JAMES KALLEMBACH composer
  • HOME
  • Biography
  • MUSIC
    • About My Music
    • Peruse SATB
    • Peruse SSA & TTBB
    • Peruse Solo Voice
    • Peruse Instrumental Music
  • CONTACT
  • Recordings
  • ChoralPerusal

That Yönge Child

That Yönge Child won the 2011 VocalEssence Welcome Christmas carol contest, and was subsequently premiered and aired on a nationally syndicated radio broadcast. The piece has enjoyed many performances since then. 

I wrote the work shortly after the birth of my son, Otto. The poem and the sound of the English Horn both evoked a baby's cry, which was foremost on my mind, at the time! To me, the poem subtlety, I would say subconsciously, foreshadows the crucifixion in the "hoarse" sound of the nightingale. A double-sharp appears in that section, the sign of the cross. The entire work is based on the opening motive in the oboe.

Return To GALLERY
See A Score OR PURCHASE
All photos of James Kallembach are courtesy of  Erielle Bakkum Photography.

Choral

ORATORIOS/MAJOR WORKS
SATB
SSA/TTB

Art Song

A PRIMER OF BIRDS
FOUR ROMANTIC SONGS
JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS

Recordings

​FOUR ROMANTIC SONGS
PASSION
MOST SACRED BODY
© COPYRIGHT 2015.
​ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.