SKU: PR.362034230
ISBN 9781598069556. UPC: 680160624225. Letter inches. English.
When the Texas Choral Consort asked Welcher to write a short prologue to Haydn's The Creation, his first reaction was that Haydn already presents Chaos in his introductory movement. As he thought about it, Welcher began envisioning a truer void to precede Haydn's depiction of Chaos within the scope of 18th-century classical style - quoting some of Haydn's themes and showing human voices and inhuman sounds in a kind of pre-creation melange of color, mood, and atmosphere. Welcher accepted this challenge with the proviso that his prologue would lead directly into Haydn's masterpiece without stopping, and certainly without applause in between. Scored for mixed chorus and Haydn's instrumentation, Without Form and Void is a dramatically fresh yet pragmatic enhancement to deepen any performance of Haydn's The Creation. Orchestral score and parts are available on rental.When Brent Baldwin asked me to consider writing a short prologue to THE CREATION, my first response was “Why?â€Â THE CREATION already contains a prologue; it’s called “Representation of Chaosâ€, and it’s Haydn’s way of showing the formless universe. How could a new piece do anything but get in the way? But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. The Age of Enlightenment’s idea of “Chaos†was just extended chromaticism, no more than Bach used (in fact, Bach went further).Perhaps there might be a way to use the full resources of the modern orchestra (or at least, a Haydn-sized orchestra) and the modern chorus to really present a cosmic soup of unborn musical atoms, just waiting for Haydn’s sure touch to animate them. Perhaps it could even quote some of Haydn’s themes before he knew them himself, and also show human voices and inhuman sounds in a kind of pre-creation mélange of color, mood, and atmosphere. So I accepted the challenge, with the proviso that my new piece not be treated as some kind of “overtureâ€, but would instead be allowed to lead directly into Haydn’s masterpiece without stopping, and certainly without applause. I crafted this five minute piece to begin with a kind of “music of the spheres†universe-hum, created by tuned wine glasses and violin harmonics. The chorus enters very soon after, with the opening words of Genesis whispered simultaneously in as many languages as can be found in a chorus. The first two minutes of my work are all about unborn human voices and unfocused planetary sounds, gradually becoming more and more “coherent†until we finally hear actual pitches, melodies, and words. Three of Haydn’s melodies will be heard, to be specific, but not in the way he will present them an hour from now. It’s almost as if we are listening inside the womb of the universe, looking for a faint heartbeat of worlds, animals, and people to come. At the end of the piece, the chorus finally finds its voice with a single word: “God!â€, and the orchestra finally finds its own pulse as well. The unstoppable desire for birth must now be answered, and it is----by Haydn’s marvelous oratorio. I am not a religious man in any traditional sense. Neither was Haydn, nor Mozart, nor Beethoven. But all of them, as well as I, share in what is now called a humanistic view of how things came to be, how life in its many forms developed on this planet, and how Man became the recorder of history. The gospel according to John begins with a parody of Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.â€Â  I love that phrase, and it’s in that spirit that I offer my humble “opener†to the finest work of one of the greatest composers Western music has ever known. My piece is not supposed to sound like Haydn. It’s supposed to sound like a giant palette, on which a composer in 1798 might find more outrageous colors than his era would permit…but which, I hope, he would have been delighted to hear.
SKU: WD.080689862120
UPC: 080689862120.
