Sounds of a Better World. Composed by Jim Papoulis. BH Sounds of a Better World. Octavo. 8 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051483426. Published by Boosey and Hawkes (HL.48023664).

By Michael Barrett. Words by J. Paul Williams. For SA(T)B Choir. Sheet Music. Published by GlorySound.

By Christy Nockels. By Christy Nockels. Arranged by Joseph M. Martin. PraiseSong Christmas Series. Octavo. 8 pages. Published by PraiseSong (HL.226285).

Celebrate His Name this Christmas. Composed by Geron Davis, Dave Clark & Tony Wood. Arranged by David Sloan. Adult Musical. Listening CD. Duration 36 minutes. Published by Word Music (WD.080689928222).

Arranged by Brad Nix and Dennis Clements. Glory Sound. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Glory Sound (HL.35031287).

Composed by Don Besig. Harold Flammer. Anthem, Commitment, Communion, Sacred, Lent, General Worship. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Harold Flammer Music (HL.35031209).

Composed by Richard Sorce. Score. Imagine Music Publishing #VMW193. Published by Imagine Music Publishing

Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Bestseller. 20th Century. Octavo. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.5011. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

Composed by Yoni Rechter and Alexander Kantsberg. Arranged by Alexander Kantsberg. Octavo. With Text Language: Hebrew. Published by OR-TAV Music Publications (OT.28073).

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-455-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-455-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-455-5).

ISBN 9790550114555.

This cycle of carols, to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, was assembled piecemeal over a number of years, gradually acquiring a larger dramatic and harmonic arch shape as new settings were added. I was particularly attracted to Rossetti's conflation of the dark, fallow winter landscape with that of the soul waiting for salvation. The cycle traces the long nights of watchfulness before Christmas, with the great event constantly deferred, only glimpsed periodically in different visions before the music turns inward again to contemplation. The opening carol embodies this spirit, with passages of diffuse, roving harmony interspersed with meditative, lyrical pedals, calling out the night watch and dreaming of a far-off summer of the spirit. Earth Grown Old is a kind of double carol, setting two complete poems, their lines at first presented separately as a still, expectant chorale and a jubilant dance, then progressively interwoven toward a fervent climax before once again receding into quiet. In the bleak mid-winter, which sets a highly compressed version of Rossetti's original poem, presents an enfeebled landscape frozen in time, in dire need of deliverance. A gentle melody weaves its way through static drones, broken by an angels' chorus announcing the joy to come. Love Came Down at Christmas ends the waiting, with its gently falling, overlapping lines building to a final revelation, the mystery of Christmas at last made real.

Composed by Lloyd Larson. Easter, Sacred. Octavo. Hope Publishing Company #C 6136. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C6136).

SSATB Choir, 2 Violins, Basso continuo

SKU: CA.2034012

Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Uwe Wolf. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Schutz. Basso continuo. Sacred concertos, Sacred vocal music. Single Part, basso continuo. Composed 1646. SWV 340. 4 pages. Duration 7 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 20.340/12. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2034012).

ISBN 9790007194284. Language: German.

Score and part available separately - see item CA.2034000.

SSATB choir, 2 violins, 2 violas (2 trombones), violone (trombone), basso continuo

SKU: CA.1006411

Composed by Johann Rosenmuller. Edited by Albrecht Tunger. German title: Also hat Gott. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Whitsun, Christmas. Single Part, Violin 1. Composed 1652. 4 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 10.064/11. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1006411).

ISBN 9790007017866. Language: German.

Score available separately - see item CA.1006400.

Bass voice solo, SSATB choir, 2 violins, basso continuo [2 violas, cello] - Level 3

SKU: CA.3600514

Composed by Anonymous and Dietrich Buxtehude. Edited by Gunter Graulich. Arranged by Paul Horn. German title: Magnificat. Sacred vocal music, Magnificats, Advent, Christmas, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary, Daily hours. Single Part, Viola 2. 4 pages. Duration 10 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 36.005/14. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3600514).

ISBN 9790007052812. Key: D major. Language: Latin.

Score available separately - see item CA.3600500.