Mirabile Dictu from 'The Manchester Carols' 耶誕頌歌

Mirabile Dictu》選自薩沙-詹森-曼寧（Sasha Johnson Manning）的《曼徹斯特頌歌》（The Manchester Carols），由桂冠詩人卡羅爾-安-達菲（Carol Ann Duffy）作詞。創作這首曲子的目的在於承認，雖然不是每個人都信奉耶穌誕生故事背後的宗教，但每個人都能將其視為一個鼓舞人心的神奇故事。這些頌歌適合所有人，無論是否信教，也是合唱團尋找大型音樂會作品時最受歡迎的聖誕選擇。

作曲家: Manning, Sasha
樂器: Piano, Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Mirabile Dictu is from Sasha Johnson Manning's The Manchester Carols, with text by Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureatea large scale concert piece which reshapes and modernises the Christmas story to make it relevant to modern society. The piece was written to acknowledge that whilst not everyone embraces the religion behind the Nativity story, everyone can appreciate it as an inspiring, magical tale. The carols are for everyone, believers or not and are a popular Christmas choice for choirs looking for a large scale concert piece. Published as a stand alone piece, Mirabile Dictu, is the first carol in the collection, and is written for accompanied SATB choir. This piece is from Faber's Choral Signature series which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. the series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.