For Wind Orchestra and opt. SATB Choir 25 choir parts. Composed by Johan De Meij. Amstel Music. Symphonic, Concert, African. Softcover. Amstel Music #AM158-050. Published by Amstel Music (HL.4005109).

Piano

SKU: BT.WMP2315

Selected Piano Repertory and Studies. By Josephine Koh. Teachers' Choice. Exam Material. Book Only. 48 pages. Wells Music Publishers #WMP2315. Published by Wells Music Publishers (BT.WMP2315).

ISBN 9789811105562. English.

The latest of this series comprises popular choice pieces and alternative works from the ABRSM Piano Examination syllabi. These pieces have been specially selected for examination purposes and general repertoire study. Meticulously fingered and edited by Josephine Koh, the Teachers' Choice Selected Piano Repertory & Studies, just like the past series, offers teaching points and performance directionsthat help to develop technical assurance and stylistic awareness in the students. All works in Teachers' Choice are beautifully scored for comfort of reading.  Beyond examinations, the series is enjoyed by music teacherswhouse the studies presented in each grade, for the development of specific technical skills in their students.

Composed by Stephen A. Paparo. Choir Secular. 2-Part Choir. Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Secular. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music

(A Musical for Young Voices). By John Jacobson and Mac Huff. Performance Kit with CD. Expressive Art (Choral). Published by Hal Leonard

(A Musical for Young Voices). By John Jacobson and Mac Huff. For Choral (Singer 5 Pak). Expressive Art (Choral). Published by Hal Leonard

By Bob Chilcott. For Unison children's choir, SATB choir, piano. Mixed Voices. Secular, Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 4'. Published by Oxford University Press

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flute, 2 violin, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3117309

Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Frauke Heinze. This edition: urtext. 2x 31.173/21 flute. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Whitsun. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1728ca. BWV 173. Duration 15 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.173/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3117309).

ISBN 9790007209575. Text language: German/English.

Bach created the cantata Erhohtes Fleisch und Blut by setting the sacred words to what had originally been the music of a secular cantata, presumably for the festival of Pentecost in 1727. Bach made few alterations to the musical structure, but he enlarged the original solo scoring for soprano and bass to a four-voice ensemble. Particularly notable among the solo movements is the extensive duet for soprano and bass in the form of a minuet, which in its musical language is certainly unique in Bach's cantatas. The dancelike final chorus brings the four voices together, and gives highly effective expression to the joy of Pentecost. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3117300.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3104209

Cantata for Quasimodogeniti Sunday. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Felix Loy. This edition: urtext. 1x 31.042/21 oboe 1, 1x 31.042/22 oboe 2, 1x 31.042/23 bassoon. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Easter and Eastertide. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1725. BWV 42. 20 pages. Duration 28 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.042/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3104209).

ISBN 9790007205836. Language: German/English.

Instead of an opening chorus Cantata BWV 42 begins with a magnificent Sinfonia in the style of the Brandenburg Concertos. It is possible that Bach took this movement from a concerto which he had composed earlier. The first aria, for alto with obbligato oboe and bassoon, could be derived from the middle movement of this concerto. The heroic bass aria, a statement of the certainty of faith, forms a weighty counterpart to the opening movement. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3104200.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes d'amore, ctto, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3113309

Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Tobias Rimek. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. 1x 31.133/21 oboe d'amore 1, 1x 31.133/22 oboe d'amore 2, 1x 31.133/31 cornett. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Christmas. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1724. BWV 133. Duration 20 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.133/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3113309).

ISBN 9790007207977. Language: German.

The cantata Ich freue mich in dir was first performed during Bach's second year as Thomaskantor, on the 3rd day of Christmas, and belongs to the so-called annual cycle of chorale cantatas. Here the focus of the composition is the hymn of the same name by Philipp Ziegler, in which the first and final strophes were adopted, word for word, in the first and sixth movements of the cantata. The soprano, which carries the chorale, is supported by the conrnett (Zink), which already at this time had become a seldom-used instrument. The joyful, lively choral movement with instrumental interludes directly follows the first aria, and begins with a marked, ascending motive at the word Getrost! (safely). The oboes d'amore which accompany the alto lend the movement a special color. In the second aria (for soprano), Bach again shows himself to be the master of text interpretation. The words Wie lieblich klingt es in den Ohren are emphasized in an exchange between open strings and sixteenth note figures. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3113300.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, oboe da caccia, bassoon solo, violin solo, strings, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3117709

Cantata for the 4th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Tobias Rimek. This edition: urtext. 1x 31.177/21 oboe 1, 1x 31.177/22 oboe 2, 1x 31.177/23 bassoon. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Whitsun. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1732. BWV 177. 16 pages. Duration 13 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.177/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3117709).

ISBN 9790007209803. Text language: German/English.

The cantata Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ begins with an expansive chorale arrangement, for which Bach reverted to a proven model: The four voices of the solo ensemble take over the chorale, in which the melody lies in the soprano. For stanzas 2-4 Bach chooses the aria form with a highly differentiated scoring from movement to movement, ranging from a continuo Aria (1st movement), up to an aria accompanied by the violin, with obbligato bassoon and continuo. A straightforward four-part chorale movement concludes the cantata. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3117700.

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo [3 trumpets, timpani] - Grade 3

SKU: CA.3321509

Composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Edited by Gunter Graulich. This edition: urtext. 1x 33.215/21 flute 1, 1x 33.215/22 flute 2, 1x 33.215/23 oboe 1, 1x 33.215/24 oboe 2, 1x 33.215/25 bassoon, 1x 33.215/31 horn 1, 1x 33.215/32 horn 2, 1x 33.215/33 trumpet 1, 1x 33.215/34 trumpet 2, 1x 33.215/35 trumpet 3, 1x 33.215/41 timpani. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal; Carus sheet music series: Vocal scores XL. Harmony parts. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Magnificats, Advent, Christmas, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary, Daily hours. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1749. BR-CPEB E 4 (Wq 215). 128 pages. Duration 42 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 33.215/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3321509).

