This is one of Fred Bock's all-time greatest classics. Composed for the a cappella choir the bass and tenor parts divide and the results are a rich luscious texture. The Isaac Watts text of praise soars to new heights with thisbrilliant composition. Available: SATB.

A new tune and setting is given by the creative Craig Curry for this Isaac Watts favorite. Craig's setting communicates the message with passion and depth creating a new musical perspective worthy of this classic text. Performance time approx. 3:00.

In taking a scholarly approach to the question that still can't seem to be answered with confidence after thousands of years the venerable Dr. Isaacson shows his playful side with a setting of a lyric by Marcia Hain Engle. A cute little ditty with a formidable accompaniment for a smile at any holiday concert. Listen for subtle quotes of your favorite Chanukah (Hannuka? Chanukka?) tunes throughout.

Tim Sharp's adaptation of Isaac Watt's classic text set to the Tschesnokov melody makes a sparkling Christmas choral fanfare. The optional handbell part adds depth and color should you choose an accompanied performance. Availableseparately: SATB BonusTrax CD (08748249). Handbell part available digitally. Duration: ca: 2:00.

Lux In Tenebris from Luminosity. For SATB choir Viola Tanpura Tam-Tam and dance theatre.Luminosity is a multi-media work commissioned by the conductor James Jordan of Westminster Choir College for the WestminsterWilliamson Voices the women of the Westminster Schola Cantorum the Blair Academy Singers (conductor William Hammer) and the black-light dance company Archedream for performance in Phildephia Cathedral during April2008.The text compiled and edited by the composer centres on the transcendent beauty of creation expressed by luminaries down the ages. Texts are taken from the writings of St John St Teresa of Avila Ryonen StAugustine Julian of Norwich and St Isaac of Nineveh.ScoringSATB (with division)ViolaTanpuraTam-TamOrgan

Hymn tune setting the text of Isaac Watts. For SATB Choir and Organ. Fifth verse with descant.

Hush! My Dear by Gabriel Jackson for SATB accompanied or unaccompanied.Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 5 this exquisite setting of a familiar text by Isaac Watts has flexible scoring with choirs encouraged to explore different options for each of the four verses. The music is gentle flowing and peaceful perfectly reflecting the nativity scene the poet so vividly depicts.

This secular collection is a fantastic resource for experiencing the music of the Renaissance. The six well-known and representative works are: April Is in My Mistress' Face (Thomas Morley) Bonjour mon coeur (Orlando di Lasso) Innsbruck I Now Must Leave Thee (Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen) (Heinrich Isaac) Je le vous dirai (Pierre Certon) Music Most Wondrous Lovely Art (Johann Jeep) What If I Never Speed (John Dowland).Available separately: SATB a cappella.

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.'

Are you looking for a festival anthem that includes a significant role for handbells? This is it! Wonderful text by Isaac Watts and an inventive rhythm true to the works of our friend David Schwoebel.

Stan Pethel has creatively arranged this Isaac Watts text and I.P. Breedlove tune from the Sacred Harp. The rejoicing of the shepherds is summed up in the last line Mortals shall know their Maker's love at their Redeemer's birth. Duration: ca. 2:05.

Commissioned by the Iowa City West Singers and performed at the North Central ACDA 2014 this selection received rave reviews. The sacred text of Isaac Watts makes it fitting for the church but it is really a concert piece. The poem celebrates life and singing. Memley's writing is gentle and immensely satisfying. Advanced high school or college. Medium difficulty.