By Alan Rawsthorne. Arranged by Edward Harper. For SATB choir, contralto and tenor solo voices, and orchestra ([3(3 piccolo).2.2.2-4.3.2.bass trombone.1], timpani, 3 percussion, harp and strings). Mixed Voices. Contemporary, Choral Works. Vocal score. 48 pages. Duration 16'. Published by Oxford University Press

Baritone; Mezzo-Soprano; Mixed Choir; Piano Accompaniment; Soprano (SATB with Piano)

SKU: HL.48025302

Soloists (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone), Choir, and Piano Reduction. Composed by Karl Jenkins. BH Large Choral. Choral, Classical. Softcover. 144 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060140365. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48025302).

UPC: 196288174806. 7.25x10.25x0.413 inches.

One World deals with a fractured world (populist governments, plagues, climate change, human trafficking, disrespect for basic humanrights, terrorism, war) and heralds a vision of a peaceful and egalitarian planet. The work is best encapsulated by one of the textsset: “Tikkun Olam”, Hebrew for “repair the world”, a Jewish concept of stewardship over God’s creation. Scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra in Jenkins's inimitable style familiar from such works as Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Requiem and The Peacemakers. His vision for One World takes inspiration from diverse texts including the Bible, the Hindu Gayatri Mantra, the poetry of the English Romantic Percy Bysshe Shelley, African-American abolitionist Frances Harper (c1850) and Lebanese-American writer Kahlil Gibran. As in many of Jenkins's works, Carol Barratt contributes impactful text and adaptations. Recorded on Decca by Lucy Crowe soprano, Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano, Roderick Williams baritone, the World Choir for Peace, The Stay At Home Choir and the World Orchestra for Peace, conducted by Karl Jenkins.

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-348-0

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-348-0. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-348-0).

ISBN 9790550113480.

Shiki began as a request for a short winter-themed piece for the Hamalais-Osakunnan Laulajat choir in Helsinki. It eventually grew into a four seasons-type cycle on haiku by a 20th century Japanese monk Santoka Taneda.
The music of Shiki is a progression through various states of near-stasis. The main impression the composer wished to convey was the one of absolute stillness at the heart of each scene, of communion with the outer world, as if the viewer were drawing the landscape into him, and at the same time dissolving himself into it. The voices are treated texturally, as well as textually, moving on slow masses, with the soft but precisecely colored vowels of Japanese creating the basic sounds, and the sharper consonants giving them shape and definition.