SKU: CR.984299

ISBN 9780758661807. 7 x 10.25 inches.

This familiar Christmas carol is given an ethereal setting by Brian L. Hanson. Supported by a gentle, lilting accompaniment, the strains of 'Still, Still, Still' interweave in both the accompaniment and choral parts. Soaring vocal lines, rich harmonies, and imaginative text painting point to the wonder and mystery of Christmas.

In the bleak midwinter,
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter,
Long ago.

Heaven cannot hold Him,
Nor earth sustain;
Heav'n and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign;
In the bleak midwinter,
A stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.

Still, still, still,
One can hear the falling snow.
For all is hushed, the world is sleeping,
Holy star its vigil keeping.
Still, still, still,
One can hear the falling snow.

What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man,
I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him—
What can I give Him?
Give my heart.

SKU: BC.154006

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: HL.48182524

No.3 from '4 Chansons populaires du Valois' (SCTB chorus).

SKU: HL.49032108

ISBN 9790001069236. German.

Der sanftmutige Stier Ferdinand riecht viel lieber an Blumen, als sich in der Stierkampfarena qualen zu lassen; er ist also ein Vertreter der Maxime 'Make love not war' und hat damit letztlich auch Erfolg! Die Autoren nutzen die bekannte Geschichte, die auch Walt Disney in einem Zeichentrickfilm verarbeitete, als Vorlage fur ein vergnuglich-ironisches, dabei musikalisch einige Erfahrung und Praxis voraussetzendes Anti-Lehrstuck uber den Umgang mit den eigenen und fremden AggressionenDas Werk kann von Kindern ab 8 Jahren und auch mit kleinerer Besetzung (bis hin zur Kleinstbesetzung mit Chor und Klavier) aufgefuhrt werden. Eine Verstarkeranlage ist erforderlich.