The Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Rupert Gough, with Prunella Scales and Timothy West.The Choir of Royal Holloway is one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Its first recording on Edition Peters Sounds brings together the music, atmosphere and ethos of Christmas at Royal Holloway in the Chapel, celebrating with both sacred and secular music.The album presents a broad mix of old and new complete with contemporary arrangements of familiar carols and pieces the Baltic states. Several pieces have not been recorded before, including an upper voice setting of William Blake's The Lamb by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. New contemporary arrangements include Away in a manger by the Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. There are three arrangements by Royal Holloway musicians: O little one sweet (by a Royal Holloway choral scholar), Silent Night (by Rupert Gough) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by a former choral scholar. Also previously unrecorded are original compositions by James Burton and Rihards Dubra. / Choeur Mixte

Arrangeur: Alfred Mann. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The best-known and most beloved large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world, Messiah was first performed in Dublin over 200 years ago to benefit local charities. Since that time, it has given millions of performers their primary experience in singing classical music. Today it is the supreme example of the English oratorio. A meditation on the life of Christ, the work is a brilliant amalgam of traditional Italian opera, English anthem, and German Passion. Reprinted from the authoritative edition prepared by noted musical scholar Alfred Mann, this inexpensive, full-score edition will be welcomed by students, musicians, singers, and music lovers who will want to study and savor every detail of this glorious masterpiece. Reprint of the Rutgers University Documents of Music, 1959, 1961, and 1965 editions. Handel's masterpiece Messiah, the most frequently performed of his choral works, composed in 1741. An inspiring sacred oratorio with spontaneous melodies, and bright orchestration from the first aria Every Valley Shall Be Exalted, to the thunderous final Amen chorus. Complete full score, edited by Alfred Mann./ Répertoire / Choeur

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ensemble can sing the song, while the remainder of the choir hums the music in the background. The selected songs about themes of love and love's sorrow, dance, festival and celebration, are traditional folksongs which are well-known and popular in the countries of their origin. In puttingtogether this collection special emphasis has been placed on the musical quality of the settings. In addition to traditional settings, many songs in new arrangments by contemporary composers have been included. The settings range in difficulty from easy to moderately difficult. / Musique traditionnelle / Répertoire / Choeur

29 Faithful Arrangements for Piano Solo and Piano, Vocal and Guitar. Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER. Hans Zimmer's film scores are bold and unmistakable. Over the course of his prolific career, he has provided music for some of the world's most beloved films, including Disney's The Lion King and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. This collection features faithful arrangements of some of the best known titles by this brilliant composer. Titles: 160 BPM (Angels and Demons) * Ah, Putrefaction (Sherlock Holmes) * All of Them! (King Arthur) * The Burning Bush (The Prince of Egypt) * Can You Hear Your Heart? (Winter's Tale) * Cheldorado (The Road to Eldorado) * Chevaliers de Sangreal (The Da Vinci Code) * Corynorhinus (Batman Begins) * The Dark Knight Overture (The DarkKnight) * Days of Thunder (Main Title) (Days of Thunder) * Discombobulate (Sherlock Holmes) * Doomsday Is Family Time (The Simpsons Movie) * Dream Is Collapsing (Inception) * Drink Up Me Hearties (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) * Driving Miss Daisy (Driving Miss Daisy) * Homeland (Main Title) (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) * Honor Him (Gladiator) * In the Beginning (The Bible) * It's So Overt It's Covert (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) * Krypton's Last (Man of Steel) * Life Goes On (A League of Their Own) * Maestro (The Holiday) * The Nativity (The Bible) * Now We Are Free (Gladiator) * Roll Tide (Crimson Tide) * Tennessee (Pearl Harbor) * This Is Clark Kent (Man of Steel) * This Land (The Lion King) * What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World (Man of Steel). Hans Zimmer's film scores are bold and unmistakable. Over the course of his prolific career, he has provided music for some of the world's most beloved films, including Disney's The Lion King and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. This collection features faithful arrangements of some of the best known titles by this brilliant composer. Titles include 160 BPM (Angels and Demons), Ah, Putrefaction (Sherlock Holmes), All of Them! (King Arthur), The Burning Bush (The Prince of Egypt), Can You Hear Your Heart? (Winter's Tale), Cheldorado (The Road to Eldorado), Chevaliers de Sangreal (The Da Vinci Code), Corynorhinus (BatmanBegins), The Dark Knight Overture (The Dark Knight), Days of Thunder (Main Title) (Days of Thunder), Discombobulate (Sherlock Holmes), Doomsday Is Family Time (The Simpsons Movie), Dream Is Collapsing (Inception), Drink Up Me Hearties (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Driving Miss Daisy (Driving Miss Daisy), Homeland (Main Title) (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), Honor Him (Gladiator), In the Beginning (The Bible), It's So Overt It's Covert (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Krypton's Last (Man of Steel), Life Goes On (A League of Their Own), Maestro (The Holiday), The Nativity (The Bible), Now We Are Free (Gladiator), Roll Tide (Crimson Tide), Tennessee (Pearl Harbor), This Is Clark Kent (Man of Steel), This Land (The Lion King), What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World (Man of Steel). / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Répertoire / Choeur

