SKU: HL.2050293

UPC: 797242885594. 6.75x10.5x0.351 inches.

The truly blessed are those that can see the miraculous in what others see as mundane. Even more so are those that never lose the wonder of the awesome impact of the sacred. It is part of our nature to allow the most wonderful things in our lives to seem commonplace at times - to take tremendous blessings for granted. King David's prayer, “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me.” (Psalm 51:12) speaks to us in the times and seasons of our own lives.This musical is about the importance of remembering. On the eve of His trial and execution Jesus made it clear that we were to remember Him and His sacrifice. He instituted the sacrament of the Last Supper to be a central part of the Christian faith - a time to gather as His Body and remember.We cannot stand in the distance and casually observe the sacrifice of the Cross. We cannot pretend it did not happen - that it is less than it is proclaimed to be - that it does not touch us or our lives. The Cross is not something that we get used to - not something that we can get comfortable with - not something that we can ever take lightly.Jesus Christ, the Son of God, by His own choice died nailed to a Cross for the sins that you and I committed. May we never forget His sacrifice, may we never fail to fall to our knees in thanksgiving for that kind of love, may we never lose the wonder - the wonder of the Cross.

SKU: CA.3101213

ISBN 9790007204617. Key: F minor / b flat major. Language: German/English. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

On the 2nd March 1714 Bach, who until then had been employed as a chamber musician and organist at he Court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to the position of concert master, and was instructed to relieve the ailing Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Drese by composing and performing new pieces monthly for the church. Following the cantata Himmelskonig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, the present cantate was the second work which Bach composed under the terms of his new contract. The extraordinary musical ambition evident in the first Weimar cantatas may have had its roots in the fact htat Bach aspired to become Drese's successor as Court Kapellmeister. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3101200.

SKU: CA.3101215

ISBN 9790007204631. Key: F minor / b flat major. Language: German/English. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

On the 2nd March 1714 Bach, who until then had been employed as a chamber musician and organist at he Court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to the position of concert master, and was instructed to relieve the ailing Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Drese by composing and performing new pieces monthly for the church. Following the cantata Himmelskonig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, the present cantate was the second work which Bach composed under the terms of his new contract. The extraordinary musical ambition evident in the first Weimar cantatas may have had its roots in the fact htat Bach aspired to become Drese's successor as Court Kapellmeister. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3101200.

SKU: CA.3101214

ISBN 9790007204624. Key: F minor / b flat major. Language: German/English. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

On the 2nd March 1714 Bach, who until then had been employed as a chamber musician and organist at he Court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to the position of concert master, and was instructed to relieve the ailing Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Drese by composing and performing new pieces monthly for the church. Following the cantata Himmelskonig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, the present cantate was the second work which Bach composed under the terms of his new contract. The extraordinary musical ambition evident in the first Weimar cantatas may have had its roots in the fact htat Bach aspired to become Drese's successor as Court Kapellmeister. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3101200.

SKU: CA.3101207

ISBN 9790007102937. Key: F minor / b flat major. Language: German/English. Text: Franck, Salomo. Text: Salomo Franck.

On the 2nd March 1714 Bach, who until then had been employed as a chamber musician and organist at he Court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to the position of concert master, and was instructed to relieve the ailing Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Drese by composing and performing new pieces monthly for the church. Following the cantata Himmelskonig, sei willkommen, BWV 182, the present cantate was the second work which Bach composed under the terms of his new contract. The extraordinary musical ambition evident in the first Weimar cantatas may have had its roots in the fact htat Bach aspired to become Drese's successor as Court Kapellmeister. Score available separately - see item CA.3101200.

SKU: HL.49001420

ISBN 9790001128063. UPC: 884088085261. 7.5x10.75x0.012 inches. Hungarian - English - German.

Beide Kanons sind im strengen Stil gehalten, wirken aber ganz unterschiedlich: Wahrend der erste das Stromen des Flusses in tonaler Harmonik illustriert, versinnbildlicht der zweite (fur Frauenchor gedachte) Kanon wildes Tratschen durch Klangballungen und Akzentverschiebungen. Die ungarischen, deutschen und englischen Sprachvarianten haben jeweils einen ganz eigenen sprachlichen Reiz.

SKU: LP.765762124424

UPC: 765762124424.

With the constant flux of troops coming and going overseas July 4th is not the only day of the year we can choose to honor our service men and women. Loved ones go through many emotions from worry to pride but we ultimately know their selfless sacrifice allows us to enjoy the freedom we have. Even still the homecomings are more precious than ever...but can you imagine as sweet as these are the final blessed homecoming with our Lord Jesus? The one whose ultimate sacrifice on the cross secures our freedom for eternity! We Hold These Truths is a powerful 15 minute musical featuring the song Hero Coming Home that will honor your service men and women in the divine scope of praising God for His gift of eternal freedom to us - he who the Son sets free is truly free indeed!

SKU: 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?