SKU: HL.1197969

UPC: 196288135098. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

This stunning new setting of Sara Teasdale's beloved poem “There Will Be Rest” is sure to become an audience favorite. Written for a cappella divisi chorus (SSAATTBB), its wide ranges and soaring lines provide a challenge even to advanced ensembles, but the resulting sound is a rich reward, well worth working for.

SKU: BT.MUSM570200641

English.

Jesus Reassures His Mother is a setting of medieval lyric poetry written anonymously in the 14th century. The poet recounts a vision of the young Mary rocking the infant Christ to sleep. The child requests his mother to sing a lullaby but, alas, knowing her child’s fate she is too sad to sing. Jesus tells her that all mothers worry about their children’s futures and insists that she should sing nevertheless. Mary recounts the visit of Gabriel and the events of Christ’s birth but reflects how sad it is to have delivered a child to such a fate. Jesus reassures his mother that he will be with his father in heaven where Mary will come to join Him at the end of time, there to livein eternal bliss. At this point Mary is persuaded by and echoes her child’s reassuring words, and she is joined in this by the choir (now representing us all). The vision fades away in the voice of the narrator whose loneliness and longing return. We learn that it is Christmas Day. This setting grows from the visionary mystical world inhabited by Julian of Norwich whose Revelations of Divine Love provided the inspiration for a work Anne Boyd composed in 1994. The medium has been expanded from the Song Company’s six solo voices used in the Revelations to the double motet choir of the Sydney Philharmonia who commissioned this work for their 75th anniversary. The parts of the infant Jesus, Mary, the Narrator and the angel Gabriel are taken by choir soloists: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. The work is situated in the context of Boyd ’s personal musical aesthetic which she describes as the intersection of Christian Love with Buddhist silence.

SKU: HL.2050274

UPC: 797242192791. 6.75x10.5x0.42 inches.

Come close and listen to a story that will change your life. A great conflict is about to be decided. This conflict has been gaining momentum since the foundation of the world and nothing can stop this war. Battle lines are being drawn that will determine the fate of the world. On one side stands the Almighty and all of the hosts of Heaven, on the other the enemy and all of the legions of hell. And in the middle -- in the very epicenter of the vicious battle -- there hangs a lone figure on a wooden structure that is stained with blood. This forsaken and condemned man has the appearance of a beaten and broken beggar. But make no mistake, He is a King. His blood is royal beyond comprehension. He knows what is at stake. He knows what is required, He knows the pain and suffering a full and irrevocable victory will cost. This is the account of events that sound like legend, that stretch the imagination beyond reason. Yet all that you will hear is absolutely and eternally true. Come close and listen to a story that occurred long ago, in a far off land, once upon a cross.

SKU: XC.DJS2302

6.75 x 10.5 inches.

This is another great song for the middle of your program when you need to get the audience smiling... if not laughing out loud. This is a way to get your students engaged in the song and come up with lots of options for fun performance and even staging moments for your show.

SKU: GI.G-018040

What has made this Mass rise to the top in popularity in parishes across the English-speaking world? Its adaptability. From parishes with keyboard and/or guitar and cantor to cathedrals with a large SATB choir and multiple instruments (organ, brass quartet, timpani, handbells), Mass of Wisdom has proven itself as a “Mass for the masses.” Its step-wise melodic patterns make it easy to learn without sounding musically trite in any way. Music directors agree that the through-composed Gloria is one of the most finely crafted of all the new musical settings of the prayer. That fine crafting extends to all components of this Mass, especially the acclamations sung during the Eucharistic Prayer. The multi-layered Hosannas in the Sanctus will delight the members of the choir as well as the singing assembly. This is a Mass setting that simply soars. It is a perfect setting for Ordinary Time, but music directors tell us that the Christmas and Easter seasons are made more glorious and joyful when this setting is sung, especially when the additional instrumentation is added. Dioceses and parishes that employed Mass of Wisdom as the first setting during the implementation of the new translation have found themselves returning to it time and time again. It truly has become part of the “Catholic musical DNA” across the United States and beyond.

SKU: GI.G-8704

UPC: 785147870401. English. Text Source: Ref.: based on Luke 2:29-30, vv.: inspired by the Psalms. Text by Suzanne Toolan. Scripture: Luke 2:29–30.

A warm and tender piece that will quickly become a favorite of congregations and music programs of almost any size and makeup—this gentle, restful musical setting combines a paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis with verses from the Book of Psalms. It is easily accessible to choirs and worshiping assemblies and would be a beautiful sung prayer for any occasion from Evening or Night Prayer to moments of lament and grieving. The C instrument part is optional. For cantor or soloist.

SKU: XC.2104011

9 x 12 inches.

Now side by side we call for the dawning of a brand new day ... You're invited, come and sing united. An inspiring and uplifting anthem of togetherness wrapped in chorale-like harmonies that work in both the a cappella setting or with the gently pulsing accompaniment, this will make a terrific choice for a closing piece or a theme song for your choir. An accompaniment MP3 and part-dominant MP3 bundles to share with your whole choir are also available to make learning even easier.

SKU: XC.2104010

9 x 12 inches.

Now side by side we call for the dawning of a brand new day ... You're invited, come and sing united. An inspiring and uplifting anthem of togetherness wrapped in chorale-like harmonies that work in both the a cappella setting or with the gently pulsing accompaniment, this will make a terrific choice for a closing piece or a theme song for your choir. An accompaniment MP3 and part-dominant MP3 bundles to share with your whole choir are also available to make learning even easier.