Adapted for women's choir

There is often a lack of male voices in choirs. Conversely, female choirs are looking for new heavyweights in their repertoire. This leads publishers to publish works for mixed choir or soloists in a new form. Here are some examples from Bärenreiter.

Vivaldi's famous Gloria was composed in 1716 in the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage in Venice, where Vivaldi worked as a caregiver and musician. It is therefore reasonable to assume that it was also performed there, and thus exclusively by children's voices. The arrangement by Malcolm Bruno shows that this masterful composition does not suffer any loss of quality even in the version for equal voices.

The Kyrie for two four-part female choirs and two string groups unfolds its own charm in this arrangement. Combined with the Gloria results to a certain extent in a short measurement setting.

Mozart's universally popular Coronation Mass and the Missa brevis in D for three-part female choir. Such adaptations require expertise and musical sensitivity. Heribert Breuer attempts to preserve the substance of the original versions and at the same time gives them a new sound character.

In the performance history of Pergolesi's Stabat mater there are indications that there were earlier choral performances. The new arrangement by Malcolm Bruno mixes solo aria movements with three-part choruses and movements for three individual voices, with the existing musical material forming the basis for the newly added parts. The repertoire for female choir has thus been extended by another famous work.

Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria RV 589, arranged for choir SSAA by Malcolm Bruno, score BA 8953, € 12.95,Bärenreiter, Kassel 2012
id., Kyrie RV 587, BA 8954, € 12.95

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Missa in C KV 317 "Coronation Mass", arranged for female choir SMA by Heribert Breuer, score, BA 5691, € 30.95, Bärenreiter, Kassel 2013
id., Missa brevis in D KV 194, piano reduction, BA 5690-90, € 8.75

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat mater, arranged for female choir SMA by Malcolm Bruno, score, BA 5692, € 24.95, Bärenreiter, Kassel 2013