Par WHITBOURN JAMES. This glorious collection of beautiful choral music by composer James Whitbourn includes fifteen short works drawn from his oeuvre from the first few years of the 21st century. Many of his greatest compositions are included in The Choral Collection, with many of the pieces working perfectly for seasonal performances, while also reflecting the many fruitful collaborations of Whitbourn's distinguished career. All works are arranged for SATB Choir. James Whitbourn has become renowned throughout the world for his acclaimed compositions and settings of numerous texts. He has been described as truly original and an innovator of contemporary British choral music, collaborating with people like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The former appears here, as A Prayer Of Desmond Tutu, a setting of one of the Archbishop's prayers. His arrangements and compositions for the King's College Choir have been universally critically acclaimed, with A Great And Mighty Wonder, Nunc Dimittis and Were You There? representing these hugely popular collaborations. Whitbourn has also had a very close relationship with the BBC since his beginnings as a composer, working with them on three pieces within The Choral Collection. Eternal Rest and Give Us The Wings Of Faith were both composed specifically for television broadcast, the former (in its orchestral form) was played for the funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002. His longest work, for which he is most famous, is a setting of text from'the Diary of Anne Frank'. There Is No Speech Or Language comes from this work, taking its text from other sources, but that still maintain the beauty and tragedy of the wider piece. The Choral Collection of fifteen compositions by James Whitbourn is full of beautiful, haunting, uplifting and inspiring melodies for SATB Choir and Organ Accompaniment from one of the most treasured British choral composers. The brilliant choice of texts throughout is matched only by the sheer compositional skill of Whitbourn in evoking the emotions of the words in the musical form. Also included are suggestions for seasonal song use, a list of recordings, and fascinating song notes written by Whitbourn himself. The joy of choral singing is nowhere more evident than in a work by James Whitbourn, and performances of any piece within this collection is sure to be remembered for a long time to come./ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Orgue

This collection of French Songs & Choruses includes a wealth of original choral music by French composers as well as many wonderful arrangements of some of the greatest French songs ever composed. Suitable for Mixed-Voice Choirs of all sizes and abilities this is the perfect collection for finding new performance pieces but would work equally well as a complete concert programme. The selections in this songbook are second-to-none with some of the most beautiful and affecting French choral music compiled into one volume. Many original works are included here with these choral compositions by giants of French classicalmusic often being regarded as some of their finest work. Pieces like Madrigal by Gabriel Fauré a new edition of Maurice Ravel's incredible Trois Chansons Camille Saint-Saëns's Calme Des Nuits and Trinquons?as well as Reynaldo Hahn's three Rondels originally written for SATB choir.? French Songs And Choruses also features a great many arrangements of works that have been enjoyed by choirs and singers for many years. The harmonies of songs like Chanson D'Amour?by Gabriel Fauré convey just how stunning a song this is to hear as well as to sing while others like Debussy's Beau Soir?offer a similarly beautiful take on a different theme. With all of these songs the joy will be in careful selection fantastic practice and the thrill of performance for you and your audience. Such a grand selection of Songs And Choruses For Mixed-Voice Choirs?is sure to enhance or invigorate your choir's repertoire giving you an enjoyable introduction to the finest choral music that France has to offer. The delightful arrangements of the carefully-selected French Songs And Choruses?included in this collection will make a perfectly French-flavoured addition to your general

This glorious collection of beautiful choral music by composer James Whitbourn includes fifteen short works drawn from his oeuvre from the first few years of the 21st century. Many of his greatest compositions areincluded in The Choral Collection with many of the pieces working perfectly for seasonal performances while also reflecting the many fruitful collaborations of Whitbourn's distinguished career. Allworks are arranged for SATB Choir. James Whitbourn has become renowned throughout the world for his acclaimed compositions and settings of numerous texts. He has been described as truly originaland an innovator of contemporary British choral music collaborating with people like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Choir of King's College Cambridge. The former appears here as A Prayer Of Desmond Tutu a setting ofone of the Archbishop's prayers. His arrangements and compositions for the King's College Choir have been universally critically acclaimed with A Great And Mighty Wonder Nunc Dimittis and Were You There?representing these hugely popular collaborations. Whitbourn has also had a very close relationship with the BBC since his beginnings as a composer working with them on three pieceswithin The Choral Collection. Eternal Rest and Give Us The Wings Of Faith were both composed specifically for television broadcast the former (in its orchestral form) was played for thefuneral of the Queen Mother in 2002. His longest work for which he is most famous is a setting of text from'the Diary of Anne Frank'. There Is No Speech Or Language comes from this work taking its text from othersources but that still maintain the beauty and tragedy of the wider piece. The Choral Collection of fifteen compositions by James Whitbourn is full of beautiful haunting

