Mack Wilberg - The Prodigal
for SATB and organ or orchestra With a text by David Warner on the parable of The Prodigal Son from St Luke's Gospel, this dramatic choral work brings to life the ancient, universal story of reconciliation and belonging. The closely woven text and music feature an expansive range of expression-plaintive, exuberant, and resolute-before concluding with a transcendent coda that gives way to reverberating 'Amen's. With echoes of some of the minimalist elements of Wilberg's Requiem, as well as Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and John Tavener, the work is scored for mixed voices without soloists, allowing the choir to function like a Greek chorus-sometimes narrating, sometimes participating in the action, sometimes reflecting on it-all underpinned by organ, or orchestra, or chamber ensemble.
for SATB and organ or orchestra
With a text by David Warner on the parable of The Prodigal Son from St Luke's Gospel, this dramatic choral work brings to life the ancient, universal story of reconciliation and belonging. The closely woven text and music feature an expansive range of expression-plaintive, exuberant, and resolute-before concluding with a transcendent coda that gives way to reverberating 'Amen's. With echoes of some of the minimalist elements of Wilberg's Requiem, as well as Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and John Tavener, the work is scored for mixed voices without soloists, allowing the choir to function like a Greek chorus-sometimes narrating, sometimes participating in the action, sometimes reflecting on it-all underpinned by organ, or orchestra, or chamber ensemble.
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MACK WILBERG<br />
the prodigal<br />
for online perusal only<br />
for SATB choir and organ, full orchestra, or chamber orchestra
<strong>Mack</strong> <strong>Wilberg</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Prodigal</strong><br />
for online perusal only<br />
for SATB and organ or orchestra<br />
Forces: SATB & organ/chamber ensemble/orchestra<br />
Orchestration: 3 fl(3+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in A, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt in C, timp, 2 perc, hp, pno,<br />
celeste, str OR perc (1 player), pno, org, str<br />
With a text by David Warner on the parable of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Prodigal</strong> Son from St Luke's Gospel,<br />
this dramatic choral work brings to life the ancient, universal story of reconciliation and<br />
belonging. <strong>The</strong> closely woven text and music feature an expansive range of expressionplaintive,<br />
exuberant, and resolute-before concluding with a transcendent coda that gives<br />
way to reverberating 'Amen's. With echoes of some of the minimalist elements of<br />
<strong>Wilberg</strong>'s Requiem, as well as Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and John Tavener, the work is<br />
scored for mixed voices without soloists, allowing the choir to function like a Greek<br />
chorus-sometimes narrating, sometimes participating in the action, sometimes<br />
reflecting on it-all underpinned by organ, or orchestra, or chamber ensemble.<br />
Forces or Category: SATB & organ/chamber ensemble/orchestra<br />
Orchestration: 3 fl(3+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in A, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt in C, timp, 2 perc, hp, pno,<br />
celeste, str OR perc (1 player), pno, org, str
Commissioned by University of Southern Mississippi Choral Activities, Hattiesburg, MS,<br />
conductors Gregory Fuller, John Flanery, and Webb Parker<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Prodigal</strong><br />
David Warner<br />
(based on Luke 15)<br />
MACK WILBERG<br />
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© Oxford University Press 2016 Printed in Great Britain<br />
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP<br />
<strong>The</strong> Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.
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With a text by David Warner on the parable of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Prodigal</strong> Son from<br />
St Luke’s Gospel, this dramatic choral work brings to life the ancient,<br />
universal story of reconciliation and belonging. <strong>The</strong> closely woven<br />
text and music feature an expansive range of expression—plaintive,<br />
exuberant, and resolute—before concluding with a transcendent<br />
coda that gives way to reverberating ‘Amen’s. With echoes of some<br />
of the minimalist elements of <strong>Wilberg</strong>’s Requiem, as well as Arvo Pärt,<br />
Henryk Górecki, and John Tavener, the work is scored for mixed<br />
voices without soloists, allowing the choir to function like a Greek<br />
chorus—sometimes narrating, sometimes participating in the action,<br />
sometimes reflecting on it—all underpinned by organ, or orchestra,<br />
or chamber ensemble.<br />
for online perusal only<br />
<strong>Mack</strong> <strong>Wilberg</strong> was appointed Music Director of<br />
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 2008, having<br />
served as Associate Music Director since 1999.<br />
He is a former professor of music at Brigham<br />
Young University, where he received his bachelor’s<br />
degree; his master’s and doctoral degrees are from<br />
the University of Southern California. Alongside<br />
<strong>Wilberg</strong>’s conducting responsibilities he is active<br />
as a pianist, choral clinician, composer, arranger,<br />
and guest conductor throughout the United States<br />
and abroad. In addition to the many compositions<br />
he has written for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir,<br />
his works have been performed by artists such as<br />
Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, Rolando Villazón, Deborah Voigt,<br />
and <strong>The</strong> King’s Singers. <strong>Wilberg</strong>’s arrangements and compositions are performed<br />
and recorded all over the world.<br />
Also by <strong>Mack</strong> <strong>Wilberg</strong>:<br />
<strong>Mack</strong> <strong>Wilberg</strong> Anthems (978–0–19–339819–1)<br />
<strong>Mack</strong> <strong>Wilberg</strong> Carols (978–0–19–387016–1)<br />
My Song in the Night (978–0–19–380499–9)<br />
Requiem (978–0–19–380454–8)<br />
Cover image: detail from <strong>The</strong> Return of the <strong>Prodigal</strong> Son,<br />
by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666).<br />
Diocesan Museum, Wloclawek, Poland.<br />
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