This stunningly beautiful ballad from the Broadway musical Les Mis?rables has enjoyed renewed popularity thanks to Susan Boyle and also the TV show Glee. For female vocal solo and orchestra. Key: Eb-F Range: gb-C2

from Les Misérables-This touching ballad from the landmark musical Les Mis?rables established itself as a classic long before Susan Boyle's sensational performance or the stunning 2012 motion picture. This skillfully craftedarrangement can be used to feature a vocalist or any number of instrumental solos (including Clarinet Alto Sax Trumpet or F Horn). Sure to be a showstopper wherever it is performed. 3:00

Shchedrin concert opéra 'The Wanderer Enchanted' a rapidement pris une place permanente dans le canon musical. Maintenant, la partition de piano de l'oeuvre réussie et impressionnante est en cours de publication. Profondes émotions slaves et la virtuosité de préhension caractériser à la fois cette pièce et de nombreuses autres compositions par Shchedrin. Même s'il a été une ville cosmopolite pendant une longue période, le compositeur né à Moscou n'en reste pas moins un compositeur origine russe dont l'attachement au folklore musique russe et la poésie n'a jamais été rompu. Le texte de cette 'opéra pour la scène de concert' est basé sur une légende par le grand Russe Nikolay Leskov S. narrateur et raconte l'histoire d'un pèlerin enchanté. L'action dramatique est racontée par trois voix solistes, choeur et orchestre en grande colorés images musicales. / Choeur Mixte Et Orchestre

For Nine Male Voices And Orchestra-Luminous Body is a collaboration between Nico Muhly and Craig Lucas written in the period immediately following their narratively charged opera 'Two Boys'. Luminous Body is as a result abstract and poetic in gesture and form. The text interpolates among other things stylized versions of the teachings of Christ Buddha Mohammed and Plato; these are scrambled and re-contextualized and in a sense serve as background for the textures of the combination of nine male Voices and Orchestra.Part 1 introduces the chord structure that governs the entire piece and ends with the repeated words ?only your will is your own.?The second and third parts loosely dealing with the Devil and the importance of choosing one?s words are based on drones generated by the Voices and the strings; the constant (but slightly morphing) texture is meant to be meditative and vague. Muhly always wanted to set the Beatitudes and Craig paraphrased them beautifully here; the tenors intone the word ?blessed? over and over while the strings and winds reiterate the passacaglia from the opening of the piece. The fifth and final part is a series of proverbs. The Orchestra begins in a series of loose ecstatic drones which increase in intensity (?Make your own family!?) until you jump suddenly to the garden of Gethsemane where Christ was betrayed while his disciples slept. ?Why are you sleeping? Couldn?t you stay awake for one more hour?? he asks while the strings and winds lazily chant in the background.Luminous Body was premiered by The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Cantus.

Par BERG ALBAN. Having circulated a piano score of his opera Wozzeck, Berg was asked to assemble a few excerpts ('bruchstücke,' or fragments) for an international music festival, as staging constraints made performance of the entire opera impossible. In great haste, Berg assembled the Drei Bruchstücke in time for rehearsals, and the ensuing premiere was a great success./ Répertoire / Soprano, Orchestre et Chœur d'Enfants ad lib

Completed in 1960 Chronochromie is a famous orchestral piece composed by Olivier Messiaen.   This edition published as a book features the conductor’s score with all the following instruments: 16 First Violins 16 Second Violins 14 Violas 12 Cellos 10 Double Basses 1 Piccolo 3 Flutes 3 Oboes 4 Clarinets 3 Bassoons 1 Piccolo Trumpet 3 C Trumpets 4 F Horns 3 Trombones 1 Tuba Suspended And Chinese Cymbal 1 Glockenspiel 1 Xylophone 1 Marimba. It is written in seven movements: Introduction Strophe I Antistrophe I Strophe II Antistrophe II Epode and Coda; and The Epode featuresbirdsong and is played by 18 of the string instruments. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composer of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes.

Johannes Brahms's Schicksalslied Op.54 written for SATB choir and Piano accompaniment.

This was commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival in 1964. It was first performed by the Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras.