Tonalité : G-Dur -. Par HARTMANN HEINRICH. Motetten - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : F-Dur -. Par VULPIUS MELCHIOR. Gattungen: Motetten - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Mixolydisch -. Par PRAETORIUS MICHAEL. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Anlässe: L Hautbois und Dank - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Par WAGNER ALEXANDER. Verwendung / Kirchenjahr: Fastenzeit und Passion - Langue : Allemand/ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : E-Moll -. Par RASELIUS ANDREAS. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Kirchenjahr: Trinitatis - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Phrygisch -. Par TOBIAS MICHAEL. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Kirchenjahr: Ende des Kirchenjahres, Fastenzeit und Passion - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : B-Dur -. Par PRAETORIUS MICHAEL. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Kirchenjahr: Pianoingsten - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : G-Dur - Bwv Anh. 164. Par ALTNICKOL JOHANN-CHRISTOPH. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Anlässe: L Hautbois und Dank - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Dorisch -. Par HARTMANN HEINRICH. Gattungen: Motetten, Psalmen, deutsch - Verwendung / Anlässe: Psalmvertonungen - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Sleepsong is a rich, Celtic-inspired song for choirs looking to test their abilities with a new and exciting challenge. Released by Secret Garden in 2005, the song was written by Brendan Graham and Rolf Løvland who also penned the Westlife hit, You Raise Me Up . This beautiful and peaceful choral version has been arranged by Desmond Earley for six part chorus with Soprano solo. It was first performed by UCD Choral Scholars on April 19 2012. The piece is perfect for choruses looking to take their singing forward, with specific directions for staggered breathing throughout offering an added challenge for ensembles. Although designed to be sung A Cappella, the arrangement includes a piano reduction for easy rehearsal. / Choeur SSATBB

11. Virgo, Quae Clavis Nudum Tribus Affixum, Plagis Laceratum/ Recueil / 5 Voix (SSATB)

Music runs through the story of Arion which begins with a singing competition in Sicily. Arion wins the prize and this puts his life in danger: his newfound wealth excites the greed of the sailors who are supposed to be bringing him back to Corinth and they threaten to kill him. They allow Arion to sing one last song and the power of his singing attracts dolphins to the ship.  At the end of his song he jumps overboard and one of the dolphins carries him to safety.  So Arion’s musical gift gets him into trouble but it is also his salvation.   The idea of being rescued by a music-loving dolphin is very appealing. In Robert Graves’account of the myth the dolphin could not bear to be parted from Arion and accompanied him back to court where “it soon succumbed to a life of luxury.”  However Herodotus says that after his rescue and return to Corinth Arion failed to return the dolphin to the sea and it died there.  Apollo placed the dolphin among the stars and next to it Arion’s lyre in recognition of his musical skill.  This is one of the mythical explanations of the origins of the constellations Delphinus and Lyra. It seems natural to sing a story that has singing at its heart. When I was asked by the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust to write a choral work for Making Music something that would be within reach of many choirs and involve children this story struck me as ideal: the men of the chorus could be the bloodthirsty sailors and the women could create an atmosphere of mystery for the arrival of the dolphins represented by children’s voices. There would be one solo voice: Arion the marvellous singer. Andrew Fardell the conductor who was advisor to this commission had suggested that I might use the same instrumentation as a popular arrangement of Orff’s Carmina Burana a work that as well as using children’s chorus features a solo countertenor. I thought the magical otherworldly quality of this

Madrigals for SSATB and SSATBaB Edited by E H Fellowes. Revised by Thurston Dart CONTENTS ANONYMOUS How can the tree but waste (SSATB) BYRD, William Though Amaryllis dance in green (SSATB) EAST, Michael Your shining eyes (SSATBaB) FARMER, John Fair nymphs (SSATBaB) MARENZIO, Luca I must depart (Io partiro) (SSATB) MORLEY, Thomas My bonny lass (Questa dolce sirena) (SSATB) O grief e'en on the bud (SSATB) VAUTOR, Thomas Sweet Suffolk owl (SSATB) WEELKES, Thomas In pride of May (SSATB) WILBYE, John Lady your words do spite me (SSATB)

Be Not Afeard is a work by John Joubert for Solo Soprano and Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Commissioned by Music Sales to commemorate William Shakespeare's death the 400th anniversary of which falls in 2016 the work sets a speech from Act 3 Scene 2 of his final play 'The Tempest'. The work lasts around 4 and a half minutes.