Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.456995

Composed by Hannah Ishizaki. Judith Clurman Choral Series. Concert. Octavo. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.456995).

UPC: 196288069072. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

Selecting short excerpts from the poetry of Wordsworth and setting it in a transparent, simple musical style, these three movements offer much to unpack in the music and the lyrics.

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.042-07939-3

Composed by Paavo Heininen. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-07939-3).

ISBN 979-0-042-07939-3.

This substantial choral work was completed in 1970. Its succinct and atmospheric text is based on haiku poetry by Basho and other Japanese poets, in the original and in English translation. Musically it takes the form of a theme and variations with interludes, and looks forward towards the choral style and content of Heininen's Japanese opera, The Damask Drum.

SATB choir

SKU: GH.GE-12111

Composed by Fredrik Sixten. Tre korta satser till texter av japanska 1700-talspoeter. With Language: Japanese. Gehrmans Musikforlag #GE 12111. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.GE-12111).

ISBN 979-0-070-12111-8. 185 x 262 mm inches.

Texts from the breviary of the Dominicans. 2 movement with four soli. Hommage a Arvo Part.

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-348-0

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-348-0. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-348-0).

ISBN 9790550113480.

Shiki began as a request for a short winter-themed piece for the Hamalais-Osakunnan Laulajat choir in Helsinki. It eventually grew into a four seasons-type cycle on haiku by a 20th century Japanese monk Santoka Taneda.
The music of Shiki is a progression through various states of near-stasis. The main impression the composer wished to convey was the one of absolute stillness at the heart of each scene, of communion with the outer world, as if the viewer were drawing the landscape into him, and at the same time dissolving himself into it. The voices are treated texturally, as well as textually, moving on slow masses, with the soft but precisecely colored vowels of Japanese creating the basic sounds, and the sharper consonants giving them shape and definition.

Choral (SATB a cappella)

SKU: HL.263117

SATB a cappella. Composed by Per Drud Nielsen. Choral. Classical, Danish Edition. Octavo. 30 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH32996. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.263117).

8.25x11.75 inches.

Per Drud Nielsen's Lotusoje er en samling miniaturer for blandet kor (SATB) baseret pa Suzanne Broggers digtsamling af samme navn fra 1999. Suzanne Brogger tager i sine digte udgangspunkt idet japanske haikudigts stramme form, og Per Drud Nielsens tones''ttelser har samme knaphed og koncentrationsom digtene. Primtallet 17 udover sin egen talmagi bade i digtsamlingen og blandt tones''ttelserne: Hvert digt bestar af 17 stavelser. Digtsamlingen rummer 3 x 17, i alt altsa 51 digte. Og Per Drud Nielsens samling af tones''ttelser benytter et udvalg pa netop 17 af disse 51 digte. Digtene sp''nder fra det lette og vittige til det tungere og mere reflekterende, og musikken str''kker sig fra det enkle og lyriske over det kabaretagtigt sk''vvredne til det foruroligende og dissonansfyldte. De 17 satser er ikke afh''ngige af hinanden, men kan opfores i mindre, valgfri konstellationer.