SKU: ST.CN23P

ISBN 9790220225147.

Commissioned by the BBC as part of the celebrations for International Women's Day, and reflecting its theme of hope, Like a Singing Bird was premiered live on Radio 3 on 8 March 2015 by Sarah Connolly and the St Catharine's Girls' Choir, conducted by Edward Wickham. The distinctive vocal scoring features a small solo group of sopranos or mezzo-sopranos drawn from the upper-voice ensemble. The anthem is the first of three which are collectively entitled Echoes from Willow Wood, the second also being available in Choral Now. The text, Christina Rossetti's poem 'A Birthday', features in Virginia Woolf's classic essay A Room of One's Own, based on lectures delivered at Newnham College and at Randle's own Cambridge alma mater, Girton, an institution at the forefront of women's education for two centuries. Inspired by the clock in Girton's Stanley Library, the 'chiming rhythms' which are a driving force within the piece offer a further level of connection. The music moves from quiet anticipation to bright affirmation, the sense of something life-changing heralded by an Advent plainchant quoted in the second half. The final couplet is set apart in a hushed recitative, reflecting, in the composer's words, 'the hope I and other young female composers can have as we try to make our mark in what has traditionally been a male domain.'.

SKU: CA.221000

ISBN M-007-24681-5.

A compact multi-themed choral collection for unaccompanied mixed chorus - and in the best sense, a best of current song arrangements! With 35 contemporary song arrangements, the choral collection offers the right song for many occasions: for concerts, weddings, and other celebrations, for Christmas time, or even for ending a choir rehearsal with a nocturne. The focus of the collection lies in folk songs, love songs, nocturnes, and Christmas carols. All the song arrangements were composed in the last fifteen years, and were mainly commissioned for Carus choral collections published as part of the LIEDERPROJEKT - the charitable project supporting singing with children. the works of around 30 highly experienced arrangers are brought together in the volume, including Matt hias E. Becker, Ludwig Bohme, Wolfram Buchenberg, Thomas Gabriel, Gunther Martin Gottsche, John Hoybye, Veit Hubner, Burkhard Kinzler, Giacomo Mezzalira, Vytautas Miskinis, Vic Nees, Peter Schindler, Robert Sund, Christoph Schonherr, Jozef Świder and Alan Wilson. Their arrangements reflect the variety of styles - from contemporary arrangements in classic harmonisations to pieces from jazz, pop, folk, and dance music - with which today's composers can breathe new life into traditional melodies and texts. The song repertoire is also distinguished by its wide variety: classics of the German folk song and Christmas carol repertoire (Kein schoner Land, Leise rieselt der Schnee, etc.) are included in the choral collection as well as excursions into the song repertoire of other countries (La vie en rose, Twinkle, twinkle, little star, etc.) All the arrangements are of easy to medium difficulty, so making this new music, with its wide range of styles, accessible to as many choirs as possible. Audio samples of most of the arrangements are available at www.carus-verlag.com/2210 to get to know the works. Complete recordings are available as a separate digital album under the title LIEDER - folksongs for choir on all the popular music platforms. In short, a beautiful-sounding musical treasure trove of outstanding song settings for all sorts of occasions - at an attractive bargain price! 35 song arrangements for unaccompanied mixed choir by leading choral composers well-known tunes in contemporary, fresh styles for concerts, Christmas, weddings and other celebrations, for the end of rehearsals, or as an encore recordings available as a digital album attractive price The many specially commissioned song arrangements underline Carus-Verlag's promotion of new choral music, as impressive an endeavor as the nurturing of the traditional song repertoire. Jan Schumacher.

SKU: CF.CM9639

ISBN 9781491157114. UPC: 680160915675. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: D minor. Israeli Dance Song.

Your choir will have a hard time trying to keep from dancing as they sing this joyful traditional Israeli dance song arranged by Earlene Rentz. Quoting the round Toembei, this arrangement will definitely be one the audience will find themselves humming for days to come! Also available for Two-part Treble Voices (CM9192), Three-part Mixed Voices (CM9210), SSA Voices (CM9477), TBB Voices (CM9639) and SATB Voices (CM9652).    .
ARTZA ALINU This song was a favorite of the Israeli pioneers who returned to live in the land of Israel. As they planted crops and brought the land back to cultivation, they sang and danced in the hope that the land of Israel would be rebuilt. Pronunciation Guide and general translation: Artza alinu We have gone up to our land, AHR-tzah ah-LEE-noo K'var *charashnu v'gam zaranu There we have plowed and sown, Kih-VAHR *hah-RAHSH-noo vih-GAHM zah-RAH-noo Aval **od **lo katzarnu but we still have not reaped. Ah-VAHL ohd loh kaht-ZAHR-noo *The ch is pronounced using a guttural sound (not a hard k), and uses air to begin the sound. Actually, the sound is somewhere in between an h and a k. **These words use the long o sound (i. e., like the English ode and low). TOEMBAI Toembai - There is no translation for toembai. This is a dance tune, sung in a round at celebrations. Pronounced: TOOM-bah ee (bai is actually the long I sound).
ARTZA ALINUThis song was a favorite of the Israeli pioneers who returned to live in the land of Israel. As they planted crops and brought the land back to cultivation, they sang and danced in the hope that the land of Israel would be rebuilt.Pronunciation Guide and general translation:Artza alinu We have gone up to our land,AHR-tzah ah-LEE-nooK’var *charashnu v’gam zaranu There we have plowed and sown,Kih-VAHR *hah-RAHSH-noo vih-GAHM zah-RAH-nooAval **od **lo katzarnu but we still have not reaped. Ah-VAHL ohd loh kaht-ZAHR-noo*The “ch” is pronounced using a guttural sound (not a hard “k”),and uses air to begin the sound. Actually, the sound is somewhere in between an “h” and a “k.”**These words use the long “o” sound (i. e., like the English “ode” and “low”).TOEMBAIToembai – There is no translation for “toembai.” This is a dance tune, sung in a round at celebrations. Pronounced: TOOM-bah ee (“bai” is actually the long “I” sound).