SKU: PR.114419020
UPC: 680160669738. 9 x 12 inches.
With a nod to Bach, Hailstork crafts a contrapuntal dialogue between trumpet and keyboard, with repeated elements throughout to keep things grounded. Versions available for both piano and organ accompaniment.
SKU: PR.410413340
UPC: 680160087433.
Hailstork's third sonata for piano is a dynamic yet approachable work, full of contrasting passages and escalating forces. For advanced pianists. Duration: 13'.
SKU: PR.312419200
ISBN 9781491136232. UPC: 680160688517. Isaac Watts.
In this setting of the familiar Isaac Watts text with a Kentucky Carol melody, Hailstork features a vocal soloist throughout the lullaby. A magical atmosphere is created as the soloist is accompanied by textless a cappella mixed chorus, providing a uniquely tender texture.
SKU: PR.113400470
ISBN 9781491136416. UPC: 680160689095. Key: Eb major.
A CHRISTMAS VIGIL is the second of two Hailstork organ works composed as variations on the British hymn tune Dundee. The present work begins with a carillon-like ostinato on the hymn’s opening phrase, which returns joyously toward the end of the composition. While the hymn itself is not specific to Nativity, the composer gave this work a Christmas title due to its bell-like cheer.A CHRISTMAS VIGIL is based on a larger single-movement piece written for the First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach, Virginia. That earlier work, A Dundee Fantasy, was commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the church. That major concert piece, based on the hymn tune Dundee, was premiered by Alan Morrison.Several small units left over from drafts of A Dundee Fantasee suggested Christmas to me because of the carillon-style ostinato at the beginning that returns grandly at the end. The joyous momentum throughout the whole composition makes this vigil suitable for a Christmas Season concert.
SKU: PR.114415750
ISBN 9781491101483. UPC: 680160612499.
The impressive Marian Anderson String Quartet has established a Continuing the Legacy commissioning project, to honor the 75th anniversary of their namesake's performance at the Lincoln Memorial, as well as their own 25th anniversary. Hailstork is one of a handful of American composers invited to create a 21st century string quartet based upon songs of the African Diaspora. His choice of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot has led to an evocative, but moving string quartet. Also available for string orchestra, on a rental basis. For advanced performers. Duration: 15'.
SKU: PR.114424240
ISBN 9781491137581. UPC: 680160691036.
THE BONES OF MR. FORTUNE (FREE AT LAST!) is an 11-minute concerto-like work for solo flute accompanied by symphonic winds and percussion – perfect to play with band or with orchestra, as well as with the composer’s own piano reduction. The work features lengthy cadenzas, and exhilarating dance-like sections with the ensemble. Hailstork describes the historical inspiration: Abused in life and death, an enslaved man (Mr. Fortune) was owned by a surgeon who preserved his skeleton to study anatomy. The bones remained with the doctor’s family for generations, and were given a proper burial making national news in 2013, 215 years after Mr. Fortune’s death.Abused in life and death, an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune was honored with an elaborate funeral more than 200 years after he died in Connecticut.Mr. Fortune was owned by Dr. Preserved Porter on a farm in Waterbury, Connecticut. When Fortune died in 1798, Porter, a bone surgeon, preserved his skeleton by having the bones boiled to study anatomy at a time when cadavers for medical study were disproportionately taken from slaves, servants and prisoners.One of Porter’s descendants gave the skeleton in 1933 to Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, where it was displayed from the 1940s until 1970. The descendant referred to the slave as “Larry†and his name was forgotten at the time.A study by forensic anthropologists at the Quinnipiac University School of Medicine concluded that Fortune was about 5 feet 5 inches tall and died at around 55 years old. He suffered a number of painful ailments, including a fracture in his left hand, a severe ankle sprain and lower back pain. “He was an individual who was in considerable distress,†a forensic professor, Richard Gonzalez said.I was taken by the bizarre story of Mr. Fortune and decided to use it as the stimulus for this work.
SKU: PR.114422600
ISBN 9781491135099. UPC: 680160686315.
Both deep and charming, LITTLE SUITE IN F combines Hailstork’s dry wit with heart, and modernism with nostalgic beauty. The suite’s four movements include a prelude of atypical texture and colors, a dance movement evoking waltz or menuet, a solemn solo movement for the violin alone, and finally a lullaby with a melody inspired by spirituals.
SKU: PR.114419010
UPC: 680160669721. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: PR.312419050
ISBN 9781491137895. UPC: 680160692583. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English. Psalm 137.
Hailstork’s setting of this familiar text mixes unsettling harmonies and unstable rhythms, enriched with a broad palette of choral textures, to evoke a mood of separation from one’s homeland. A beautiful and haunting work for advanced choirs.
SKU: PR.312419060
ISBN 9781491137611. UPC: 680160691067. English. Psalm 91.
Hailstork’s setting of Psalm 91 is an artistic expression featuring passages for Solo Soprano and Solo Baritone in relief to the many textures of the choir. While beautiful counterpoint permeates much of the work, the words “He is my refuge, my refuge and fortress” conspicuously recur in rock-solid block chords, representing the meaning of the Psalm.
SKU: PR.41641476L
UPC: 680160614486. 11 x 14 inches.
SKU: PR.416416340
UPC: 680160666171.
SKU: PR.416416280
UPC: 680160643547. 9 x 12 inches. Libretto by Carol Thomas Downing, based on the short story by O. Henry.
The Gift of the Magi is a choral ballet for dancers, chamber orchestra, and children's chorus. It is based on the short story of the same name by O. Henry (1862 - 1910). It is a story about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch: while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair.
SKU: PR.11540248F
ISBN 9781491134146. UPC: 680160684243. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: PR.312418250
UPC: 680160051779. Text: Anonymous. Anonymous.
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