Composed by Leo Nestor. For Soprano or Tenor solo, SATB choir, 2 obbligato Instruments (Mixed Voices). Year C: Epiphany of the Lord. Epiphany, Christmas, Services, Concerts, 20th Century. Medium. Octavo. Text Language: English. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

By Robert A. Hobby (1962-). For Two-Part Mixed Voices or SATB, Soprano Solo, opt. Congregation, opt. Children's Choir or Treble Solo with Organ, Piano, Brass Quintet, Percussion, Handbells or Full Orchestra. Choral. Christmas, Advent. Medium to Moderately Difficult. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

SATB choir and organ/chamber orchestra (violin solo, 2 optional bassoon, 2 optional horns, harp, organ, viola I/II, cello I/II, db) - easy

SKU: OU.9780193418042

From Requiem. Composed by Gabriel Faure. Edited by John Rutter. Sacred choral - mixed voices. Oxford Choral Classics Octavos. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 6'. Oxford University Press #9780193418042. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193418042).

ISBN 9780193418042. 11 x 7 inches.

For SATB and organ/chamber orchestra. Taken from Rutter's edition of Faure's Requiem, this famous movement features both the original French words and an optional English text. John Rutter's complete edition of Faure's Requiem (1893 version) is available from Oxford University Press, with scores and parts available on sale and on hire from the publisher.

ATB vocal soli, SATB choir, oboe 1/oboe d'amore, oboe II-III, bassoon 3, timpani, 2 violins solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3119009

Cantata for New Year's Day. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Kirsten Beisswenger. Arranged by Masaaki Suzuki. This edition: urtext. 1x 31.190/21 oboe 1, 1x 31.190/22 oboe 2, 1x 31.190/23 oboe 3, 1x 31.190/24 bassoon, 4x 31.190/31 trumpet/timpani. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied. Sacred vocal music, New year. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1724. BWV 190. Duration 19 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.190/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3119009).

ISBN 9790007210106. Language: German/English.

The cantata BWV 190 has survived only in fragmentary form. This reconstruction by the celebrated Bach experts Masaaki and Masato Suzuki goes far beyond previous attempts; it draws upon only thematic and motive material of the movements themselves, closely interwoven. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3119000.

Optional Instrumental Accompaniment for SATB Voices and Solo Soprano Voice (or Optional Children or Boychoir). By Gustav Holst. Arranged by Keith Christopher. Chamber orchestra. For SATB, Soprano Solo, Flute, Oboe, Harp, Percussion, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello. Score and parts. 16 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.

Soli SATB, SATB Choir, 4 Tr, 3 Trb, Vl solo, Arpa, Org (statt Blaser alternativ Pfte, Org)

SKU: CA.2709619

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Barbara Grossmann. Complete orchestral parts. Sacred vocal music, Mass sections. Set of Orchestra Parts. CG 74. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.096/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2709619).

ISBN 9790007239794. Language: Latin.

Gounod's Messe a la memoire de Jeanne d'Arc was composed in 1887 for a festive mass in Reims to commemorate the arrival of the national heroine in the city on the occasion of the coronation of Charles VII in 1429. Performed a cappella or only accompanied by an organ, vast stretches of the work are in an archaic style in the tradition of Palestrina. The royal procession into the cathedral is conveyed in the splendid Prelude at the beginning, which was performed at the premiere by eight trumpets, three trombones, and organ. In the performance material, the present edition also offers a version of the movement for piano and organ. For the Offertoire, Gounod composed a cantilena for violin and organ (or piano), which is also included in the edition, as a Vision of Jeanne d'Arc. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.2709600.

AT vocal soloists, SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3720619

Kantate zum 3. Advent. Composed by Gottfried August Homilius. Edited by Uwe Wolf. German title: Frohlocke, Zion, Dein Erloser (Kantate. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1776. HoWV II.5. Carus Verlag #CV 37.206/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3720619).

ISBN 9790007132484. Language: German.

Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3720600.

ATB vocal soli, SATB choir, oboe I/oboe d'amore, oboe II, oboe da caccia, trumpet, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3112809

Cantata for the Feast of Ascension. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Julia Ronge. This edition: urtext. 1x 31.128/21 oboe 1, 1x 31.128/22 oboe 2, 1x 31.128/23 oboe d'amore, 1x 31.128/24 oboe da caccia, 1x 31.128/31 horn 1, 1x 31.128/32 horn 2, 1x 31.128/33 trumpet. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Harmony parts. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Ascension. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1725. BWV 128. Duration 22 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.128/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3112809).

ISBN 9790007207700. Text language: German/English. Text: von Ziegler, Christiane Mariane. Text by Christiane Mariane von Ziegler.

After breaking off the annual cantata cycle at the end of March 1725 Bach set a series of cantata texts by the Leipzig poet Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, who maintained one of the first literary-musical salons. The large scale chorale chorus ties this work to the chorale cantatas. The central bass aria Auf,auf, mit hellem Schall with solo trumpet is note-worthy since in place of a middle section in the aria, here Bach employs an accompagnato recitative. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3112800.

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: PR.312419020

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 3:15. Theodore Presser Company #312-41902. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419020).

ISBN 9781491131862. UPC: 680160680474. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English.

Commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?