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Tarney: The ‘Schuil’ Service Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

Mixed Voices (SATB+)

Tarney: The ‘Schuil’ Service Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

Mixed Voices (SATB+)

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Choral Leaflet

£3.75

Publisher: RSCM Publications
ISBN: C1195
Published: 24/10/2023

‘Schuil’ means ‘hiding place’ in Dutch. Here, it refers to hidden Catholic churches in the Netherlands where clandestine services used to take place. This piece was commissioned jointly between the Koorschool, Delft (for first performance in the Schuilkerk there) and St John’s Cathedral, Knoxville, Tennessee. St John wrote many important texts to the early underground Church, and was himself exiled to Patmos for his religious beliefs, which makes this link particularly interesting. As it happens, over the gate to the entrance of the Schuilkerk in Delft (the Begijnhof) there is an early 14th Century carving depicting St John in exile on the island of Patmos.

Oliver Tarney

Oliver Tarney read music at

Manchester University, where he

completed a master’s degree in

composition. He has worked with the

National Youth Choir of Great Britain,

The Rodolphus Foundation, The Royal

School of Church Music, and Gabrieli

ROAR, among other groups, to enthuse

young people about singing. He also

composes widely and is also published

by Oxford University Press. He has been

commissioned and performed by groups

such as Ora Singers, Sonoro, National

Youth Choir of Great Britain, The Marian

Consort, and The Sixteen among others.

His 2014 Magnificat has been recorded by Serafine Chamber Choir &

Sinfonia to wide critical acclaim. Three Christmas pieces have also

recently been recorded for SANSARA’s acclaimed album, The Waiting

Sky. The St Mark Passion was commissioned by the St Endellion Easter

Festival and first performed in 2019. Recent releases include Prayer to

the Mother of God recorded by the Marian Consort and In Homeward

Flight recorded by ORA Singers, which the Financial Times called

‘ineffable’ and ‘radiant’.

He is Head of Academic Music and Composition at Winchester College

in Hampshire, where he directs a number of the vocal groups, and

sings reqularly with the College’s Chapel Choir.