SKU: AP.46941

UPC: 038081535906. English. Traditional Spiritual.

A grandiose choral introduction travels through several keys to open this polished setting of the traditional spiritual, which soon breaks into a joyously brisk treatment featuring call-and-response between sections, terraced dynamic contrasts, and thick divisi textures. Fantastic a cappella writing for advanced choirs.

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: GI.WW1771

UPC: 785147021568. English. Text source: Traditional spiritual. Traditional Spiritual.

This spiritual is full of joy, though it comes from a tumultous time. This arrangement uses rhythmic passages and complex harmonies at times to convey what it means to escape this life of toil. For more advanced choirs, this would make an excellent concert closer! Jason Max Ferdinand Choral Series.

SKU: CF.CM9573

ISBN 9781491153673. UPC: 680160911172. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. Key: Ab major. Latin. Traditional Latin.

O Magnum Mysterium?exemplifies quintessential Busto choral writing through varied textures and tempi with poignant harmonies all of which depict the sacred text O great mystery. For advanced mixed choirs and appropriate for any concert and festival setting.

SKU: HL.363995

UPC: 840126956948. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Combining the traditional Latin text “Agnus Dei” with one of the most beautiful Negro spirituals, here is a concert setting fit for any advanced choir. Each of the three verses evoke various stages of peace and rest.

SKU: HL.346282

UPC: 840126923452. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Imaginative and wonderful are the words that best describe this selection. The poet asks, who will read his words many years hence and what will the impact be? The music carries the words like a well-written story, and the listener is brought into the narrative. It is a masterful piece for an advanced high school or college choir.

SKU: LO.65-1027S

UPC: 000308027242.

Celebrate the birth of Christ with a service of enchanting carols - old and new - from merry England. This winsome collection features eight choral arrangements of traditional carols selected by one of our leading British composers; a fine balance of original music is also included. Readings from Scripture and contemporary sources provide continuity when presented by one or several narrators. Some of the music is quite challenging, while other portions will be quickly learned.