O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – An Advent Solo for Tenor and Piano

Name: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – An Advent Solo for Tenor and Piano
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Description

A new setting of the great Advent prayer, written as a calm, flowing solo for tenor and piano. The melody is entirely new, not the familiar plainchant tune, and is built to be remembered after one hearing.

The three stanzas follow the hymn’s journey from longing to hope:

O come, O come, Emmanuel: a quiet lament in D minor for Israel in exile.
O come, thou Dayspring: brighter, in the colour of F major. The gloomy clouds of night give way to a lifting flight of notes.
O come, Desire of nations: a closing prayer for the King of Peace in D major.

Each stanza is answered by the refrain “Rejoice! Rejoice!” The piano accompanies with gentle broken chords above the voice. It gives the singer every entry and echoes the ends of his phrases.

Details

Voice: tenor (range F♯3–G4, with G4 only once)
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: about 3¾ minutes
Level: church or concert soloist
Text: Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861), after John Mason Neale; stanza 3 by Henry Sloane Coffin (1916). Public domain.
Suitable for: any Sunday in Advent, Advent Lessons and Carols, anthem, offertory or communion solo

The booklet includes: the full text, a composer’s note, performance notes, a biography of the composer, and the complete score. A QR code links to the score video.

Watch the score video: https://youtu.be/GaMmR7oYwb4