for String Orchestra-Canterbury Chorale est une oeuvre empreinte de sérénité et de solennité. Elle s?inspire de la beauté majestueuse de la célèbre cathédrale de la ville de Canterbury haut lieu de la culture musicale anglaise. Canterbury Chorale alterne des passages en solo et des phrases en tutti. Les sonorités sont amples et rondes. Les courbes sont fluides légères et brillantes. Les tutti puissants et soutenus rappellent la richesse sonore et la générosité de l?orgue d?église. Canterbury Chorale est dédié à Robert Leveugle président du Brass Band Midden Brabant.

In keeping with the efforts of developing a curriculum that fosters Comprehensive Musicianship, this string orchestra arrangement of three of the most popular Renaissance madrigals, will provide your students with a peak into this period of music history that is frequently overlooked. 'Now Is the Month of Maying,' 'Sing We and Chant It,' both by Thomas Morley, and 'Fair Phyllis,' by John Farmer, are basic choral repertoire found in most high school and college full SATB and madrigal ensembles. The string ensemble may perform the arrangement alone with the added Renaissance style percussion. Or, better yet, why not enhance the performance by adding an SATB chorus thereby sharing the stage with your school's most advanced choral ensemble? (5:00) / Orchestre A Cordes

This well-known a cappella choral work ofªBruckner is beautifully re-scored by Robert Longfield and gives a wonderfulªopportunity to experience expressive playing for a string orchestra.

The classic winter and holiday choral work transforms wonderfully into a terrific showcase for string orchestra. The festive ethnic-dance style is filled with energy and enthusiasm for both players and audiences.

The continuing popularity of Eric Whitacre's dramatic and evocative music is evident in concert programming everywhere with his symphonic choral and operatic works. October is arguably his most notable symphonic work now adapted in this stunning version for strings.

This powerful song from America's history is arranged beautifully for string ensemble by John Leavitt. John's choral and orchestral writing continues to be a choice with directors who seek literature of the highest quality for their performing groups.

for String Orchestra. Par WHITACRE ERIC. A brand new orchestration of Eric Whitacre's popular composition for concert band, Sleep for String Orchestra is a lush and achingly beautiful work. This haunting chorale begins softly and slowly then blossoms to a powerful climax. Can also be performed with optional SATB chorus, with original text by celebrated American poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

This dramatic and best-selling choral classic is now available with orchestration. This moving work of the glory of music is treated with great depth and musical-textual imagery with all its voicings. Available: SSAA (new!); SATB;TTBB; Orchestration Score and Parts; StudioTrax CD.

Appels; Echos; Prismes; Espaces lointains; Litanies; Choral; Rumeurs; Soliloques; Métamorphoses sur le Nom de Sacher; Embrasement

From “The Prince of Egypt” (the Dreamworks animated film of the life of Moses) the majestic and inspirational opening melody gradually builds in intensity and grandeur leading to a simple and lyrical Hebrew prayerthat unfolds into a great choral outpouring of emotion at the final breathtaking chorus. May be performed with piano alone with CD accompaniment or with the full instrumental orchestration – a truly unforgettable concertmoment!

Into the faded air was commissioned by Britten Sinfonia for first performance at Filharmonic Hall Krakow Poland on Sunday 13th January 2008 with Jacqueline Shave (Violin) Miranda Dale (Violin) Clare Finnimore(Viola) Catherine Musker (Viola) Caroline Dearnley (Cello) and Banjamin Chappell (Cello).Scoring: String Sextet (2 Violins 2 Violas and 2 Cellos)Duration: 10 minutes Composer'sNotes 'Into The Faded Air is cast in four movements although the last three movements are played without a break.In the first movement the sextet is divided into twogroups. The first group consisting of violin viola and cello plays a sustained melody while the second group (also violin viola and cello) contributes more jagged and intricate material. The second movement is an extended duetfor two violas accompanied by the other instruments. As the movement progresses the accompanying instruments become more prominent. The third movement is the only fast movement in the piece with rapid semiquavers and much useof pizzicato throughout. This leads into a serene chorale where the three upper instruments (two violins and first viola) are set against the second viola and two cellos.' - HelenGrime

Explore the rich and important history of the Underground Railroad in this serious festival work. Opening with a solemn chorale themes in the cello and bass soon take on the character of traditional spirituals. As the piece moves into a lively allegro section the music becomes much more dramatic depicting the excitement nervousness and extreme courage displayed by those who were able to escape to freedom. Inspirational!

Largo In Homage to B.A.C.H. was commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival 2013 and Music Director Paul Goodwin to whom the work is dedicated.COMPOSER NOTE:My very first idea was to use the BACH initials as a basis for the work - not as the melodic motif often used by composers but rather as a harmonic structure. This is possible because in the German musical tradition B stands for B flat and H for B natural. This led to the thought that there would be four short sections each led by a different soloist forming an emotional journey: Lamentoso (mournful) Ardente (fervent) Inquieto (restless) and Sereno (peaceful).TheDouble Bass leads the first section B. Lamentoso (B flat major). The Cello leads the next A. Ardente (A major) faster and higher in pitch to reflect the change of mood and when the Viola soloist urgently interrupts in C. Inquieto (C major) the scene is set for a big climax. In the final section H. Sereno (B minor) the mood persuaded by the Violin soloist quietens and eventually leads to a brief quote from the famous chorale from the St. Matthew Passion O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden which ends the work in calm and peace with a 'tierce de Picardie'.In turn each soloist carries the linear activity as protagonist on this emotional journey and the accompaniment to each section is dominated by the ?tonality? indicated. But there is also a mysterious ?misty? overlay only dissipating after the Viola?s tempestuous climax. The cluster of notes that makes up this ?mist? is formed from the octatonic scale in each case incorporating notes of the triad of the relative section to determine its tonality (B flat major C major etc).Each section therefore uses only the notes of the octatonic scale1 associated with it - until the Viola begins to incorporate a chromatic scale2 - and it is only in the final section that the familiar diatonic scale 3 appears and the mist is dissipated. Therefore although the overall feeling of

A systematic approach to developing superior tone intonation balance and technique through chorales scale studies and orchestral excerpts. Ideal for festival preparation.