SKU: YM.GTP01097933

ISBN 9784636979336.

The arrangements include in this series of books offer rich and gorgeous sounds and has gotten a good reputation for now. This book is a special issue. All music which this book offers are good to be used for concerts, school activities and as background music in restaurants. This level is set higher so it is challenging and rewarding for all the piano players.

SKU: WD.080689632174

UPC: 080689632174.

From the incredible creators of Dove-Award winning How to Have the Best Christmas Ever, Joel Lindsey, Jeff Bumgardner, Heidi Petak and Daniel Semsen, is this new dramatic musical from Word Music & Church Resources, AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS. This heartfelt musical that brings people of all different paths of life together in the most unexpected way…in the middle of an airport terminal on Christmas Eve. Filled with surprise, humor, and realistic experiences that many people face every year at Christmastime, this musical is one that will bring laughter, inspiration, hope and emotion to every audience.

Your choir, congregation and community are guaranteed to feel the spirit of Christmas with this relevant dramatic Christmas musical. They will love this engaging story—A story that will remind them of peace, love, and good will towards men, joy that comes in spite of the chaos of the season, and the many emotional ways that we, as Christians, need Christmas…no matter where we might find ourselves on December 25th.

SKU: HP.C6065D

UPC: 763628360658. By John Bell.

Medley of two songs with words by John Bell This lively folk song is paired with a text that tells the story of Jesus' life from birth to his death and resurrection, reminding us that he's there when we call him, bringing health, love, and laughter to life now and ever after, for the good of us all. The optional flute and handbells embellish the charming Irish flavor.

SKU: CF.CM9777

ISBN 9781491164488. UPC: 680160923380. Key: Bb major. English. Marjorie Pickthall.

Text: excerpt from Brading by Marjorie PickthallHere, where the legions parted; Here, where the shields were laid, Wild orchid, honey-hearted, Grows in the wind-swept shade.Here, where the soldiers rested; Here, where they set their spears, The little larks, brown-breasted, Fall down like falling tears.Here, where the swords came after; Here, where the ships went by,The sea-winds send their laughter Between the downs and the sky.Program note:Between the downs and the sky is a meditation on the text and the notion of here. Reflective and commemorative in nature, the poem speaks to themes of remembrance and our shared connections to humanity translated through the natural world. Pickthall pairs anthropomorphized images of nature against the impacts of human violence and strife.I am drawn to the location-less setting of “here”. We are left with a certain placeless-ness in the poem. “Here” could mean anywhere and everywhere; it could also mean right in front of us in this exact moment. “Here” is also a call to attention, here where we witness, where we notice, where we are called to. Here, where we love, where we mourn, where we hope to become whole.Musically, “here” is metamorphosed through various ostinati gestures as if to depict memory, reflections, echoes which reverberate long after the initial source, a heart beat, relentless waves pounding shores, etc. The work also juxtaposes extreme high and low registers particularly in the piano writing to capture the title image of the “here” found in-between the downs and the sky.The work moves in and out of unison, two part, and optional three part writing; from m. 45 to the end, the middle line baritone part is completely optional. The music functions the same with or without the inner voice part. This is done to aid in the accessibility of the work, to make the music as approachable and successful to groups of all abilities.

SKU: OU.9780193525733

ISBN 9780193525733. 10 x 7 inches.

For SATB double choir unaccompanied Lightly come or lightly go is a playful setting of James Joyce's poem of the same name for SATB double choir. The two choirs portray the conflicting emotions expressed in the poem demonstrated by the closing line: Love and laughter song-confessed When the heart is heaviest.

About Oxford New Horizons

New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and sacred, and includes pieces for upper-voice and mixed choirs. With titles by some of the most accomplished choral composers active in Great Britain and abroad, the series introduces new repertoire and fresh talent to a broad spectrum of choirs. New Horizons features composers with growing reputations for quality composition reflecting a strong individual voice. The series is continually expanding and should be the first place to look for attractive and performable contemporary choral music.