- Composer
- Shaw, Caroline
- Composed
- 2009
- Category
- Marimba Solo
- Instrumentation
- cello
Description
Caroline Shaw wrote in manus tuas in 2009 for cellist Hannah Collins. Based on a motet by Thomas Tallis, it evokes the experience of hearing that music in Christ Church, New Haven.
Composer’s programme note
In manus tuas is based on a 16th century motet by Thomas Tallis. While there are only a few slices of the piece that reflect exact harmonic changes in Tallis’ setting, the motion (or lack of) is intended to capture the sensation of a single moment of hearing the motet in the particular and remarkable space of Christ Church in New Haven, Connecticut. In manus tuas was written in 2009 for cellist Hannah Collins, for a secular solo cello compline service held in the dark, candlelit nave.
— Caroline Shaw (official programme note )
Marimba arrangement
With Shaw’s permission, Abby Fisher made a 2021 arrangement for solo five-octave marimba and voice.
Versions
- in manus tuas — Arrangement (marimba (5 octaves), voice)
- in manus tuas — Original (cello)
Scores
in manus tuas — solo cello
in manus tuas — marimba and voice (arr. Abby Fisher)
Performance
Sources
- https://www.abbyfisherpercussion.com/store.html
- https://www.claireedwardes.com/repertoire
- https://www.abbyfisherpercussion.com/store/p1/Shaw-marimba-arr.html
- https://carolineshaw.com/products/in-manus-tuas
- https://ensembleoffspring.com/event/avant-gardens-spring
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRI7mj0dEKI