The Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Rupert Gough, with Prunella Scales and Timothy West.The Choir of Royal Holloway is one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Its first recording on Edition Peters Sounds brings together the music, atmosphere and ethos of Christmas at Royal Holloway in the Chapel, celebrating with both sacred and secular music.The album presents a broad mix of old and new complete with contemporary arrangements of familiar carols and pieces the Baltic states. Several pieces have not been recorded before, including an upper voice setting of William Blake's The Lamb by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. New contemporary arrangements include Away in a manger by the Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. There are three arrangements by Royal Holloway musicians: O little one sweet (by a Royal Holloway choral scholar), Silent Night (by Rupert Gough) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by a former choral scholar. Also previously unrecorded are original compositions by James Burton and Rihards Dubra. / Choeur Mixte

Content : All Night All Day - Amazing Grace - Deep River - Down By The Riverside - Get On Board (Gospeltrain) - Go Down, Moses - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Good News - Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Joyful, Joyful - Kum Ba Ya My Lord - My Lord What A Morning - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - O Happy Day - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Swing Low - Somebody's Knocking At Your Door - The Little Light Of Mine - Were you there - When The Saints Go Marching In

Every year, vocal soloists have a problem: In the concerts, parties, church services and other events do not sing the songs you already known, but interesting new that makes the listener sit up. Finally there is a collection of new or newly discovered songs for the Advent and Christmas season.Singers or church musicians can create with this collection on a wide range. Not only songs from Germany here, but from all over the world (in German language), such as Russia, France, England or America. / Chant/Vocal/Choeur

Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated was written by hymnist, Frances Ridley Havergal, daughter of the well-known English hymnist William Havergal. Francis wrote that it was on occasion of visiting the home of a friend that the hymn was composed. It seems there were ten persons in the home that she was visiting, some converted and some still unconverted. She prayed, 'Lord, give me all in this house!' At the end of her visit, all were converted. It was then that she penned the hymn that ends with 'Ever only, all for Thee!' Multiple voicings, instrumental parts and a beautiful fully-orchestrated accompaniment track are available. / Choeur

The infamous census of the ages has made Bethlehem a busy and crowded spot, and there are some guests at a local inn who aren't very happy. F. W. Woolworth (a rich wool salesman), and Rock Starling (a hip star singer), among others, have made it clear they want no part of the 'lower class' staying at the inn (or otherwise). By the end of this 20-minute, easy-to-prepare and present musical, we learn that Jesus came for everyone, and that because of Him, we're all included in God's Kingdom. For grades K--6. / Choeur

Par TEMPERLEY N.. Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music, Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present. For over fifty years he has sung, edited and composed carols each Christmas, and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword, the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books, but has a personality and purpose of its own. Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland and the USA, alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites, from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives, the author includes seven new compositions of his own, settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound. In addition to sample programmes and translations, there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items, plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts, churches and traditional Yuletide carolling./ Recueil / Chorale

One day we'll join the choir of angels singing the thund'rous anthem, 'Alleluia,' forevermore! What an exciting promise we have in Christ our King, to join Him triumphantly in eternity! Arranged by Bruce Greer, don't miss this incredibly joyous offering of praise from the inspired, contemporary hymnwriters, Keith and Kristyn Getty. Instrumental parts and a fully-orchestrated accompaniment CD are available. / Choeur

Cadre contemporain de Jay basé sur ce texte intemporel et poignant mérite une place dans votre prochaine saison de concerts. Littérature chorale superbe, garantie de toucher tous ceux qui l'entendent. Comme une addition spéciale, projeter des images animées de la VideoTrax DVD sur grand écran lors de l'exécution. / Choeur

Veteran church music composer/arranger and congregational worship specialist Benjamin Harlan has crafted solid arrangements of 40 favorite praise and worship songs in Sanctuary Praise and Worship. This outstanding reproducible collection is designed to be a flexible and practical resource for blended worship. A CD-ROM included in the book contains reproducible instrumental parts, lead sheets, and PowerPoint files for projection. / Choeur

For Chamber Chorus. Par BERIO LUCIANO. Italian / Classique / Répertoire / Choeur