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Rafael Sánchez Mombiedro
This is my
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This is my commandment, That you love one another As I have loved you. You are my friends if you do what I command you. John, 15: 12, 14
Rafael Sánchez Mombiedro
About me
I am an active choral composer, arranger, director, and a professor of Improvisation based in Valencia, Spain. Choral music has been my passion since my childhood. I started my musical training in my hometown as a chorister at the ‘Escolanía de la Virgen’. The training of those years still influences my compositions (which are mostly sacred) and arrangements for choir and piano. In 2003, I founded the all professional chamber choir, NEOVOCALIS, which specializes in contemporary choral music. The ensemble has premiered most of my compositions under my direction.
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I feel a special predilection for Jesus' speech to his disciples at the Last Supper, which is recorded in John's Gospel. I imagine an intimate scene, very close, of great empathy with his own.
I have written This is my Commandment in a minimal style, using the technique of medieval polyphonic conductus. With the superimposition of voices over the main one, the discourse gains in eloquence, until it reaches the climax zones, located in 'that you love' and 'what I command you'.
This is my Commandment was premiered by NEOVOCALIS, conducted by myself, on 8 June 2022 whitin the HOPE project.
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& & V ? & ? # # # # # # # # # # # # 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 51 ˙ w ˙ mand w. ˙ mand w w mand ment, w w w w mand mand ment, ˙ w ˙ ˙ w w w w w w w poco rit. w U , ment, w U , ment, w U , w w u , ment, w w U w w w U ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ this is my com ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ this is my com ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ this is my com ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ this is my com ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ p p p p Very quiet h = 62 w w u mand ment, w nnw w w u mand ment, w w u mand ment, w wbb w w u mand ment, w w w wnn w w w w U w wbb w w U ∑ ˙ that ∑ ˙ that ∑ ˙ that ∑ ˙ ˙bb that ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙bb π π π π w w you w w w w you Ww w you Nw w you W w w w ww w w w w w W ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ rit. W U love. W W U love. WW U love. W W U love. W W W U W W W U 8 This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.