The life-changing story of Jesus' death and resurrection is told from the unique perspective of the Samaritan woman at the well as she is transformed by the sacrificial love of Christ in this passionate new work from Deborah Craig-Claar, Allan Douglas and Phillip Keveren. Two actresses portray the woman called Anna - an older woman who looks back at the Passion events from a post-resurrection perspective, and her younger counterpart who encounters Jesus at the well and joins His followers in Jerusalem during Passion Week. The extraordinary score includes songs written or made popular by today's most accomplished artists, including Michael W. Smith, Keith Getty, Stuart Townend, Matt Maher, and Natalie Grant. Phillip Keveren's breathtaking chamber ensemble instrumentation creates an intimate and compelling experience. At only 40 minutes in length and with only two female characters, one male character, and purely optional sets/lights/costumes, Never Thirst Again can be offered by churches of any size or production capability.Includes songs written or made popular by Michael W. Smith, Keith Getty, Stuart Townend, Matt Maher, Natalie Grant, Tony Wood, Michael Farren, Audrey Assad, and Shelley Johnson. Chamber ensemble instrumentation creates an intimate and compelling experience. Accessible cast requirements: two female characters, one male character - costumes, props, and sets are purely optional. Reader's Theatre script available at www.wordmusic.com. Features early American classics There Is a Fountain and My Song in the Night. Thoughtful benediction, Peace Be with You, or an exuberant and congregational Finale.
SKU: WD.080689752728
UPC: 080689752728.
SKU: ST.EM35B
ISBN 9790220211652.
Organist of St George's, Windsor, and successor to the famous Marbecke, Mundy was amongst the earliest of the English madrigalists. There are 12 madrigals in this collection, ranging from Of all the birds, a tribute to William Byrd, to In deep distress and the tragic setting of words written by Chideock Tichborne on the eve of his execution in the Tower of London, My prime of youth. The volume also contains 25 psalms in three, four, and five parts. CONTENTS As I went walking (SAT) Blessed art thou (SAT) Have mercy on me, O Lord (SSATB) Hear my prayer, O Lord (STB) Heigh Ho! 'chill go to plough (SSAB) I lift my heart to thee (SSAT) In deep distress (SATB) In midst of woods (SSATB) Lightly she whipped o'er the dales (SSATB) Lord arise and help thy servant (SSATB) Lord to thee I make my moan (SATB) My prime of youth (SATB) O all ye nations (S (or A) AT) O come let us lift up our voice (SAT) O Lord of whom I do depend (SSAT) O Lord turn not away thy face (SAT) Of all the birds (SAT) Penelope that longed (SSATB) Praise the Lord, O my soul (SAT) Save me, O God (SAT) Sing ye unto the Lord (SSAT) The black-bird made (SSATB) The longer that I live (SSAT) The Shepherd Stephon (S solo, A. viol, T. viol, B. viol) Thus art thou bless'd (SAT) Turn about and see me (SA (or T) T) Unto thee lift I up mine eyes (SSATB) Were I a king (SATBB) Who loves a life (SSATB) Witness ye heav'ns (S solo, A. viol, T. viol, B. viol) Ye people all in one accord (SAB).
SKU: CA.926610
ISBN 9790007295578. German.
Peter Schindler's full-length secular choral work Sonne, Mond und Sterne (Sun, Moon and Stars) narrates a love story based on old texts which are given a new interpretation through these musical settings. Some individual numbers were published in spring, and now more movements with piano accompaniment are available in print and digitally.- choral work of medium difficulty- will appeal to experienced Brahms Requiem singers as well as ambitious chamber or youth choirs with a gospel, pop or jazz background-cross-over between jazz, chanson, and chamber music Peter Schindler about Was ist die Welt?A strict Allegro ben ritmato symbolises how inexorable the course of the world is. The choir chants the question about what Welt (the world) actually is. Hectic bustle is expressed through a pulsing basic motif. This is repeated constantly and moves through the parts. A lyrical B flat minor in the central section allows us to float like shadows on the way into a dream.The song text is a collage. The first verse, by the Baroque poet Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, is concerned with the vanitas motif: the world, and everything which seems beautiful to us, is ephemeral. The second and third verses were written in the 18th century by Johann Gottfried Herder. Here, the poet expounds the view that real life does not take place in the world and that people's mathematical abilities are insufficient to measure space and time.
SKU: ST.EM17
ISBN 9790220210297.