ISBN 9790007051662. Language: Latin.

C. P. E. Bach's nine-movement Magnificat (1749), the first great vocal work from his Berlin years, is among the most magnificent sounding, in which the solo vocal parts are also among the most ambitious settings of the Hymn to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1). The work fulfills all the criteria required for a larger sacred composition: grandeur, dignity, polyphonic and concertante choral movements, sensitive (empfindsam) and expressive arias, a long concluding double fugue. This richly scored Magnificat (with 3 trumpets and timp. ad. lib.), which is almost one hour in duration, would be well suited, for example, as the central work on every Christmas or pre-Christmas concert programme. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3321500.

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes/2 oboes d'amore, oboe da caccia, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo - Grade 3

SKU: CA.3108089

Cantata for Reformation Day. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal; Hymns by Martin Luther: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott. Harmony parts. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Reformation day. Set of Orchestra Parts. BWV 80. 12 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.080/89. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3108089).

ISBN 9790007206840. Key: D major. Text language: German/English. Text: Luther, Martin.

Bach's Reformation cantata, based on what is probably Martin Luther's most famous hymn, evolved over a period of several years. At the beginning was a Weimar cantata for Oculi Sunday 1716, now missing, which was based on the hymn with an instrumental quotation in the opening aria and with the final chorale. In the Leipzig years around 1730, Bach wrote a cantata for Reformation Day using this material. It began with the first verses of Luther's hymn in a simple four-part setting and also included the other verses. Later on, in the 1730s or 1740s, Bach replaced the introductory chorale movement with a chorale setting which was unique, spacious and motet-like in its style; this - uniquely in this respect - incorporated the choral writing in an instrumental canon for oboes and organ continuo. The powerful opening chorus is followed by recitatives and arias which reflect the full breadth of Bach's art of word painting and emotion. One of Bach's most magnificent cantatas, one of the greatest works in the history of music. In addition to the complete performance material the arrangements of movements 1 and 5 (with 3 trumpets, timpani as playing score) by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach are available (Carus 3108089). Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3108000.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 Oboes, 2 Violins, Viola, Basso continuo

SKU: CA.3104409

Cantata for Exaudi. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Karin Wollschlager. This edition: urtext. 1x 31.044/21 oboe 1, 1x 31.044/22 oboe 2. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed circa 1724? BWV 44. 12 pages. Duration 22 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.044/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3104409).

ISBN 9790007205959. Language: German/English.

The cantata Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, part of Bach's first Leipzig annual cycle of cantatas and the earlier of two compositions of the same name, was probably first performed on the last Sunday after Ascension in May 1724. The text is concerned with suffering and the Antichrist, both of which are overcome by Christian faith. By employing all four ranges in solo capacities Bach creates the greatest possible variety. It opens, unusually, with a duet for tenor and bass, accompanied by two oboes and basso continuo. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3104400.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, 2 viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.2705309

Schopfungsmesse. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Armin Kircher. Arranged by Luigi Gatti. 1x 27.053/21 flute 1, 1x 27.053/22 flute 2, 1x 27.053/31 horn 1, 1x 27.053/32 horn 2, 1x 27.053/33 trumpet 1, 1x 27.053/34 trumpet 2, 1x 27.053/41 timpani. Sacred music from Salzburg. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Set of Orchestra Parts. 60 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.053/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2705309).

ISBN 9790007199555. Key: A major. Language: Latin.

Since the days of Renaissance composers - beyond accusations of plagiarism - the admiration for a fellow composer has taken the form of quotations from his works or even new versions of his works. No less a work from the classical period than Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Creation (first performed in 1798), was the basis for the Schopfungsmesse (Creation Mass) by the Salzburg Court and Cathedral Music Director, Luigi Gatti. Gatti heard the oratorio in Salzburg performances conducted by Johann Michael Haydn in 1800. With great skill and sensitivity Gatti was able to underlay the choruses and arias of The Creation with the text of the Mass (at times he reduced and adapted the instrumentation), without doing harm to the admired original. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.2705300.

Orchestra SSATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello/contrabass - Grade 3

SKU: CA.4048309

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Pietro Zappala. This edition: urtext. 1x 40.483/21 flute 1, 1x 40.483/22 flute 2, 1x 40.483/23 oboe 1, 1x 40.483/24 oboe 2, 1x 40.483/25 clarinet 1, 1x 40.483/26 clarinet 2, 1x 40.483/27 bassoon 1, 1x 40.483/28 bassoon 2, 1x 40.483/31 horn 1, 1x 40.483/32 horn 2, 1x 40.483/33 trumpet 1, 1x 40. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mendelssohn. Harmony parts. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Mass sections, Christmas. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1821/22. MWV A 1. 42 pages. Duration 21 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.483/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4048309).

ISBN 9790007218751. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.

The Gloria, composed in early 1822 at the age of 13, is Mendelssohn's first creative venture in the field of church music on a larger scale. It is a direct result of his composition studies under the director of the Berlin Singakademie Carl Friedrich Zelter, but was no longer wholly a student work because the young composer hoped that Zelter would provide him with an opportunity to perform this work with the Singakademie. The enthusiasm for Handel and Bach which was sustained by the performances at the Singakademie influenced Mendelssohn's early creative style. In the Gloria Mendelssohn sought to emulate the model of the large-scale baroque cantata. The concluding fugue, the mysterious Qui tollis and lyrical solos ensembles in the place of solo arias give testimony to Mendelssohn's great talent and willingness to experiment. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4048300.