SATB Choir and Piano (Vocal Score)

SKU: HL.14042691

Composed by John Tavener. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 36 pages. Chester Music #CH8004701. Published by Chester Music (HL.14042691).

8.25x11.5x0.145 inches.

Vocal Score For John Tavener'S Three Hymns Of George Herbert For Satb Chorus, Percussion And Strings. Commissioned By The Legatum Institute [Www.Li.Com] As Part Of Its British And American Notions Of Liberty Programme, In The Year Of The Diamond Jubilee Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ii. First Performance On 21St April 2013 In Washington National Cathedral, By The City Choir Of Washington Conducted By Robert Shafer. The Three Hymns Of George Herbert Were Written After A Long Illness, And Represent For Me A Hymn Of Thanksgiving To God For A Relative Return To Health. They Are Intended To Be Sung In A Large, Resonant Acoustic, With The Main Choir And String Orchestra At One EndOf The Building, And An Echo Choir And String Quartet At The Other. The Percussion (Tubular Bells, Gongs And Tam-Tams) Should Sound From A Gallery Or Other Raised Position. The Hymns Were Inspired By The Transparent Poetry Of George Herbert, And Are Dedicated In Gratitude And Love To The Memory Of Mother Thekla, Former Abbess Of The Orthodox Monastery Of The Assumption, Normanby, Near Whitby, Who Died In 2011. - John Tavener.

Composed by Howard Skempton (1947-). Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 8'. Oxford University Press #9780193533547. Published by Oxford University Press

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.1145673

Composed by Victor C Johnson. Shawnee Press. Concert, Poetry. Octavo. Duration 208 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.1145673).

ISBN 9781705185353. UPC: 196288117483. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Victor Johnson's expressive writing continues with this SATB setting of Swinburne's poetic work. Layered harmonic writing above a sophisticated accompaniment creates musical pictures of the romantic text: “If love were what the rose is, and I were like the leaf, our lives would grow together....” A gorgeous selection for concert or contest.

SSATB Choir, Piano

SKU: CA.926400

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Denis Rouger, Denis Rouger. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 1862. Op. 13, No. 1. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.926400).

ISBN 9790007261870. French. Text: Victor Hugo.

In his poem Soiree en mer, Victor Hugo describes how the sea can be perceived very differently by two lovers at the same time in the same place. While the man perceives the deepening shadows on the dancing waves, the woman marvels at the stars shining ever brighter in the firmament. In nature, as in the words of the poem, the painful ambiguity that represents life at its core can be experienced. Like no other poet, Hugo captures this almost unbearable simultaneity of living and dying, of love and suffering. Saint-Saens translates this into music - probably the most ephemeral and contemporary of all art forms. His balanced musical form leaves plenty of room for the poetry and his subtle variations in timbre, which also inspired Denis Rouger to his choral arrangement, create a seething motion under the surface of the sea.

This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD ...wo die Ztronen bluhn (Carus 83.514).

SATB choir, divisi - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1534

Composed by Benjamin Kornelis. Walton Choral. Music Education. Octavo. 12 pages. Walton Music #WW1534. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1534).

UPC: 888680005269. English. Text by Garrison Keillor.

The composer has set Garrison Keillor's lovely words with sensitivity and care. Evoking the warmth, longing, and hopefulness of love. The setting allows for the choir to be driven by the natural rhythm and text stress of the poetry to shape each phrase. A beautiful love song not to be missed. Length: 5:10.

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.

By Christopher Marlowe, Greg Gilpin. For Choir. (SATB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

SATB choir - Intermediate

SKU: AU.9798889830542

Composed by Zebulon M. Highben. Praise, Creation. Augsburg Choral Library. Christian. Octavo. Augsburg Fortress #9798889830542. Published by Augsburg Fortress (AU.9798889830542).

ISBN 9798889830542.

A gently contoured melody uplifts the poetry of Susan Palo Cherwien in this graceful anthem by Zebulon Highben. The text can be found in Peace, Be Still: Hymns of Susan Palo Cherwien, Volume 3 and highlights the need for unified voices singing the story of God the Creator and our need for renewal and peace. The music is largely 2-part mixed with an expressive SATB a cappella third stanza. A lovely addition to your choral season and useful throughout the year.

SATB choir, children's choir (or treble ensemble), strings (piano), percussion, and timpani - Late Intermediate

SKU: MN.70-400

Composed by Steve Heitzeg. MorningStar Music Publishers #70-400. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.70-400).

UPC: 688670704000. English.

This 35 minute work focuses on the theme of the care and love of the Earth. Deeply moving poetry is combined with contrasting original musical themes that move from ethereal to exhilarating.

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.15-3440H

Composed by Erik Whitehill. Choral. Octavo. Heritage Music Press #15/3440H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.15-3440H).

ISBN 9780787756253.

Free and lovely music surrounds the lyrical poetry of Sara Teasdale, including nice touches of text painting. Logical voice leading and comfortable ranges make this charming original accessible for any ensemble. Yet the backyards are bare and brown with only one unchanging tree. I could not be so sure of spring, save it sings in me..

(SATB)

SKU: HL.1437159

Composed by Gwen Hall. Hinshaw Music. Octavo. Hinshaw Music #HMC2709. Published by Hinshaw Music (HL.1437159).

UPC: 196288204404.

A lush original melody highlights George Matheson's moving Romantic-era poetry. Gradually incorporating phrases of Albert Peace's 19th-century tune in verses 1-3, the 4th verse fully quotes the last stanza of the familiar hymn (ST. MARGARET). Medium difficulty; choirs will find this readily accessible.

(In Carols and Poetry). By Marty Parks. For SATB choir or Senior Adult Choir. This edition: Paperback. Musical. Christmas Musical for Senior Adult Choir. Traditional and Sacred. Easy. Book. 80 pages. Duration 32 minutes. Published by Lillenas Publishing Company

By Joseph M. Martin. For SATB Choir. Choral, Lent, Holy Week, General Use and Sacred. Sheet Music. Published by Shawnee Press.