Ambrož Čopi - O RADIX JESSE | KGBL Chamber Choir

O RADIX JESSE
for two soprano soloists and double mixed choir (SATB SATB) a cappella
Text: in Latin: Antiphon for Vespers
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;
before you kings will shut their mouths,
to you the nations will make their prayer:
Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
composed: June 1, 2015
LIVE RECORDING:
Video provided by Taipei International Choral Festival (TICF18)
August 1, 2018, Taipei National Concert Hall, Taiwan
The Chamber Choir of the Ljubljana Conservatory for Music and Ballet, Slovenia
Ambrož Čopi, Conductor

About the composer:
Ambrož Čopi is a composer, conductor, teacher, music motivator and organizer. Already as a young teacher he would encourage his students to create choral music and in time, he became the mentor of Slovenia’s youngest generation of composers. With his choirs, he has stimulated the creation of new works and his collaboration with aspiring composers and creators always proves prolific. His original works, recorded on four CDs, regularly appear on stages around the world. Čopi has led many Slovene choirs and achieved enviable results at home competitions (16 gold plaques) and internationally (26 first places). Currently, he conducts the KGBL Chamber Choir and APZ UP, both ranking among the top Slovenian choir ensembles. For exceptional achievements in music, he has received the highest national awards.
The composer on his work:
The text is about a sapling that will herald a new life. The Savior is foretold as the one who will emerge as a new beginning in human terms in a completely hopeless situation. Right where there is nothing more to see but complete defeat and death, right there is the chosen place of his coming, for God prefers to give himself where there is no hope anymore. As a tender shoot, it appears in our lives with its saving power.
With constantly ascending melodies and harmonies, dialogues and imitations in the double choir and between individual voices, I wanted to bring joy and magic to the anticipation of Christmas. Hope and trust in Him. In the “come and save us” part, I added the feeling of the bells ringing to further support the solemnity of his arrival.
Slovenian text and English translation prepared by Rebeka Dobravec
Editing for youtube channel prepared by Matej Kastelic
Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana, Slovenia / Konservatorij za glasbo in balet Ljubljana (www.kgbl.si)
Sheet Music Published by Astrum Music Publication, Slovenia-Europe (www.astrum.si)
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