This is an incredible version of Gershwin's popular showpiece I Got Rhythm arranged for SATB Choir with Piano Accompaniment by Antony Saunders. This choral improvisation for SATB and Piano is based on the theme with four variations and Saunders uses a variety of choral textures and voicings along with unaccompanied passages to extend these variations. The intricate choral part is supported by a well constructed piano accompaniment which is often sparse so as to let the choir fully show off their own fabulous workings!If it wasn't already this piece and arrangement of truly is a showstopper and will provide a wonderful enrichment to your Choir’srepertoire.

For SATB Divisi Chorus Unaccompanied-Drop Drop Slow Tears is a choral piece for unaccompanied SATB (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) chorus composed by Graham Ross in 2003. First performed by the Royal College of Music Junior Chamber Choir Drop Drop Slow Tears is an updated choral setting of a 17th century poem by Phineas Fletcher. Graham Ross is an acclaimed composer and director who takes great pleasure in reviving forgotten or lesser-known works for a contemporary audience. The sheet music for this piece provides the parts for Soprano Alto Tenor and Bass voices as well as a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes. Drop Drop SlowTears is a divine choral piece with beautifully poetic lyrics set to glorious harmonies. Your audiences will love the gorgeous melody of Graham Ross's expert composition.

Choral Highlights-This 9-minute medley features all the musical highlights from the hit Disney film Frozen in an arrangement for SATB Choir by Mark Brymer.The music from Frozen is a charming return to the classic songs of the Disney genre but with an updated pop and Broadway feel that today's audiences will instantly connect with.Frozen: Choral Highlights includes the favourites Fixer Upper For The First Time In Forever Frozen Heart In Summer Let It Go and Love Is An Open Door.This score is compatible with the Frozen (Choral Highlights) Showtrax CD .

Denmark Revisited - Danish choral works for mixed voices a cappella.The University Choir Lille MUKO and soprano Else Torp conducted by Jesper Grove Jørgensen.For many years now there has been a broad international interest in performing Danish choral works not least from the 20th century but often the Danish lyrics have been a hindrance in realising this goal outside Denmark. With this in mind we have thought it important to make Danish choral music more available through the release of selected works in which the Danish text is translated into English. With the present choice we have endeavoured to present works which fullydemonstrate the wide range and originality of Danish choral music: the particular lyrical Danish tone of Svend S. Schultz and Jørgen Jersild; the original simplicity of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen; the characteristically Danish late romanticism of P.E. Lange-Müller and Rued Langgaard; and the music of composers with their own particular musical idiom such as Vagn Holmboe Bernhard Lewkovitch and Bo Holten. We have also tried to choose works with lyrics by writers that are specifically Danish in origin including Hans Christian Andersen Johannes V. Jensen and Tove Ditlevsen. We hope that this release will help to spread knowledge and understanding of Danish choral music outside Denmark.(Jesper Grove Jørgensen)ContentP. E. Lange-Müller: 3 Madonna SongsRued Langgaard: 3 Rosengaard SongsSvend S. Schultz: Denmark RevisitedVagn Holmboe: Songs Towards the Deep of Spring op. 85Jørgen Jersild: Three Danish Love SongsBernhard Lewkovitch: 3 Motets op. 11Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: 6 Simple Danish SongsBo Holten: Rain and Rush and Rosebush

Today's Choral Classics is a special collection of pieces from the most exciting talents in choral composition today. From the church to the concert hall it is the perfect volume for choruses seeking a contemporary choral repertoire rich in accessible modern arrangements in a variety of styles. Featuring Paul Mealor's Wherever You Are a Christmas No. 1 for The Military Wives choir and Ubi Caritas his specially commissioned piece for the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; serene miniatures by John Tavener and Eric Whitacre; simple gems by Richard Rodney Bennett and Richard Blackford; and more substantialworks by Judith Weir James Whitbourn Tarik O'Regan and Nico Muhly; choirs of all styles sizes and abilities will discover a wealth of variety of inspiring pieces to delight singers and audiences alike. Today's Choral Classics is a fantastic addition to any music library or choral resource and provides a solid and accessible basis for any contemporary choral concert programme.

