2-part equal voices, keyboard accompaniment, C instrument, oboe - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-8615

Composed by Jonathan D. Campbell. Lent, Palm Sunday, Children. Choral. Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #8615. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8615).

UPC: 785147861508. English. Text Source: Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c., Isaiah 40:8, Psalm 102:5; Translation: Sebastian Brock. Text by Ephrem the Syrian. Scripture: Isaiah 40:8, Psalm 102:5.

This is a reflective piece to consider for later in the Palm Sunday liturgy. The refrain presents the image of children laying flowers before the King, the verses reflect on the vanity of life, but also on the constancy of the Word. The music seems to strike a happy medium between recalling the joyful procession and anticipating the doleful crucifixion. Oboe or other C Instrument.

Arranged by Audrey Snyder. (2 Part Any Combination). Choral. Festival. Size 6.75x10.5 inches. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

2-part treble voices choir divisi, piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.CH-1294

Composed by Dale Jergenson. 21st Century. Octavo. Laurendale Associates #CH-1294. Published by Laurendale Associates (MN.CH-1294).

Be Joyful started life as the third movement of a larger piece for Chorus and Orchestra calledFlowers. This movement has such a delightful use of 7/8 that it gives the singers a charge to work on it. It became ome of thosealways humming it themes of the work. I have kept it cast for 4 voices, albeit SSAA now instead of the original SATB and I have adapted the orchestral accompaniment for piano. Probably the most important aspect of performing this piece is to keep the tempo going, and emphasize the thematic entrances as they shift from voice to voice. The poetry is by the Mesoamerican poet Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472), one of the most prominent poets of the period who seems to have been keenly aware of time and change, cabuitl in Nahuatl, orthat which leaves us. Everything in tlalticpac,on the earth, is transitory. It appears here for a while but then withdraws and vanishes forever.