Reaching #1 on the Hot 100 in 1987 this rock hit by Bon Jovi has become one of the cultural touchstones of our time and a fantastic cross-generation crowd pleaser! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ShowTrax CD. Rhythm parts available digitally (syn gtr b dm). Duration ca: 3:50.

Streets of London is a song written by Ralph McTell. McTell left the song off his debut album ‘Eight Frames a Second’ since he regarded it as too depressing but was eventually convinced by his producer to include it in the second. It was first recorded for the 1969 album ‘Spiral Staircase’ but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. It ended up being McTell’s greatest commercial success reaching number two in the UK singles chart at one point selling 90 000 copies a day and winning him the 1974 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and a Silver disc for record sales.The songcontrasts the common problems of everyday people with those of the homeless lonely elderly ignored and forgotten members of society and has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world.As part of the Richmond Music Choral series Streets of London is arranged for SATB Voices.

Rachmaninoff?s music for the All-Night Vigil service ? long known inaccurately as his ?Vespers? ? is a masterpiece in its own right. It draws on centuries-old Orthodox chant and the performance tradition of Russian folk music and embodies the ideal of Russian church music championed by a group of Moscow musicians of the time. In this All-Night Vigil the great composer-pianist-conductor has allied his own imagination skill and experience with the expertise built up at the Synodal School of Church Music ? not least by its choir which gave the first performances at several Moscowconcerts.   This edition has been carefully prepared to present Rachmaninoff?s music in a clear and easily readable format and also offers a new transliteration of the Church Slavonic text. For the first time an audio pronunciation guide is provided online which will prove indispensable for choirs wishing to perform this most beautiful of masterpieces.   In the November/December issue of Choir

Nigel Short founder and director of the choir Tenebrae adds a jazz flavour to this well-known carol. The result is a serene arrangement with luscious close harmonies which would be add a reflective moment to your Christmas concert; a sure audience pleaser. For SSAATTBB choir

Snow-covered rooftops lights on the trees sounds of carolers families together... these are some of the many joys of Christmas celebrated in Michael W. Smiths 2007 song recently reissued in a new duet with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland whichadapts beautifully to chorus. You will love performing this in your holiday concerts!

Les Chansons des Roses-In addition to his vast output of German poetry Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) composed nearly 400 poems in French. His poems on roses struck me as especially charming filled with gorgeous lyricism deftly crafted and elegant intheir imagery. These exquisite poems are primarily light joyous and playful and the musical settings are designed to enhance these characteristics and capture the delicate beauty and sensuousness of the poetry. Distinct melodicand harmonic materials recur throughout the cycle especially between Rilke's poignant “Contre qui rose” (set as a wistful nocturne) and his moving “La rose complète.” The final piece “Dirait-on ” is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire or folksong that weaves together two melodic ideas first heard in fragmentary form in preceding movements.--Morten Lauridsen

This powerful duet by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley was #1 in 1987 and won the Oscar the following year for the blockbuster film Dirty Dancing. It remains one of the most performed ballads ever and is now even more memorable with the passing of the film’s male lead Patrick Swayze.