SKU: SU.91771061

SATBB, a cappella Duration: 1'20 Composed: 2012 Published by: Subito Music Publishing Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8, please call customer service at (973) 857-3440.

SKU: MN.50-1137

UPC: 688670511370. English.

A lilting choral accompaniment evokes pizzicato sounds surrounding the tenor melody in verse one.  The other verses are set more conventionally but still reflect the goals of our Christmas with The Singers series: that the audience will enjoy the famliarity of the carol but be enchanted by the creativity of the arrangement. Challenging, but masterful in how Matthew Culloton treats the ensemble as a self-sufficient choral idiom. Duration 2:30.

SKU: SU.91771062

SATBB, a cappella Duration: 3'30 Composed: 2012 Published by: Subito Music Publishing Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8, please call customer service at (973) 857-3440.

SKU: HL.48025402

UPC: 196288201038.

Short motet commissioned by St DominicÂ’s Sixth Form College, Harrow-on-the-Hill, UK, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. MacMillan chose a text which is entirely appropriate to young people about to be let loose on the world to fulfil their potential: 'Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire'. But where another composer might have made this a fanfare MacMillan writes with the gentleness of sincerity. The music is very straightforward and in wanting a solo soprano line he outlines all the ways this can be achieved: soloist, group of sopranos, or all the sopranos if the altos can be split into two. The choir repeats the mantra text above throughout the motet, while the soprano solo line is given the prayer which follows. Only at the very end do they all join together in the words 'Jesus, love, Jesus, love' with a lovely E major ending.

SKU: GI.G-6257

UPC: 785147625704. English. Text by Thomas Pestel.

“O Sing the Glories” is an original work by Alice Parker, who is known primarily for her masterful arrangements. A festive, unaccompanied hymn-anthem that begins each stanza with an ascending scale incorporating a phrygianesque raised fourth. The seven brief stanzas are SATB, TB, SA, SATB, SAT, a quieter SATBB (with layered entrances from the lower voices upward), and a resounding final stanza with the tune in the tenor, while all other voices freely decorate around the melody.

A festive, unaccompanied hymn-anthem.

SKU: GI.WW1935

UPC: 785147038467. Latin. Text Source: Traditional Latin.

This beautiful motet by William Byrd epitomizes Byrd's mature style characterized by warm harmonic language, variation of musical texture, and effortless counterpoint. Transcribed from the 1589 Cantiones Sacrae, minimal but effective editorial work makes this a tremendous edition for more advanced SATB choirs.