My Song Is Love Unknown is a wonderful sacred work set for a solo quartet of singers and SATB choir and is based on John Ireland's well-loved hymn-tune Love Unknown. Alexander L'Estrange expertly takes fragments of Ireland's melody developing interweaving and re-harmonising them to create a powerful ethereal sound-world that perfectly reflects the poem's themes of love sorrow passion death and ecstasy.The Faber Choral Signature Series 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 contemporary composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Zimbe! Come sing the songs of Africa! is the 40-minute choral fusion of African song and jazz for SATB chorus children’s choir and jazz quintet which established composer Alexander L’Estrange's name worldwide and spawned a hugely successful series of large-scale works for the same forces. The addition of the children’s choir provides an opportunity for adult or secondary school SATB choirs to team up with local primary school or youth choirs bringing communities together through singing something for which L'Estrange has long been a passionate advocate. The work opens and closes with anattention-grabbing Njooni Zimbe*! Nyimbo za Africa! imploring us to 'Come sing the Songs of Africa!'; by the time you've heard the vibrant sequence of twelve songs which includes playground wedding funeral drinking protest worship songs and lullabies you will want to do just that. Zimbe! is the ideal piece for choirs who have enjoyed performing L'Estrange's Songs of a Rainbow Nation works by Karl Jenkins or David Fanshawe's African Sanctus. (* 'Zimbe' is the anglicised version of the Swahili word 'Ziimbe')

The tuneful melody of this lovely Austrian carol dominates the choral texture whilst the Piano Accompaniment provides a colourful harmonic underlay and feeling of momentum. Still Still Still has been beautifully arranged for SATB Chorus with optional Childrenâ??s Voices and Piano Accompaniment by David L. Brunner.Although scored for SATB unison voices may effectively be substituted for the Soprano line.

Rollo Dilworth Choral Series-Marques L.A. Garrett's Sit Down Servant for SATB choir unaccompanied. This contemporary setting combines a familiar spiritual with a Biblical text from the book ofMatthew. Featuring a first and last section with marked rhythms and heavy accents the middle section is rubato and expressive. The contrast should be stark.

Alexander L’Estrange’s New College Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) is a tribute to Dr Edward Higginbottom Director of Music and organist of the choir of New College Oxford between 1976-2014. Featured on the Signum Classics recording On Eagles’ Wings performed by Tenebrae. Arranged for SATB and Organ. Part of Faber Music’s Choral Signature Series.

G.F. Handel's masterful L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato have been expertly-edited by Donald Burrows to present this complete vocal score arranged for two Soprano Tenor and Bass Soli with an SATB Chorus and Orchestra. This complete edition of L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato features the 1740 1741 and 1743 scores reflecting Handel's personal changes involving alternative and additional movements. The 1740 score is a complete reconstruction requiring two Soprano  a Tenor and a Bass soloists. For the longer 1741 score Handel added extra movements toaccommodate additional soloists the complete version of which is included here. Finally the 1743 score boasts a radical change from the previous years with a removal of part three and a significant rearrangement of other movements.  L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato was first performed on the 27th of February 1740 at the Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre after just over a month of drafting. The work is a setting of a libretto by James Harris and Charles Jennens based on John Milton's two complementary yet contrasting poems about the relative virtues of happiness and melancholy.  This edition of L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato presents practical versions of the score which are based on the musical schemes of Handel's performances in 1741 and 1743. For a complete vocal score of this masterpiece by one of the all-time great composers this Novello Handel Edition is authoritative.

Lute-Book Lullaby is the stunning Christmas anthem which first brought the music of Alexander L’Estrange to our attention at the turn of the 21st century. Commissioned by award-winning chamber choir Tenebrae this beautiful mixed-voice composition contrasts a sweet “lulla lullaby” refrain with a haunting and evocative soprano solo. The rich mysterious harmonies reminiscent of Messiaen and Howells reflect L'Estrange's early musical training as a chorister in Oxford.  Lute-Book Lullaby is part of Faber Choral Signature Series which introduces a wealth of new or recently writtenchoral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

G.F. Handel's masterful L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato have been expertly-edited by Donald Burrows to present this complete vocal score, arranged for two Soprano, Tenor and Bass Soli, with an SATB Chorus and Orchestra.This complete edition of L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato features the 1740, 1741 and 1743 scores, reflecting Handel's personal changes, involving alternative and additional movements. The 1740 score is a complete reconstruction, requiring two Soprano, a Tenor and a Bass soloists. For the longer 1741 score, Handel added extra movements to accommodate additional soloists, the complete version of which is included here. Finally, the 1743 score boasts a radical change from the previous years, with a removal of part three and a significant rearrangement of other movements. L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato was first performed on the 27th of February 1740 at the Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre, after just over a month of drafting. The work is a setting of a libretto by James Harris and Charles Jennens, based on John Milton's two complementary yet contrasting poems about the relative virtues of happiness and melancholy. This edition of L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato presents practical versions of the score which are based on the musical schemes of Handel's performances in 1741 and 1743. For a complete vocal score of this masterpiece by one of the all-time great composers, this Novello Handel Edition is authoritative. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Choral Signature Series-Panis Angelicus is a touching anthem for accompanied upper voices and is featured on the Signum Classics recording On Eagles’ Wings performed by the award-winning chamber choir Tenebrae. The well-known text is set to an exquisite soaring melody showcasing L’Estrange’s gift for jazz-infused harmonies and beautiful yet accessible melodic lines. Part of Faber Music’s Choral Signature Series.

L’Orfeo is an opera from 1607 based around the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. It is often cited as the earliest opera still regularly performed today. The libretto was written by the Italian lawyer anddiplomat Alessandro Striggio (1573-1630) for a carnival in Mantua. The music was composed by the Italian priest Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) arguably the greatest composer of the Renaissance era who is bestknown for his madrigals as well as his sacred works such as the Vespers.The Choruses From L’Orfeo have been edited by the Italian composer musicologist and editor Gian Francesco Malipiero(1882-1973).

Par WEILL KURT. Ces arrangements de chansons de l'opéra de quat seront accueillis par les directeurs chorals, cherchant quelque chose de tout à fait différente pour leur choeur. Hormis l'a cappella dispositions prévues, ils pourraient également être effectuées avec l'accompagnement au piano dans la partition vocale (UE 31544). Les instruments de la version originale pourraient également être ajoutés. Quoi qu'il en soit, ces chansons ferait un ajout intéressant à tout programme de concert. Chansons comprennent : la ballade de Mack the Knife, appel de la tombe Morning Hymn de Peachum, deuxième Finale quat et la chanson de l'insuffisance de l'activité humaine./ Répertoire / Choeur SATB