SKU: BR.EB-9428

ISBN 9790004189054. 9 x 12 inches.

The Travel Preludes are three short pieces ideally conceived for opening a concert.The first, Urgent Call, is like a bell calling the audience and stressing the importance - and at times the urgency - of making music. The second prelude, The Art of Taking a Seat, has to do with that carefulness, kindness and attention the attendance of a concert requires from the audience. Because to take a seat, to concentrate and to open heart and mind to the music is an art everybody should practice. The third piece, In Praise of Discretion, is an homage to all those musicians, who enter the stage without pretensions or theatrics, being able to concentrate on nothing but the music itself. (Nicola Campogrande, July 2021 ). Sono tre brevi pagine, idealmente pensate per aprire un concerto. La prima, Urgent call, e come un campanello che richiama il pubblico e gli ricorda in modo deciso quanto sia importante - e talvolta davvero urgente - la pratica della musica. La seconda, The Art of Taking a Seat, ha a che fare con la cura, il garbo, l'attenzione che si richiedono a chi assiste a un concerto. Perche sedersi, concentrarsi, aprire il cuore e il cervello alla musica sono davvero un'arte che tutti dovrebbero conoscere. La terza, In Praise of Discretion, e un elogio agli interpreti che salgono sul palcoscenico senza enfasi, senza teatralita, e sanno concentrarsi sulla musica. (Nicola Campogrande, luglio 2021)

World premiere: Cernobbio/Italy, Piazza del Risorgimento, July 1, 2021.

SKU: HP.2728

UPC: 763628127282.

Christmas hymn With suspended bells quietly calling, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, the scene is set for the urgency and excitement that is to follow - proclaim the good news that He Is Born! The faster tempo, minor backdrop and tabled mallet accompaniment drive the piece forward with the urgent message of the Christ Child's birth. The contrasting middle section offers a warmer, more thoughtful statement that includes lingering LV passages and optional handchimes. The piece closes by reprising the spirited section and is capped off with a celebratory fanfare in major tonalities.

SKU: OU.9780193395732

ISBN 9780193395732. 12 x 8 inches.

For SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) Here Jackson sets early Christian texts by St Augustine of Hippo, Baldwin of Forde, and St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi alongside words by Estonian poet Doris Kareva. Each movement offers a change of mood, from the reflective 'Conversi ad Dominum' to the more urgent and pleading 'Aufer a me, Domine'.

About Oxford New Horizons

New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and sacred, and includes pieces for upper-voice and mixed choirs. With titles by some of the most accomplished choral composers active in Great Britain and abroad, the series introduces new repertoire and fresh talent to a broad spectrum of choirs. New Horizons features composers with growing reputations for quality composition reflecting a strong individual voice. The series is continually expanding and should be the first place to look for attractive and performable contemporary choral music.

SKU: HL.35008056

Don Besig/Nancy Price.

Energetic and driving rhythms emphasize the urgent need to go forth and preach the gospel. Contrasting legato verses with a syncopated refrain stresses the importance of Jesus' command to his disciples with a memorable melody and exciting accompaniment. Go Ye into All the World is a directive to us all, and this catchy anthem will make you want to go out and do just that.

SKU: HL.49044715

ISBN 9790001191968.

'Kaddish (Aramaic: 'holy') is the Jewish mourning prayer recited for the dead. My Kaddisch fur David Stahl was conceived to honour the memory of the long-serving chief musical director of the Staatstheater am Gartnerplatz in Munich and begins with a lyrically flowing lament on the clarinet which towards the end rears up in a despairing wail of grief. The piano and double bass punctuate the arching structure of the melody with an aggressive and urgent three-note phrase which should sound as if 'hammered in steel', symbolising the three syllables 'Da-vid Stahl'. The work culminates with an original Jewish melody for Psalm 119 with the following text: 'Your word is a lamp to my feet, shadows and light reveal the width and depth of the path of my life.' Wilfried Hiller.

SKU: AP.46933

UPC: 038081535821. English. Traditional American Folk Song.

This extraordinary arrangement of the traditional American folk song belongs in every choral library! An urgent round and around vocal motive serves as a rhythmic engine throughout the entire piece as the modal melody gets playfully tossed from voice to voice in a variety of styles, but always with class, creativity, and good humor.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

SKU: HL.49045014

ISBN 9790001202114. 9.0x12.0 inches.

The Belgian composer Nicholas Lens presents extremely varied etudes, exercises and simple phrases with wonderfully telling titles from poetry and everyday world for children and adults. For the most part the studies are tonal and simple and have no constructed line. They are not based on any educational concept but leave the musical dramatization to the pupils and teachers: 'Notes and rhythms are just notes and rhythms, they do not have that many rules, they do not have any pretension, they are just tools for you to use to express what you want to share'.

SKU: CA.4075214

ISBN 9790007220730. Language: German.

Friedhelm Rentzsch, long a cellist in the Dresden Philharmonic, set Psalm 130, whose character of penitence is especially impressive here, through the reduction of the musical forces to a solo alto with orchestral accompaniment, and this in a most unique, urgent manner. Through the addition of a sombre text by Erich Arendt the subective manner of the song is placed in a worldly context encompassing all periods of time. Repeatedly, passages of a quiet character alternate with tutti phases which sometimes climax to passages employing clusters. Score and part available separately - see item CA.4075200.