Instrumentation : SATB a cappella The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers - Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry & Mark Williams - were long-standing members of the Swingle Singers. Content : Kikapust Choral Series - Levels of Difficulty: * Straightforward arrangements which will prove readily accessible to the average SATB choir; ** These arrangements will present one or two difficulties but are easily within the grasp of the average SATB cho ir; *** Indicates a slightly more complex level of arrangement, which will require an experienced SATB choir of fairly accomplished singers; **** This category of titles requires an experienced choir and will prove more demanding.

Selected and edited by Barry Rose Sing Precious Music is a superb collection of nine anthems written between the 1960s and today one newly published in this volume: all by noteworthy composers if choral works all memorable suitable for concert as well as liturgical use and all within the capabilities of the modern mixed choir large or small. A Choral Advisor to Novello since 1999 Barry Rose has been associated with many forms of choral music for over sixty years. The Novello Choral Programme is the creation of a panel of advisers preeminent in the British music scene. The aim is to publish essential editions from the best of the wealth of existingchoral music ancient and modern while widening the repertoire with exciting new composers and new trends in music making.

A special lay-flat comb bound edition. Selected and edited by Barry Rose Sing Precious Music is a superb collection of nine anthems written between the 1960s and today one newly published in this volume: all by noteworthy composers if choral works all memorable suitable for concert as well as liturgical use and all within the capabilities of the modern mixed choir large or small. A Choral Advisor to Novello since 1999 Barry Rose has been associated with many forms of choral music for over sixty years. The Novello Choral Programme is the creation of a panel of advisers preeminent in the British music scene. The aim is to publishessential editions from the best of the wealth of existing choral music ancient and modern while widening the repertoire with exciting new composers and new trends in music making.

The Faber New Choral Works series sets out to introduce a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series aims to draw in a rich diversity of living composers and will include both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.In Memoriam Anne Frank was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Anne Frank's death in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp just six weeks before the Nazi surrender in 1945. This moving choral tribute is elegiac in mood but like Anne's inspirational diary also exudes warmth and gentleness.Composed byHoward Goodall available here is the Vocal score of his emotive and moving work In Memoriam Anne Frank for SATB (divisi) Choir with Piano accompaniment.

Herbert Howells's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for the Gloucester service is one of his most popular choral settings. This sheet music is arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.Herbert Howells was a renowned English composer of church music in the Anglican evensong tradition, best known for his 'Hymnus Paradisi' and as a teacher at the Royal College of Music. His lesser-known evening canticles include this piece: with its famous treble duet opening the work, it calmly progresses to an affirmation of the glory of heaven through distinctive Lydian harmony and soaring highs. Each individual voice has its own part to play in this piece, with melodies that rise to uplifting highs and fall to booming lows, the combination of voices blends and binds to create a gliding and soaring unity of harmony. This Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis sheet music is the most accurate transcription available of an awe-inspiring piece that is acclaimed by fans of choral music for its beautiful composition and wondrous voicing. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orgue

For SATB Chorus.Jointly commissioned by the National Chamber Choir and the Cork International Choral Festival for the seminar 'from composition to performance the seminar on choral music'.This work was premièred at the Cork International Choral Festival on 2nd May 2008 by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland conducted by Bo Holten. Text: Acallam na Senórach (12th century)After the battles of Commar Gabair and Ollarba the F an was destroyed. The survivors scatteredacross Ireland and by the time our story begins only two of the nobles of this ancient F anwerestill alive: Ois n and Ca lte. Sixteen of the F an warriors travelled with them across the wooded andflower-covered slopes of the Fews. Patrick was reciting his office. Then his priests seeing Ca lte and his men approaching wereseized with fear and horror at the sight of these warriors of an earlier age. Then Patrick apostle tothe Irish arose and sprinkled holy water on these great men for a thousand legions of demons hadbeen above their heads. The great men then sat down.?Well my friend there is something I would ask you ? said Patrick to Ca lte. ?Find us a well of purewater close by so that we might baptize the peoples.? Ca lte took Patrick by the hand and togetherthey went over the ramparts of the fortress. Just nine steps from the portal they saw a lovely crystalclearspring. Then Ca lte recited these lines:A thoibur Trágha dhá bhan laind do bhilar barrhglan.ó ro tréigedh do chnuas ortn r? léiced fás dot fochlocht Is uait dochuadar in Fianndar? marbad Coinchend coimfial dar? cuiredh ár Feinde Find.isin mhadain ós Maolghlind.A(r) marbadh chon ocus ferar n-athchuma laoch