for Mixed Choir (SATB) plus Children’s Choir (S)
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Wasser
(“Water”)

for Mixed Choir and a Children’s Choir (SATB+S), op. 30 (2023)

A modern sacred song with lyrics from Psalm 42 and John 4

“Water”tells a story from the desire to live happily. Live from the “water” of your inside, that is given by your soul (water given by God) and not from the “outside waters”, things from the material world.

Digital Sheet Music (PDF)

• CONTENT:
  • Full Score with 4 voices SATB plus 1 voice Children’s Choir (partly, and optionally, to be sung in a 2- or 3-voiced canon). 8 pages.
  • Duration: approx. 3:30 min.
  • Children’s Choir Part, 1 voice (Mezzosoprano range). 2 pages.
  • Difficulty level: medium (for trained youth choirs, mixed and advanced children choirs)
  • Language: German
  • in total 10 pages in PDF-format, Din A4 portrait. B/W, with title page is in full color.
  • Immediate download

4,50 € per copy

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Water of Life

On the surface, “Water” appears to be a work about nature. It not only sets the natural essence of water to music, but also interprets the great symbolic significance of water in the Bible.
“Water” tells a story about the desire to live happily.
Although it is an ancient text from the Bible, it still reflects contemporary wisdom:
Live from the “water within you”, the guiding voice of your soul (explained in the Bible as the water that God gives you), instead of searching for the “water outside,” a metaphor for material goods and wishes to the outside world.
The use of words from Psalm 42 (“As the deer pants for fresh water”) and John 4 (“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst”) creates a deep connection to the spiritual dimension.
An exciting musical dialogue between the youth choir (four-part) and the children’s choir (one voice, partly in 3-part canon) ends with both choirs merging in the finale.

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Lyrics

Wasser

Psalm 42, 2 (Children’s Choir)

Wie der Hirsch schreiet
nach frischem Wasser,
so schreiet meine Seele
zu dir, mein Gott.

John 4, 13-14 (Mixed Choir)

Wer von diesem Wasser trinkt,
wird wieder Durst bekommen.

Wer aber von dem Wasser trinkt,
das ich ihm geben werde,
wird niemals mehr Durst haben.

Vielmehr wird das Wasser,
das ich ihm gebe,
in ihm zur sprudelnden Quelle werden,
deren Wasser ewiges Leben schenkt.

Water
(free translation) 

Psalm 42, 2 (Children’s Choir)

As the deer pants for streams of water,
    so my soul pants for you, my God.

John 4, 13-14 (Mixed Choir)

Everyone who drinks this water
will be thirsty again, 

but whoever drinks the water
I give them will never thirst. 

Indeed, the water
I give them
will become in them a spring of water 
welling up to eternal life.

Thaddäus Dorsch

is a classical contemporary composer, born 1966 in Munich, Germany. His style moves in between post-minimalism, ancient church music and the current new Nordic style. He is pursuing the grand vision of inspiring people to experience new classical music and thus making the world a better place to live. The focus of his work is sacred music with a deep message, which is reflected in numerous works for choirs and vocal ensembles. Yet there are also works for chamber music, orchestra, theatre and film. 
Thaddäus Dorsch gained broad musical experience as a violin and viola player, baritone and conductor. Through collaboration with composers and conductors Karl Zepnik (Germany), Martin Ellerby (GB), Ferrer Ferran (Spain) and Stephen Melillo (USA), he further developed his compositional work. 
Thaddäus Dorsch has twice been awarded the Cultural Promotion Prize of the City of Landsberg am Lech. He has been commissioned with several choral works for the German Youth Chamber Choir, for the German Choir Festival and for various choir competitions.

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