Christmas Cantata-It was into the shadows and winter of this world that Christ came to bring us the light and warmth of his salvation. The new cantata Winter's Grace from renowned composer Joseph M. Martin celebrates this great light andwashes the sanctuary with the message of hope peace joy and love using a program of candles scriptures prayers and music. The incorporation of familiar carols will engage the listener and ease the learning process. There is a full line of support products available to facilitate your presentation of this dramatic new work including a digital resource kit featuring art work PowerPoint visuals a Bible study practice hints interpretivemovement options plus a unique composer's commentary explaining some of the writer's perspective on the composition of the work. Includes: A Winter's Song Celebration for Advent Hop Peace Joy and Love Carols ofAdoration Let the Earth Resound With Praise! A Silent Holy Night and more. Score and Parts for Flute 1

The Winter Rose incorporates both traditional carols and newly composed anthems that visit the timeless Christmas story with fresh insight. Through use of music narration and simple symbolism the cantata presents the lifeof Christ from prophecy to passion. The orchestrations effectively capture the essence of Joseph Martin's well-crafted piano writing fully expressing the color and beauty of this musical tableau. Highly recommended! Score andparts for Flute 1

From the composers of The Winter Rose and A Time for Alleluia comes a work that celebrates the birth of Jesus ? the Light of the world the bright and morning star. Joseph and Pamela Martin once again provide acantata rich with beautiful melodies and evocative narration. Using familiar carols as well as other anthems this dynamic work creates the perfect blend for seasonal programs. Brant Adams joins the Martins' creative team providing brilliant orchestrations and festive tracks for church performance. Let ?Morning Star? shine its beauty this Christmas for a resplendent and meaningful worship experience.

A Carol Symphony Hely-Hutchinson’s best-known work is composed in four movements. The first Adeste Fideles is arranged in the form of a Bach Chorale with brass taking the Vocal lines and Strings skittering underneath. The second movement gives God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’s minor tonalities a Russian feel. The third uses the Coventry Carol and The First Nowell as its base with particularly haunting harp theme. In the final movement Here We Come A-Wassailling appears as well as a fugal rendering of Adeste Fideles. Victor Hely-Hutchinson was a child prodigy who went on to have a successful career as a conductor pianist and accompanist as well as a composer and wasmostly known for his works on the theme of Christmas melodies and his settings of children’s nursery rhymes.

Deluxe Score-Includes optional vocal solo and SATB choir (40 parts included). Theme may be performed year-round as a single movement. I. Prologue II. Theme III. Christmas Eve Finale

This 20 minute 3-movement work for choir brass percussion and piano or organ is a joy to perform! The melodies are tuneful and fresh the rhythms exhilarating and compelling. High school college community and church choirswill want to add this piece to their Christmas repertoire.

Here at last as a single octavo is the celebrated theme song from the best selling cantata The Winter Rose. Based melodically on the English folk song “The Salley Garden ” this winsome song lends anenchanting atmosphere to any Christmas gathering. Beautifully orchestrated by Brant Adams this easily-learned choral is sure to become a favorite!

You've not heard Jingle Bells until you've heard this showstopper by arranger Mark Hayes. Perfect for school choirs community choruses or church Christmas pageants the energy in this piece never stops. The openingfeatures mixed meters and a driving orchestral track with bells everywhere! Next Hayes sets this favorite holiday tune in waltz style with comical lyrics a big-band jazz chorus and a tongue-in-cheek classical sectioncomplete with an operatic soprano solo fit for the most demanding diva! The final chorus showcases the men on the melody with the women jingle-jangling in the treble register all at a presto tempo. AVAILABLE: SATB; SAB;TTBB; Orchestration; Handbell Part; Accomp/Perf CD.

One of Mannheim Steamroller's most popular carols has been adapted for concert use by arranger Calvin Custer. Featuring solo cello over exquisite contemporary harmonies the unique effects of this Christmas standard make it an ideal centerpiece for your holiday programming.

Pastorale for Christmas-This stately pastoral work incorporates the chorus of O Come All Ye Faithful (or Adeste Fideles) into the writing. The original melody by Yon is rather remarkable in its elegant beauty and sounds timeless and enchantingly ancient though it was written rather recently in 1917. Pietro Yon was an organist who spent most of his career at the St. Patrick Cathedral in New York. Yon was well regarded in his lifetime by fellow musicians notably among his pupils was the celebrated American songwriter Cole Porter and upon his passing in 1943 Arturo Toscanini himself was among those who attended his large funeral. This arrangement begins solftly with a simple statement of the melodyin the trumpets. The theme expands as it is passed around the various instrumental choirs with increasing use of counterpoint. Culminating in a joyous exhaultation the music winds to a gentle and serene conclusion. The score is well-cued in key sections where the melody is prominent.

Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The Christmas cantata Gloria in excelsis Deo BWV 191, which has always presented researchers with many challenging problems, is among the few works to Latin words set by Johann Sebastian Bach. It consists of three sections - a finely-woven duet flanked by two festive choral movements - which we are to encounter again almost note for note in the world-famous Mass in B minor./ Répertoire / Orchestre