Bob Chilcott - Samba Mass SSA

Composer’s note
In the autumn of 2001 I had a wonderful week working with a group of choral conductors in Rio de Janeiro
in Brazil. On three consecutive nights I went with a few of them to a club with a live samba band and they
tried in vain to teach me to dance. My Northern European heritage really came to the fore at this point and
despite my inability to move in any idiomatic way, from that moment on, the joyous and infectious music of
samba and bossa nova captivated me. In this mass setting I have tried to colour the piece with a sense of this
music, music that is sometimes gentle, sometimes high energy, that reflects the warmth and the smile that is
so characteristic of the people and the country of Brazil.
As with my other jazz mass settings, I have written out an instrumental accompaniment that is intended
to be either played as written or used as a guide. A separate part is available with chord symbols and a
percussion guide, and I would encourage performers to be as creative as they wish to be with the band part.
Guitars with string bass or electric bass would work beautifully in place of the piano part, and any number
of percussion instruments could be added. Please use what you can to give wings to the colour of the samba
and bossa nova.
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Duration: c.13 minutes
Also available:
Samba Mass Guitar, Bass, and Drum Kit Part (978–0–19–352912–0)
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