Ukranian Folksong-This unaccompanied advanced work for divisi mixed chorus is a traditional Ukrainian folksong arranged by J. David Moore. A detailed pronunciation guide follows.English translation:1. I would take a bandura tune it and play so that the voice of the song soared to the heavens.2. Over the plains and forests and the fields of flowers hey let our song fly into the far reaches of the world.3. Our song would fly the dream of my childhood and where there is a mistrust would carry a new call of life.4. Our song would fly hey this beautiful cherry blossom sweet as a dream burning as the flame.5. And where it would touch with the very edges of its wings there joy would flow into saddened hearts.Bandura is a Ukrainian national instrument: a cross between a lute and a harp with between 20 and 65 strings.

73 Heart-Warming Holiday Favorites-Brighten your household with music! Playing music in the home fosters family memories that last a lifetime. With sheet music for nearly dozens of familiar songs the “Family Treasury” songbook series will inspire themusic makers in every family to play and sing more often. Every generation will enjoy playing their favorites among the hundreds of pages in these collectible volumes.Songs: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth• A Baby Changes Everything • The Christmas Shoes • Do They Know It's Christmas? • Frosty the Snowman • The Gift • Hallelujah! Chorus • It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year • Jolly OldSt. Nicholas • The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth • Mistletoe and Holly • Nuttin' for Christmas • O Little Town of Bethlehem • The Prayer • Santa Baby • Thirty-Two Feet and Eight Little Tails• Ukrainian Bell Carol • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch • and more. The bonus CD contains professional-quality accompaniment tracks for a dozen selected songs for sing-along fun!

When the BBC commissioned this work for the Last Night of the Proms 2018 I was given quite a detailed brief. First the work should be for the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) and the two choirs should be quite independent of each other. Secondly the words should acknowledge the centenary of the end of World War I but look optimistically to the future. For the centenary I chose In the Underworld by World War I poet Isaac Rosenberg written in 1914. Originally about unrequited love it can read if you do not know its context as a prophetic look at the next four years with the sense that the women left at home cannot begin tocomprehend the horrors their men face in the trenches. The BBC Singers represent Rosenberg and their music is based on a beautiful Ashkenazi-Jewish prayer mode â?? also known as the â??Ukrainian Gypsyâ?? mode. While I was reading The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (written in 1923) I came across these lines which seem to answer and assuage the fears expressed in Rosenbergâ??s poem. The BBC Symphony Chorus take on the role of Gibran singing in a beautiful melismatic Maronite Syriac chant into which faith Gibran was born in Lebanon. Later in his life he became very interested in Islam particularly Sufism; therefore the whole piece is in the form of a Sufi Zikr with Sufi devotional rhythms in the percussion starting quiet and low but slowly becoming higher faster and louder. The two choirs start separately but merge into a â??conversation â?? sometimes overlapping and ending on a positive note: Rosenbergâ??s Creature of light and happiness over Gibranâ??s We shall build a tower in the sky. Quite by accident all three Abrahamic faiths are represented in this piece â?? but as Kahlil Gibran famously said: â??You are my brother and I love you. I love you when you prostrate yourself in your mosque and kneel in your church and pray in your synagogue. You and I are sons of one faith â?? the Spirit.'

The traditional Ukrainian Carol Of The Bells with new a cappella lyrics by Kirby Shaw in a jazz waltz setting for SSAA that is truly unique. Performance time: approx. 1:45.

Ring bells! This traditional Ukrainian song is transformed with new music and text for a spectacular showcase for SSA choirs. With piano bells and percussion.

A delightful Ukrainian Christmas carol for unaccompanied 3-part Female chorus. A Piano accompaniment is included for rehearsal only.

Carol Of The Bells ia a Ukrainian Carol arranged for SATB a cappella by Peter J. Wilhousky who also penned these original lyrics.

Discovery Level 2-Based on the “Ukrainian Bell Carol ” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen ” and “Ding Dong! Merrily on High ” with additional original music and lyrics this buoyant piece sparkles with Christmas joy!With glockenspiel and optional piano or a cappella. Duration: ca.2:30. Available separately: SATB 3-Part Mixed 2-Part VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:30.

A medley of bell carols for any combination of two-part voices and handbells. David Angerman's clever “Ring We Now of Christmas” combines the familiar “Sing We Now of Christmas” and “Ukrainian BellCarol” with new text and the traditional “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Scored for three-octave handbells and piano or hand chimes could be substituted if bells are unavailable. A wonderful opportunity toput ensembles together for a holiday concert or festival.

Bernhard Lewkovitch (b. 1927) is a Danish composer born in Copenhagen to Ukrainian parents. Brought up in the Catholic Church he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music but the vast majority of his choral workshave been intended for liturgical use making him somewhat of an outsider to the contemporary Danish classical music world. Twelve Motets from the Spanish Golden Age were collected edited and published in 1971 towards the end of the decade that was the only period Lewkovitch spent working outside the church. They are a testament to his commitment to rediscover and popularise historical compositions from the continentalrenaissance era even while he was experimenting with modern techniques in his own compositions.

(Medley)-This swingin' arrangement will add a dash of holiday cheer to your concert! Four Christmas favorites combine in a mini-medley for a lively choral showcase.Includes: Frosty the Snow Man Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! A Marshmallow World Ukrainian Bell Carol.Available separately: SATB SAB TTBB 2-Part Instrumental Pak (parts for Trumpet I & II Tenor Sax Trombone Baritone Sax Synthesizer Guitar Bass and Drums) and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 4:00

The first movement is a fantasia on a popular Ukrainian carol melody the style is impressionistic by turns melancholy and vigorous. The second movement is a setting of the Irish Wexford Carol the third a rhythmic theme and variations on Tomorrow shall be my dancing day.

Cantata. Par SILVESTROV VALENTIN. Diptychon est une composition de deux volets, qui peut être comparée à un retable. En plus d'une image du Christ, cela représente généralement la vie d'un saint. L'image du Christ correspond à la liturgie, notre père '(premier mouvement) et la vie d'un saint pour le célèbre poème de Tarass Chevtchenko, ' Zapovit ' (qui signifie 'dévouement' en ukrainien) (second mouvement). Strictement parlant, le premier texte est également une dédicace. Le développement musical au sein des mouvements semble aller dans des directions différentes, bien qu'il y a une sorte de plan caché. La Loi de la recherche au ciel correspond à la ' descente ' tragique de terre et de l'humanité, qui est implorèrent pour être miséricordieux et tenir en souvenir... Cette lecture me semble plus précis et plus réaliste. Pour cette raison, j'ai préféré pour démarrer avec la prière et de ne pas mettre fin avec elle, mais je me rends compte que ce ne soit pas la séquence traditionnelle. ' (V. Silvestrov)/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte a Cappella (SSAATTBB et Basse Profond