CONTENTS A seely Sylvan (SSAT (or A) B) Alas my Daphne, stay (SSAT (or A) B) All ye that sleep in pleasure (SSATB) Arise, sweet heart (SSAT (or A) B) Ay me, that life should yet remain (SSATB) Ay me, when to the air (SSAT (or A) B) Cruel, let my heart be bless'd (SSAT (or A) B) First with looks he liv'd (SSATB) I always lov'd to call my lady Rose (SSATB) If this be love, to scorn (SSAT (or A) B) Injurious hours (SSAT (or A) B) My heart oppress'd (SSAT (or A) B) O come Shepherds all together (SSATB) O my grief, were it disclosed (SSATB) Shall I seek to ease my grief? (SSATB) Shepherd Claius seeing (SSATB) Sweet Daphne, stay thy flying (SSATB) Sylvan justly suffered (SSATB) When first I saw those cruel eyes (SSAT (or A) B) Whilst that my lovely Daphne (SSATB).
SKU: CA.924400
ISBN 9790007244392. Key: B flat major. Language: German. Text: Cornelius, Peter.
Sei mein! was written and composed by Peter Cornelius in 1865 for his future wife Bertha Jung. The composer set the poem in short rhyming lines using the scheme aaabcccb, recounting with loving humor what his beloved means to him. These art songs were originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted them to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing the 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 Kennst du das Land ... (Carus 83.495).
SKU: CA.926620
ISBN 9790007295592. German.
Peter Schindler's full-length secular choral work Sonne, Mond und Sterne (Sun, Moon and Stars) narrates a love story based on old texts which are given a new interpretation through these musical settings. Some individual numbers were published in spring, and now more movements with piano accompaniment are available in print and digitally.- choral work of medium difficulty- will appeal to experienced Brahms Requiem singers as well as ambitious chamber or youth choirs with a gospel, pop or jazz background-cross-over between jazz, chanson, and chamber music Peter Schindler about Gedanken uber die Zeit:Paul Fleming was one of the most important lyric poets in German Baroque literature. He wrote his poem Gedanken uber die Zeit in his early twenties; it was first published in 1634 as an epitaph. All the nuances of the concept of time are artistically contrasted, and the motif Zeit (time) is explored and played with in a dialectical manner.The male voices begin in unison at an andante maestoso tempo, followed by a leisurely progress in homophonic writing in a slightly freer rhythm. A lively middle section follows which leads into the opening motif again in the last section. The third section contains a fugue, and the end is unison once again. And so the words are like a manifesto by the poet.
SKU: CA.928421
ISBN 9790007302146. German.
Dû bist mîn is probably the best-known love song written in old German that has survived from the Middle Ages. It is often attributed to the famous poet Walther von der Vogelweide, who died around 1230. Unfortunately, the original 12th-century melody to which these verses were possibly has not been handed down. In his setting, Wolfgang König (*1947) delightfully interweaves the sounds of the medieval period with 21st-century music. Parallel fifths are juxtaposed with major-minor harmonies and saxophone solos embellish the choral movements that are also supported by a simple piano accompaniment. The choir consists of six voices divided into two groups. The antiphonal calls between the male and female singers mirror the love song's text: “Dû bist min, ich bin dîn: des solt dû gewis sîn†(You are mine; I am thine; of this you can be sure).
SKU: JK.19990
Hebrews 9:28, John 14:6*** Some Janice Kapp Perry products may require a few days additional shipping time. Thank you!
46 new hymns, inspired by the General Conference addresses of Elder Jeffry R. Holland. (October 1994 - April 2017).Collection includes: All Ye Who Watch the Master's Sheep Are the Heavens Truly Open? Are We Not All Beggars? As an Ensign to the Nations A Sinless, Pure and Holy Man Be Clean, Oh House of Israel Be Not Afraid, But Be Believing Bless Me to Be a Little More Like Thee Do You Love Me? Christ Can Heal the Broken Hearted ever We'll Remember For God Loves Us With All His Heart For God So Loved the World God Has Raised Up Noble Daughters God will Never Leave the Weary He Will Bring Rest to Your Soul His More Excellent Way Holy Father, King of Heaven How Fair Upon the Mountain I Am a Child of Destiny I Bear My Witness of the Lord In Heaven There Is a Law Inviting All to Come to Christ I Testify I Would Be Thy True Disciple let Not Your Heart Be Troubled Let Thy Word Be In Our Hearts Lord, Accept My Humble Offering Lord, I Believe Lord, I'll Strive to Live Worthy of Thy Love Lord, We Pray For All the Children May We Have the Tongues of Angels My Life is Not My Own None Were With Him Oh Come Ye Heavy Laden Come Our Faith Unites Us With One Heart The Keys of the Kingdom The Love of God Is Without End The Mother of All Living The Words of God Will Never Cease The Worth of Souls Is Great Indeed Through a Thousand Generations To the Rising Generation Who Will Now Speak For the Widow? Wilt Thou, Lord, In Me Abide You Can Always Come Back HomeComposer: Janice Kapp Perry Lyricist: David B. LarsenReference: Hebrews 9:28, John 14:6*** Some Janice Kapp Perry products may require a few days additional shipping time. Thank you!
