Par MACMILLAN JAMES. A setting of passages from the Book of Revelation, with particular reference to the angels who appear with seven trumpet blasts, heralding a series of apocalyptic scenes. Commissioned by Jeffrey Skidmore, director of Ex Cathedra, and first performed by them at Birmingham Town Hall in 2015. The composer states, ?There is a vividness and strangeness in these dramatic texts, which are endlessly fascinating and disturbing. The instruments used here are based on the various instrumental types mentioned throughout scripture ? trumpets, harp, bells, cymbals, tabor, rebec.? These are scored for mostly in their modern forms, but shofars (Jewish ritual temple trumpets) and early trumpets are also used. The choral writing shows a similar contrast between traditional and contemporary scoring, with polyphony and homophony alongside extended vocal techniques, including Sprechstimme. Leading choral director Paul Spicer comments, ?This is an extremely dramatic work which draws the listener into the apocalyptic story line ? The ending is cataclysmic.? / Niveau : Difficile / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Choeur SATB et Piano

/ Ténor Seul, Choeur Mixte Et Orchestre / 128 pages / niveau : Avancé / Partition

Brugvar is a superb piece of SATB choral music with solo Soprano and Baritone soli composed by Vagan Holmboe with lyrics from Karsten Hoydal.

On Gratitude Love And Madness-The six poems set here are all to be found in '100 Poems on the Underground'. For SATB (divisi) A Cappella.

Ian Venables’ setting of four poems of A.E. Housman originally scored for tenor solo string quartet and piano here arranged for tenor and piano. Lyrical pieces of intermediate difficulty sometimes elegiac sometimes angry. Written in 2004 but very much in the English song tradition of Finzi Gurney and Warlock these are therefore ideal recital companions to those composers.

Paul Mealor’s Celtic Prayers was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC National Orchestraof Wales to celebrate St David’s Day 1st March 2014. The premiere took place on that date at St. David’s Hall Cardiff at a gala concert with the participation of the BBC National Chorus of Wales as well as massed youth choirs conducted by Grant Llewellyn.

Vocal Score-A musical illumination of the poems of William Blake for soloists choruses and orchestra. Vocal Score.