SKU: C4.9790902260312
ISBN 9790902260312. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.
Michael Leighton Jones has created a brilliant sequence of six Marian works that take their lead from their plainsong counterparts. These wonderfully reflective and carefully-crafted motets take the practice of fauxbourdon in new directions, with free harmonic invention linking old to new in a beautifully warm soundworld. Motets may be performed individually on feast days or within the appropriate liturgical season, or the whole sequence can make an effective frame for a concert programme.
SKU: PL.0436
This prayer to the blessed Mother is absolutely exquisite. Incorporating handbells and flute to complement the choir and organ, this anthem carries the heart of its message with depth and beauty. Bedford's Ave Maria is a perfect anthem for Marian holy days as well as being a gem for any choir and handbell concert program. Scripture Reference: Luke 1: 26-35Also available: 0436FS Ave Maria (full score), 0436FL Ave Maria (flute), 0436HB Ave Maria (handbells).
SKU: PL.0436FL
SKU: PL.0436FS
SKU: CA.991610
ISBN 9790007090456. Language: Latin.
Score available separately - see item CA.991600.
SKU: PL.1952M
Written for eight voices, this setting of Ave Maria harkens back to its roots with phrases of the original Gregorian Chant interspersed throughout.This would work well sung by either an octet or full choir.
SKU: PL.PPMO1952M
Written for eight voices, this setting of Ave Maria harkens back to its roots with phrases of the original Gregorian Chant interspersed throughout. This would work well sung by either an octet or full choir.
SKU: MN.CH-1296
UPC: 765844005764.
Ave Maria was composed for the University of Kansas Choirs, and dedicated with appreciation to Simon Carrington (Kings Singers). It was premiered by the Oread Consort at Edington Priori Church in Wiltshire, England in May of 1997. The Gregg Smith Singers brought new life to this work at the 2000 Adirondack Festival of American Music in Saranac Lake, and followed with a recording on the Living Artist series. This piece was inspired by Gyorgy Ligeti's setting of Lux Aeterna (1966), as well as by Giuseppe Verdi's Ave Maria, the scala enigmatica armonizzata a Quattro voci (1898). It is shaped by a series of breath-like harmonic swells leading to climactic homophonic statements of the text, with strident voice pairings yearning for resolution. New York writer Watson Bosler describes the work as an iridescent wash of color as an intricate web of interrelated melodic and rhythmic themesThis Ave hymns not the sugar-water Virgin of Gounod or Scott, but rather the powerful Goddess Yeats depicts: The Roman Empire stood appalled:/ It dropped the reins of peace and war/ When that fierce virgin and her Star/ Out of the fabulous darkness called.
SKU: CA.5034505
ISBN 9790007081386. Key: F major. Language: Latin.
The present offertory Ave Maria is one of Haydn's earliest Salzburg sacred compositions. Dating, in all probability, from the year 1765, it displays the modest means and genial lyricism that is typical of his music from the time. Score available separately - see item CA.5034500.
SKU: CA.5034519
ISBN 9790007145491. Key: F major. Language: Latin.
The present offertory Ave Maria is one of Haydn's earliest Salzburg sacred compositions. Dating, in all probability, from the year 1765, it displays the modest means and genial lyricism that is typical of his music from the time. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5034500.
SKU: CA.5034511
ISBN 9790007081393. Key: F major. Language: Latin.
The present offertory Ave Maria is one of Haydn's earliest Salzburg sacred compositions. Dating, in all probability, from the year 1765, it displays the modest means and genial lyricism that is typical of his music from the time. Score and part available separately - see item CA.5034500.
SKU: CA.5034513
ISBN 9790007081416. Key: F major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.5034512
ISBN 9790007081409. Key: F major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.5034503
ISBN 9790007081379. Key: F major. Language: Latin.
SKU: FG.55009-452-9
ISBN 979-0-55009-452-9.
This is one of three early renaissance Marian motets, along with Mouton's Nesciens Mater and de la Rue's Gaude Virgo, edited by Ross Duffin. It is a classic example of this great composer's balanced unfolding of motifs, with two-part paired imitation followed by four-voice imitative sections and punctuations in homophony. Especially, striking is the personal supplication at the end, in the words O rnater dei, memento mei. Fazer Editions of Early Music is a choral series under the editorial supervision of Paul Hillier, founder and artistic director of the renowned Hilliard Ensemble. Although each title in this series is the result of careful scholarly research and is a reliable source for musicologists, the series' main purpose is to make practical performing editions available to choirs and other vocal ensembles. The original C clefs have been replaced by G and F clefs and the note values adapted to conform to modern practice. All the works in the series are intended for mixed voices. Each title includes a lengthy introduction in English and notes on the editorial principles. Where necessary, an English translation of the text and a guide to pronunciation are provided.
