Mirabile Dictu from 'The Manchester Carols' 耶诞颂歌

Mirabile Dictu》选自萨沙-约翰逊-曼宁（Sasha Johnson Manning）的《曼彻斯特颂歌》（The Manchester Carols），由桂冠诗人卡罗尔-安-达菲（Carol Ann Duffy）作词。创作这首曲子的目的在于承认，虽然不是每个人都信奉耶稣诞生故事背后的宗教，但每个人都能将其视为一个鼓舞人心的神奇故事。这些颂歌适合所有人，无论是否信教，也是合唱团寻找大型音乐会作品时最受欢迎的圣诞选择。

作曲家: Manning, Sasha
乐器: Piano, Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
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.