SKU: ST.EM21
ISBN 9790220200854.
CONTENTS Adieu, sweet love (SSA(or T)B) Alas, where is my love? (SSA(or T)TB) And must I needs depart? (SSATB) Ay me, my mistress scorns (SST) Beauty is a lovely sweet (SAT) Come, follow me, fair nymphs (SAT) Dame Venus hence to Paphos go (SSAT) Dear if you wish my dying (SSATTB) Down from above falls Jove (SATB) Fair Hebe, when dame Flora (SST(or A)T(or A)TB) Hark, hear you not? - Oriana's farewell (SSATB) If love be blind (SATB) Love would discharge (SST) Merrily my love and I (SST(or A)T(or A)B(or T)B) Music some think no music is (SSATTB) O fly not, love (SSA(or T)A(or T)T) Phyllis, farewell (SATB) Phyllis, farewell (SSA(or T)A(or T)TB) Sister, awake (SSATB) Strange were the life (SAATB) Sweet Gemma (SSATB) The nightingale so soon as April (SST(orA)) Those sweet delightful lilies (SSATB) Thyrsis on his fair Phyllis' breast (SSAA(or T)TB) When Oriana walked (SSATTB) Who prostrate lies (SSAT(or A)B) Wither so fast? (SATB) Yet stay alway (SSA(or T)TB) Your shining eyes (SAB).
SKU: CA.928400
ISBN 9790007301002. German.
SKU: CA.926600
ISBN 9790007295554. German.
Peter Schindler's full-length secular choral work Sonne, Mond und Sterne (Sun, Moon and Stars) narrates a love story based on old texts which are given a new interpretation through these musical settings. Some individual numbers were published in spring, and now more movements with piano accompaniment are available in print and digitally.- choral work of medium difficulty- will appeal to experienced Brahms Requiem singers as well as ambitious chamber or youth choirs with a gospel, pop or jazz background-cross-over between jazz, chanson, and chamber music Peter Schindler about O Ewigkeit:We step on the stage of life, pull the curtains wide open and venture a glance at the eternal course of the stars. A powerful choral tutti sounds, the key note of C held on in the basses emphasizes the steadfastness of eternity, and above this is chromatic movement in the upper voices which produces friction. In the following softer central section, female and male voices sing separately. They sing in characteristic Gregorian style in vivid images of the immeasurable sand in the ocean, of tears and trickles, of the great beginning and the end of the cosmos. The verses from 1625 convey an image of astonishment, of seeking and not least also of comfort. The text functions as a framework, as it is repeated in a shortened form in the last number of Sonne, Mond und Sterne. It encapsulates the many life situations which are sketched and sung about in the staged cantata in metaphysical questions.
SKU: HL.1288630
UPC: 196288168003. 6.75x10.5 inches.
A Broadway standard for generations, this Frank Loesser showtune from â??Guys and Dollsâ? brims with playful longing with it's charming depiction of the thrill of love's possibilities. Lively, jazzy and fresh, the clever and catchy lyrics have stood the test of time.
SKU: HL.1288631
UPC: 196288168010. 6.75x10.5 inches.
SKU: 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.
SKU: 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.
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