SKU: GI.G-9074
UPC: 785147907404. English. Text by Ian Good.
This simple text can be interpreted in many ways. Some of the themes mentioned included personal growth and passing away. The central message that I intended to communicate is that of community, of the necessity of relying on each other to achieve our dreams. There may be times when we have to “fly†on our own, but ultimately our greatest strength is born of our unity. The djembe player is encouraged to embellish the given rhythm per the idiom of the instrument. Adding additional percussion is also encouraged. Percussion part is for djembe.
SKU: MN.50-1953
UPC: 688670519536. English.
The traditional French carol IL EST NÉ is set here in a simple but beautiful way. The beauty of the melody shines throughout this exquisite arrangement. From the larger work Holy Light.
SKU: LP.765762174603
UPC: 765762174603.
Hold on to your seats everyone! With tight harmonies a great bass line and an accompaniment that cooks everyone will be up on their feet shouting Hallelujah! Christ is born! This brand new rip-roarin' Southern gospel treat emerges from the creative genius of Dove Award-winner Wayne Haun popular gospel songwriter Joel Lindsey and Ernie Haase of Signature Sound and is guaranteed to set your hands a-clappin' and your toes a-tappin'. Pure fun! Instrumentation: Flute Oboe Clarinet Trumpet 1 & 2 Trumpet 3 & 4 Trombone 1 &2 Trombone 3 & 4 Rhythm Violin 1 & 2 Viola Cello String Bass Subustitue Instrumentation: Keyboard String Reduction; Soprano Sax (sub for Oboe); Tenor Sax/Baritone T.C. (sub for Trombone 1 & 2); Baritone Sax (sub for Trombone 3 & 4); Clarinet (sub for Viola); Bassoon/Bass Clarinet (sub for Cello).
SKU: CF.CM9619
ISBN 9781491156704. UPC: 680160915248. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: F major. English. Original.
The text of the piece was inspired by a conviction that the deepest meanings of Advent/Christmas are alive and meaningful throughout the year. At the heart, the text is a prayer. Musically, the piece affords a great opportunity for each voice section to take turns sharing the melody. Though mostly homophonic, a countermelody is introduced first by the piano, and then reappears in the alto line midway through the piece, providing a nice contrast both texturally and lyrically. The piece builds to a dramatic climax in the final verse, and then scales back down for a contemplative finish. This piece works especially well in the season of Advent and Christmas, though it's themes resonate and would be appropriate throughout the church liturgical year.
SKU: MN.50-3105
UPC: 688670531057. English. Isaiah 53:4.
Written for the Schola Cantroum of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, this is a gentle, expressive setting of this classic text from Isaiah 53. The accompaniment is equally suited for piano or organ. The music lasts less than two minutes, so this piece may be followed by its companion, 50-3151, But He Was Pierced/All We Like Sheep..
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: HL.2050268
UPC: 797242130090. 6.75x10.5x0.302 inches.
The Incarnation stands as an eternal reminder that God's thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). The coming of Christ was shrouded in a simplicity that confounded all but a select few. This Infant Holy was born in an obscurity that stood in stark contrast to His royal station. This Infant Lowly was the High and Exalted Prince of Heaven. The Glory of God was displayed in one of the most inglorious of places in an almost forgotten time. Yet, the calendar of civilization is divided by the events of that most holy of nights that occurred in a place far away, in a time long ago. Nothing in all creation was ever the same after Bethlehem's miracle!
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