A Choral Suite for Two Part (Soprano and Alto) Children's Chorus setting the text of George Mackay Brown. This enchanting 12-minute cycle is typical of the subtle and delicate way Maxwell-Davies approaches writing forchildren: straightforward tender affectionate yet with just a hint of the complexity found in challenging 'adult' works like the cycle Westerlings. George Mackay Brown's poetry with its haiku-like short stanzas and pointillisteallusive imagery leaves you constantly intrigued : who is the boy 'lost on the hill till sundown' and why is time 'a bird with white wings?' Is this perhaps the poet himself playing a bit of holiday truant?

This great song is on just about everyone's top ten list of all-time classic ballads! Lush harmonies varied textures and a timeless melody and lyric...this is it! Available: SSAA a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 2:35.

Stand back for this fantastic new arrangement from the current hit musical revival on Broadway Hello Dolly! Beginning with an expressive solo the choral begins to come alive in tempo and energy until the final chord. Available in voicings to suit just about every performing ensemble with optional instrumentation you'll feel like you're on Broadway with every performance!

Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream incidental music to the play by Shakespeare is best known for the famous Wedding March though the work contains an array of beautiful music. The instrumental movements are frequently performed as an Orchestral suite or as stand-alone pieces.The Overture was composed when Mendelssohn was just seventeen years old written as a concert overture. Then when King Frederick William IV of Prussia commissioned the adult Mendelssohn to create incidental music for the whole of the play in 1842 Mendelssohn incorporated the Overture and its themes repeatedly throughout the work. Mendelssohn particularly loved Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’sDream having read it with his sister from childhood. His incidental music for the play ranks among the best of its genre skillfully generating the spirit of each of the characters establishing ambiences for the various scenes and complementing Shakespeare’s own drama.

The SATB edition (00159337) was released last year and became an immediate hit. Carrying the positive message that we are all ?connected? and need to take care of one another is just the beginning of why this is a great piece. It has a style all itsown: rhythmic a cappella with simple but engaging counterpoint a culminating chorus and a winning ending. For SSAA choirs of all ages. Easy to medium.

This a cappella setting of a traditional South African praise song just bursts with joyful energy. Dynamic contrast percussion and a wide range of layered vocal textures make this an appealing concert choice. Available: SATB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 2:15.

Setting the poem Sunflowers by contemporary poet Susan Windle this 6-1/2 minute work for women's choir and string quartet is strong and thoughtful and insightful and requires women who are just like the music.Commissioned by the Anna Crusis Women's Choir in celebration of their 30 year anniversary this is an anchor piece for your concert.

Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. Pavane Publishing is proud to launch her new series with this classic tune attributed to Huddie Ledbetter. A simple three-part treble choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American home-spun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing this arrangement sounds just the way the song should always be sung.

Written for an obscure short-lived musical that never made it to Broadway this song caught the ear of Nat King Cole who promptly recorded it in 1956 and it became a lesser-known standard in the great American songbook. It has since been recorded by artists such as Johnny Mathis Dinah Washington Diane Schuur and Diana Krall. Accessible and hard-swinging this is a perfect addition to any male or female quartet or chorus repertoire!