SKU: WD.080689521171

UPC: 080689521171.

Imagine almost a thousand voices raised in glorious harmony, singing songs of the faith and accompanied by a grand church band and orchestra, as together they offer their adoration and worship to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

That is exactly what has happened each and every year for the past decade or more at the annual Choral Festival in Spartanburg S. C., sponsored by our friends at Christian Supply. Each year, Choral Festival has commissioned one of the church's favorite choral arrangers and personalities, Marty Parks, to arrange The Opener – a medley of hymns, praise choruses, worship songs, and gospel favorites blended together in an opening presentation that gives the event its signature launch every year! Having long been a favorite element of the conference year after year, many have asked, Where can I get those arrangements for my church? or Are those arrangements available for my choir?.

Well, your wait is over! Word Music & Church Resources is excited to present CHORAL FESTIVAL FAVORITES, created, arranged and orchestrated by Marty Parks! We have joined hands with Marty and Christian Supply to bring you this highly-anticipated book of blended medleys for your choir and congregation. Taking the same arrangements created for Choral Festival, Marty has adapted them for use on Sundays with your choir, band, and orchestra, while leaving plenty of room and encouragement for your congregation to join in and sing along! We also offer a powerful DVD accompaniment and performance track to support and enhance your presentation of these proven medleys on Sunday mornings!

Choral Festival Favorites...direct to your choir from the pen of Marty Parks and the platform of one of the most influential choral music conferences over the past 25 years, bringing all the parts and pieces together in one new, ministry-focused choral project that will equip your church for the ministry of music and worship worldwide!

SKU: CA.5280400

ISBN 9790007139384.

The fourth volume of the section of the Reger Edition devoted to his organ works comprises, in chronological order, the chorale preludes composed between October 1893 and November 1914 in Wiesbaden, Weiden, Munich, Leipzig, and Meiningen. The composition of chorale preludes accompanied Reger throughout his entire career, even though they were composed primarily in the years from 1900 to 1902 and 1914 (Opus 135a). As almost no other composer at the turn of the century, he dedicated himself to the chorale prelude, composing around 100 works in this genre. Since January 2008, the first scholarly, critical edition of the works of Max Reger (RWA) is being produced at the Max-Reger-Institute, Karlsruhe. Its design as a hybrid edition breaks new ground in the methods of editorial practice. It comprises three areas of Reger's compositional output: Organ works, Lieder and choruses and, for the first time, Max Reger's arrangements of works by other composers. To begin the series, the first seven volumes have been published and contain the organ works, which have been eagerly awaited by many.

SKU: CA.3106105

ISBN 9790007043483. Key: A minor / g major. Language: German/English. Text: Neumeister, Erdmann. Text: Erdmann Neumeister.

The opening chorus uses the first verse of the old plainsong hymn Veni redemptor gentium, which in the paraphrase by Martin Luther has become the most important Advent hymn of the Protestant Church. Bach introduces the traditional plainsong melody in the form of a French overture, here symbolizing the entry of the King of Heaven, thus creating an unusual and splendid opening piece for the beginning of the church year. Score available separately - see item CA.3106100.

SKU: LO.30-3362L

UPC: 000308145243.

Full Score and Parts plus CD with Printable Parts for Go Sing It on the Mountain - 65/2073L The birth of Jesus is a scene of awe-inspiring humility: God in human form, born in a lowly manger for our salvation. Pepper Choplin's distinctive, folk-infused musical style is particularly well-suited to capture this story. Employing a highly-inventive mixture of mountain melodies, folk hymns, spirituals, familiar carols, and original music that is sure to surprise and delight, Go Sing It on the Mountain proclaims the good news from the prophet Isaiah's proclamation, Comfort, O comfort my people, to the final exuberant celebration: Joy to the World! Christ is born! Solos, Duets, and Trios shine the spotlight on featured singers and nicely complement the SATB choruses.