 4 ˙™ ˙ œ œ œ™ ˙ #˙ ™ 8
‹ '
clock The mes - sage was heard on wi- res,
mf fp
? #6 j œ œ œ œ œ™ 3 ˙™ ˙™ ˙ œf ˙™ 6
¢ 8 œ™ œ ‰ J 4 8
clock
' The mes-sage was heard in dreams.
non legato
mf
œ œ #œ œ bœ The
nœ Cherry Tree Carol
13 mp
° #6 Œ ™ nœ j
The & 8
Cherry Tree Carol nœ œ œ bœ nSeán Doherty œ œ Œ
∑
(arrangement)
Anon. (Trad. American Carol)
Heard by the fox slink - ing up to the hens in the dark
Andante q = 72 non legato
p #6 mf
Ϊ
Year composed: œ œ 2009
° b3 & 8 œ œ∑ œ œ ∑ ‰ bœ œ nœ œ œ
Soprano & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˙ œ œ œ
Voicing: SATB with divisi
And the wolf prowl - ing near to the
When Jo - seph was an old man, an #old man was he, he
Duration: 5’
p
& 8
6 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
3
&b 4 œ œ ‹ œ (close
Text:
>˙ ™ Anon. Trad. American (English)
Alto œ œ œ œ œ œ œimmediately
œ onto˙'ng') œ
f sempre
>˙™ ˙™
he,˙™
Difficulty level: 2
When Jo - seph was an old man, an
p ? #old
6 man was he
¢ 8
About: A dramatic arrangement of a
Tenor
3
&b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ˙ œ œ
œ Dong! Dong!
A. &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ
œ œ œ
court - ed Vir - gin Ma - ry, the Queen of Gal - li - lee, he
T. &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ
‹ court - ed Vir - gin Ma - ry, the Queen of Gal - li - lee, he
? œ œ œ œ™ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ J
B. ¢ bœ œ
court - ed Vir - gin Ma - ry, the Queen of Gal - li - lee, he
10
10 mf
° j
S. & b œ™ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ
court - ed Vir - gin Ma - ry the Queen of Ga - li - lee. When
SEÁN DOHERTY
EASY / ACCESSIBLE WORKS
Together
Year composed: 2016
Voicing: SATB and piano (orchestral
Together
Commissioned by Pride in London Festival 2016
Lyrics by Music by
?b Œ œ œ œœœœ ˙™ Œ ‰ œj œœ œ œ œ œ œœ ˙˙ ™ Œ
¢ bb Œ ‰ J ™
Premiere Information:
Œ Œ
Rise up from pain, ne ver hide a - gain
œj œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œj
onstage in Trafalgar Square
? bb ‰ œ œ œ œ ™ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ w
¢ b ‰ œJ œ œ œ™ œJ œ œ œ œ ‰ œJ w
London, at Pride in London Let us fly to wards the sun and spread our wings to them
Festival. b œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œœ
œœ œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ œ œœ œœ œ œœœ œ œ
& b b œ™ œ œ œ œ™ œJ œ ™ œ œ œ œ ™ œJ œ™ œ
J
Pno. f j
j
{? bb œœ ™™
b œ™ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ ™™™ œœ œœ œœ
œJ œ œ
œœœ™™™ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœ ™™™ œœœ œœœ œœœ
J
= 13
° b f™ unis.
& b b ˙˙™ ‰ ≈ œr œ œ ‰ œ œœœ œ Œ
œ œ œœœœ œ ‰ ≈ œr
Choir To ge ther we re mem ber those who came be fore To
f unis. œ œ œœœœ œ
? b ˙™ ‰ ≈ œR œ œ ‰ œ œœœ œ Œ ‰ ≈ œR
¢ b b ˙™
To ge ther we re mem ber those who came be fore To
b ˙˙ ™™ j
&b b ‰ œ œ œ™ œœ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œœ
Pno. f
j
? bb œœœ ™™™ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœ ™™ œœ œœ œœœ œœ ™™™ œœœ œœœ œœœ
{ b J œ™ œ œ œ J
11
Rise Up Text: Song of Songs, 2:10 KJV of two singers. SSAA version also
(English) available.
Year composed: 2016 Difficulty level: 1 Premiere Information: 13 June
Voicing: Two sop. soli and SATB About: A never-ending canon 2016. Freemasons’ Hall, Dublin.
Duration: 3’ (indeterminate) written to celebrate the wedding Dulciana.
q = 120
° ® ß
Soprano Soli & ∑ ∑ ∑ í ™™ Ó œ w Ó œ œ w
œ
Rise up, Rise up,
˙ ˙ Ä˙ ™
& í ™™ ˙
SOPRANO
˙ ˙ ˙ œ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
way, come, come Come, a -
Ä
ALTO & í ™™ ˙ ™ œ ˙™ œ ˙™ œ ˙ œ œ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
way, Come, come, come, come, come, come, a -
Ä
TENOR & í ™™ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙™ œ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
˙ ˙
‹ way Come, come, come, come a
BASS
? í ™™ Äœ ˙™ œ ˙™ œ ˙™ œ ˙™ ™™î~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
¢
Come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come,
w ˙ ˙ w
& Ó œ œ w Ó ˙ ˙ Ó Ó ˙ ˙™ œ w ™™î
Rise up, My love, My fair one, and come a way.