Par MAZE PHILIPPE. Soyons clair dès le départ... On n\'apprend pas la musique à coup de méthodes, de traités, de livres et ... \'d\'Inventions\' (même si celles composées par le génial J-S. Bach dépassent de très loin le simple aspect pédagogique). Il faut en effet l\'aide bienveillante et attentive d\'un professeur, lui-même formé et rompu aux disciplines qu\'il enseigne. Il faut également une pratique patiente et humble qui n\'hésite pas à se remettre en question... Comment faire ? : Ce recueil part d\'exercices simples, avec ou sans paroles, pour aboutir à des pièces élaborées, en tentant de parcourir beaucoup d\'aspects que peuvent rencontrer les futurs chefs de choeur, les chefs plus confirmés ainsi que les choeurs désireux de se perfectionner sur tel ou tel paramètre. Pas de \'recettes\' donc ! Seulement une aide pour aller plus loin, toujours plus loin, sans oublier le principal : la musique !/ Etude / Choeur

Les chansons de ce recueil proviennent pour la quasi-totalité de collectes réalisées par les acteurs du monde associatif inscrit dans le réseau de la Fédération des Associations de Musiques et Danses Traditionnelles (FAMDT). À l?invitation de Justin Bonnet, coordinateur de cette édition, les documentalistes des associations implantées dans les différentes régions de France ont fourni une sélection de chansons issues de leur territoire. Les critères étaient assez lâches : représentativité ou rareté du thème, chanson remarquable par son interprétation? Toutes ces chansons ont été ensuite proposées aux compositeurs retenus pour cette édition qui ont fait leur marché dans cette sélection ! Il en ressort au final 23 chansons présentées ici dans des arrangements variés (principalement pour 3 voix mixtes), retenues plutôt sur des critères esthétiques que de représentativité des différentes régions de France. La musique a primé ! Ont ainsi contribué au projet Chansons traditionnelles pour aujourd?hui, des associations ou entités inscrites dans le réseau de la FAMDT (www.famdt.com). Un certain nombre d?entre elles disposent d?un catalogue en ligne sur lequel il est possible de consulter les archives sonores en provenance de leur région (cf. références dans la préface du livre)./ Recueil / Choeur

Bach, Johann Sebastian Ascension Oratorio BWV 11 Edition no.: BA 10011-90 ISMN: 9790006522514 Language(s) of work: German, English Language(s) of text: German, English Product format: Piano reduction, Urtext edition Binding: Stapled Pages / Format: V, 46 S. - 27,0 x 19,0 cm

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Prepared from the composer's autograph manuscript, Brian Newbould's authoritative new performing edition of Schubert's celebratory 'Magnificat' brings this little-known masterpiece to light. A short, perfectly crafted setting, written by the young composer in 1815, it provides the ideal concert opener or partner to other more extended concert works. A vocal score is also available (0-571-52010-3)/ Répertoire / Conducteur

Cet opéra de Gilbert and Sullivan est défini dans la tour de Londres, au cours du XVIe siècle, et est la plus sombre et peut-être plus émotionnellement engageant, des opéras Savoy, se terminant avec un personnage principal-Hearted et deux missions très réticentes, plutôt que l'habituel de nombreux mariages. Le livret contient humour considérable, y compris beaucoup de calembour-laden fractionné, mais la satire de marque de commerce de Gilbert et de complications de l'intrigue envers sont remplacées par les nouvel ISBNdued en comparaison avec les autres opéras de G and S. / Chant/Vocal/Choeur

Par PENARD OLIVIER. Méconnu du grand public de part sa publication précoce, l'Anneau de paix de Paul Eluard dit le parcours initiatique d'une foi nouvellement retrouvée dans un contexte d'angoisse et de tendresse alternées, de passion et d'ascétisme. Composée de trois parties, la musique est tout d'abord chargée de dissonances pour ensuite se détendre sur le vers 'pour venir embrasser tes lèvres'. Un contrepoint dense, aux harmonies suaves et délibérément diatoniques, conduit à une seconde partie où la dimension érotique du texte est évoquée grâce à une grande plasticité de la matière vocale, une polytonalité clairement répartie entre les différents groupes. Composés dans l'empreinte sereine de mi majeur, les derniers vers du poème sont chantés en duo par le ténor et le baryton solo, incarnation énigmatique d'une paix où le trouble demeure. / contemporain / Répertoire / Choeur

Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae. Leipziger Fassung. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The cantata dates from Bach's time in Weimar. The instrumental scoring of four violas and basso continuo - in the Leipzig performances enhanced by two recorders doubling viola I and II at the octave - is unique in Bach's cantata oeuvre. It lends a dark, luxurious sound to the four movements which is gently illuminated by the recorders. The work - with its instrumental sinfonia, a short secco recitative and an extended accompagnato recitative (both of which contain arioso inserts), a short soprano aria and a simple closing chorale - makes no great demands on the performing forces. Admirers of text interpretation by means of instrumental figuration will be richly rewarded./ Répertoire / Choeur

Par VEGA MARK. Al coralista no le falta generalmente literatura coral, pero sí quizás un método que progresiva y agradablemente le introduzca en el mundo coral. Este es el papel del canon. Si la música es la única razón que justifica la formación de un coro, ¿por qmontar desde el primer momento algún canon? Así lograremos hacer música en la primera reunión, en el primer contacto entre los coralistas (Marcos Vega) / Études et exercices / Etude / Choeur

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Music of profound beauty from one of the greatest vocal music composers of the past 100 years, set to text by T.S. Eliot. This is one of Britten's five canticles and was first performed at The Maltings, Snape on 26th June 1971. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Today is Fuzzy Monster's birthday! As Gaby, Theo, Daffodil, and other neighborhood friends prepare for a surprise party, our colorful cast of characters learns many important life lessons. After a cheerful opening theme song, eight scenes and unison songs focus on good judgment, kindness, courage, perseverance, responsibility, self-discipline, integrity, and respect. A few optional stage puppets will steal the show and add to the fun! Enhanced CD includes PDFs of student pages and cover art. Approximately 35 minutes. Recommended for grades three and up. / Choeur