Nox from Illuminare
Choral Warmups
Please enjoy these complimentary choral warmups that focus on specific vowels, rhythms, articulation, dynamics, and phrasing relevant to each corresponding piece.
Each downloadable PDF contains a conductor resource, singer page, and a piano accompaniment page. Feel free to create photocopies or project these warmups for your choir!
Preview
the Music
Nox, the third movement from Illuminare, offers your singers a thrilling and satisfying vocal experience from start to finish. Sensing an ominous shadow on the horizon, the choir sings the traditional Kyrie text. Then, a percussive B-minor blast of fury disrupts the world as the text turns to “Nox et tenebrae” (night and darkness). Accented rhythms and mixed meter further create chaos, confusion, and despair. With its dynamic range and rhythmic intensity, Nox is a great contrast piece for concerts or festivals. Scored for piano and percussion or chamber orchestra accompaniments.
“Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy.”
- Traditional Greek
“Night and darkness and fog,
confused world and turmoil
dark gloom tears the earth”
- Prudentius Clemens
Additional Nox
Resources