Performance Notes
Structure
This is a never-ending canon, so this suggested structure is not prescriptive. The Basses begin, and, with each repetition, the other voice parts enter (in the order Tenor, Alto, Soprano),
beginning at the note marked by the downward arrow. Any time after the SATB ground has been established, the two soprano soli enter: first at a canon at two-bar distance (entry
point marked by serpent), then at a canon at one-bar distance (entry point marked by dashed serpent), then, finally, together. When this final entry is completed, the process of the entries
is reversed; the parts drop out after each repetition (after the word ‘away’), beginning with the sopranos (then in the order Alto, Tenor, Bass), until only the Basses are left singing.
Mary of Graces
Dynamics
All parts should begin p and then crescendo poco a poco until mf, when all voices have entered. Soli parts should always be mf-f.
(arrangement)
After the soli parts finish, the process goes in reverse, with a tutti diminuendo until only the basses are left, singing pp. Mary of Graces
Anon., trans. Douglas Hyde Traditional Irish Melody
arr. Seán Doherty
Andante q = 75
Year composed: 2010 #3
& #4 Ó œ œ -œ ‰ ‰ œj œ œ -œ ‰ ‰ œj œ œ -œ œ œ œ œ œ -œ œ œ œ œ œ
Voicing: S/A T/B (two voices) and
J J
organ
Organ
f ˙ ™™ ˙™
? ## 3 Ó™ ˙ ™™ ˙™
Duration: 3’
˙ ˙™ ˙
Text: Anon., trans. Douglas Hyde
{ 4 ˙™
Ped.
˙™ ˙™ ˙™
˙™
˙™
(English)
Difficulty level: 1 6
° ## Œ Œ œ œ
mp tenderly
˙˙ ™™ ˙˙™™ ˙˙ œœ œœ ˙˙ œœ™™ œœ œœ
# ˙˙ ™™ ˙˙ œœ
&# J
Org. p
13
° ##
S./A. ¢& œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œœ
œ œ œ ˙ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
right - eous have trod, And pray - est thou save me from E - vil's con - trol, And may - est thou save me in
# œ ˙ œœ ™™ œœ œ
&#œ ˙ Jœ ˙˙ ™™ ˙˙ œœ ˙˙ ™™ ˙˙ ™™ ˙˙ ™™ ˙˙ œœ
Org.
12 ˙ ™
? ## Ó˙™ Ó ™ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙™
{ ™ ˙™ ˙™ n˙™
˙™ ˙˙ ™™ ˙™ ˙™
˙™
All the Things Duration: 3’ Premiere Information: 7 May 2016.
Text: C.S. Lewis (English) St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast. Phil
Magicians Do Difficulty level: 1 Kids’ Choirs and Ulster Orchestra.
Year composed: 2016 About: Commissioned by the
Voicing: SATB and piano (SSS Belfast Philharmonic Society on
version also available). Full the occasion of the Phil Kids’ 10th
orchestral version also available. Anniversary Season 2015–16.
Allegretto
# #7 œœœ œœœ ‰ œœœ ‰ œœœ œœœ ‰ œœœ ‰ œœœ œœœ ‰ œœœ ‰ œœœ œœœ ‰ œœœ ‰
 J J J J
Pno.
? ### 7 œ œ™
œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™
{
5
8
mp playful
œ œ œ
œ œ
œ
##œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™
œ œ™ œ J
&# J
Pno. mf
? ### œ œ œ œ œœ ™™ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ™
{ œ œ œœ™™ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ™
9
All choirs
° ### mf unis. j œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ ∑ ∑
S./A. & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ J œ J
All the things ma - gi - cians do Could be done by me and you, Free - ly, if we on - ly knew.
mf unis. œ œ œ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™
T./B.
? ### œ œ œ œJ œ œ œ ™ œ œ J J ∑ ∑
¢
All the things ma - gi - cians do Could be done by me and you, Free - ly, if we on - ly knew.
## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& # œœ œœ ‰œœJ ‰ œœ œœ ‰œœJ ‰ œœ œœ ‰œœœJ ‰ œœ œœ ‰œœJ ‰ œœ œœ œœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œ œ œ œJ œ œ œ™
Pno.
? ### œ œ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œœ
{ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ™
17 Childrens' Choir
° ### j œ œ
S./A.
¢& œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ J
œ œ œ™
œ œ
Hu - man child - ren ev’ ry day Could play at games the fai - rys play
## œœ œœ ‰ œœ ‰ œœ œœ ‰ œœ ‰ œœ œœ ‰ œœ ‰ œœ œœ ‰ œœœ ‰
&# œ œ
J
œ
J
œ œ
J
œ
J
œ œ
J
œ
J
œ œ
J J
Pno.
? ### œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™ œ œ™
{ œ œ œ œ
21
° ### œ œ œ œ ∑ 9 ∑ 7
S./A.
¢& œ J œ œ™ 8 8
If they were but shown the way.
## œœ œœ œœœ œ œœ œœ œ œ 98 œ j j
&# œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 7
J > > > 8
Pno.
? ### œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 9 œ œ œ 7
{ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 8œ J J >œ >œ >œ
8
A
25
° ### 7 j 9 7 œ 9œ
Tr.
¢& 8 œ œ œ œ 8œ j j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 87
œ œ œ œ œ œ 8œ J 8 J J
Ev’ - ry man a God would be, La - ha - ha - augh - ing through e - ter - ni - ty, (ha - ha - ha!)
# #7 œœœ œœœ ‰ œœœ ‰ 9 œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ 7 œ œœœ ‰ œœœ ‰ 9 œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ 7
 J 8 8 œœ J 8 8
Pno.
? ### 7 œ œ™ 9œ œ œ œ 87 œ œ™ 9œ œ œ œ 7
{ 8 œ 8 œ œ 8 œ 8
13
SEÁN DOHERTY
CHORAL CATALOGUE 2017
www.seandohertymusic.co.uk