By Gloria; William Gaither. Arranged by Jack Schrader. (SAB or Three-Part). Funeral and Sacred. Print Music Single (SAB). 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company.

Choral SSA choir

SKU: CF.CM9770

Composed by Traditional African-American Spiritual. Arranged by Lee R. Kesselman. Duration 2 minutes, 17 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9770. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9770).

ISBN 9781491164419. UPC: 680160923311. Key: G major. English.

There is a Balm in Gilead is a well-known, traditional African-American spiritual. The “balm in Gilead” is a reference from the Old Testament, but the lyrics of this spiritual refer to the New Testament concept of salvation. The balm of Gilead is interpreted as a spiritual medicine that is able to heal Israel (and sinners in general). In the Old Testament, the balm of Gilead is taken most directly from Jeremiah chapter 8 v. 22: Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wounds of my [God's] people?This a cappella arrangement stays close to the simple, emotional source material. The words and the music embody weariness, resignation and hope, as the realities of slavery are met with the hope of salvation. There is a Balm in Gilead was originally part of a larger work, entitled, Mpaka simba watapo, for treble chorus, African drums and piano.  .

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and piano (E-flat Soprano saxophone, 2 Horns in F, Piano, Organ (or digital keyboard), Double String Quartet, Double Bass) - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0108

Composed by Howard Goodall. Lent, Holy Week, Triduum/Three Days, Tenebrae, 21st Century. Score & instrument parts. Duration 6 minutes, 19 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0108. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0108).

UPC: 688670221255. English, Latin. Psalms 142; Jeremiah 3:48, 52, 56.

Invictus: A Passion addresses one of the world’s most powerful stories through the lens of the modern world. The texts, written or inspired by women, describe not only human suffering and persecution but also the human capacity for love and humility in the face of tyranny. Composer Howard Goodall is uniquely suited to bring these texts to life with music of emotional clarity and sweeping force. This excerpt is scored for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano. This fourth movement of the larger work is inspired by the extraordinary story of Irena Sendler née Krzyżanowska, a Polish nurse and head of Żegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews in the Second World War, whose personal interventions saved the lives of approximately 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto, smuggling them to safety, acts of humanitarian bravery that eventually caused her arrest and torture by the Gestapo. She is honoured as Righteous Amongst the Nations at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. The Latin texts of this movement are taken from the Book of Lamentations (“My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause…”) and from Psalm 142, the Old Testament being the meeting-point of Sendler’s Catholicism and the Jewish tradition of those whose lives she saved. Duration 6:19.

Arranged by Sondra K Tucker. For Handbells. Sacred. Level: Grade 2 . Print Music Single (3-5 octaves with optional 7 handchimes). 8 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company.

Arranged by Cynthia Dobrinski. For 3-5 octave Handbells. Sacred, Conflict - Spiritual, God - Grace, Grace, Guidance, Heaven, Music and Singing, Promise, Salvation, General. Grade 3. Handbell score. Published by Hope Publishing Company

By Jurriaan Andriessen (1925-1996). For Concert Band. Little Solo concerts / Original Works Light Music Repertoire. Solo and Band Series. Grade 3. Score. Duration 3 minutes, 17 seconds

Keyboard

SKU: HL.14007346

Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #AM67661. Published by Music Sales (HL.14007346).

ISBN 9780711912885.

Simple arrangements of twenty-three popular classics - includes Sheep May Safely Graze, La Paloma and the stirring William Tell Overture. All pieces feature full melody, arranged for the novice orearly player, along with full chord guide and suggestions for appropriate auto-accompaniments.

By Jennifer Lawrence. By Jeremiah Fraites, Suzanne Collins, and Wesley Schultz. Arranged by Michael Brown. For Concert Band (Score and Parts). FlexBand. Grade 2-3. Published by Hal Leonard

3-5 octave handbell choir; brass - Level 3

SKU: HP.1911

Composed by William Runyan. Arranged by Jane McFadden and Janet Linker. General Worship, Sacred. Brass & Timpani Parts. 10 pages. Hope Publishing Company #1911. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.1911).

UPC: 763628019112. Genesis 8:22, Lamentations 3:22-24, 1 Samuel 15:29, Hebrews 7:21, Isaiah 49:7, James 1:17, Jeremiah 29:11, Malachi 3:6, Psalms 33:4, Psalms 110:4, Psalms 111:7, Psalms 145:13, Psalms 146:6.

Immensely popular hymn One of the great hymns of the church has been set here by arrangers, Janet Linker and Jane McFadden for 3-5 octaves for bells and organ. Thomas O. Chisholm and William M. Runyan wrote Great Is Thy Faithfulness in the early 1920's and it has been a classic ever since.

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.110418140

Composed by James Matheson. Performance Score. 24 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41814. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.110418140).

ISBN 9781491129432. UPC: 680160640379.

Matheson’s five-movement work is a setting of stained glass windows created by Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse for a rustic country church adjoining the Rockefeller estate near Sleepy Hollow on the Hudson River. Matheson’s suite draws from four Chagall windows: 1. Jeremiah, 2. Isaiah, 3. Crucifixion, 4. The Good Samaritan, and culminates with Matisse’s 5. The Rose.
In 1954, the Rockefeller family asked Henri Matisse to create a stained glass Rose Window for the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, New York as a memorial to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the great art patroness and a founder of the Museum of Modern Art. It was to be the artist’s last work. A few years later, Mrs. Rockefeller’s youngest son, David, acting on behalf of the family, commissioned Marc Chagall to create an entire series of stained glass windows to fill the rest of the small church resulting in the large, majestic “Good Samaritan” window and eight sublime smaller windows, each depicting a biblical figure or scene. In 2015, Premiere Commission commissioned James Matheson to compose WINDOWS to celebrate the centennial of the Union Church of Pocantico Hills and the 100th birthday of David Rockefeller. This deeply touching, epic cycle distills into music the intimate, often heart-rending, visions of Chagall as well as the powerful simplicity of Matisse’s modern design which utilizes the striking collage forms he employed in his final years. Matheson’s work also reflects the influence of Olivier Messiaen’s own theologically-inspired music. Like the French master, Matheson utilizes large-scale blocks of harmonies with organ-like sonorities to support and shift the music’s kaleidoscopic planes of color and set into relief the work’s piercing motifs and intricate patterns. The universal themes of love and sacrifice (“Jeremiah” and “Isaiah”), loss and altruism (“Crucifixion” and “The Good Samaritan”) and the jubilant celebration of life and nature (“The Rose”) are memorably portrayed in this poignant tribute to the human spirit.—Bruce Levingston.

Composed by William and Gloria Gaither. Arranged by Jack Schrader. Funeral, Easter, Sacred. Vocal score. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.8828).

Brass Ensemble - late intermediate

SKU: BT.DHP-0900194-070

Composed by Jeremiah Clarke. Arranged by Eric Crees. De Haske Brass Series. Educational Tool. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 1990. 12 pages. De Haske Publications #DHP 0900194-070. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-0900194-070).

ISBN 9789043153935. International.

Bezetting: 4 trompetten, hoorn, 3 trombones, tuba, pauken ad lib.

Besetzung: 4 Trompeten, Horn, 3 Posaunen, Tuba, Pauken ad lib.

Arranged by Joel Raney. For 2-part mixed choir and Unison Choir (or Soloist) with optional Rhythm. Children, Gospel, Love, Praise, Blues/Gospel/Spirituals, Hymntune, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company