SKU: HL.14002483
Lyrics by Alfred Hayes.
Four-part mixed chorus setting by Granville Bantock, based on a text by Alfred Hayes.
SKU: HL.1311451
UPC: 196288177258. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches. John 1:29.
A hauntingly beautiful melody intertwines with a traditional Latin text from the Mass. Pleading for God's mercy, the lower voices are shrouded by the angelic upper voices throughout. About halfway through the piece, the minor mode magically transforms into major, giving us the reassurance that our plea for mercy has been acknowledged. Perfect for Lenten and Holy Week services. The optional string quartet provides added color to this beautiful choral setting.
SKU: SU.96050210
Text by Peter Tourian.SATB Chorus, a cappella Duration: 4'30 Composed: 2022 Published by: Subito Music Publishing Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8, please email customer service at sales@subitomusic.com.
SKU: OU.9780193869721
ISBN 9780193869721.
For SATB and organ, with optional flute This is a lovely, gentle setting of a text by George Herbert. The tender tune and vocal writing is enhanced by a flute line weaving its pastoral magic (or this may be played on the organ), and the whole adds up to a reflective Christmas piece which will especially suit choirs looking for fresh and interesting material for this season.
SKU: PR.312418780
ISBN 9781491138137. UPC: 680160640201. Second April, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Second April for S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano is a four-movement set, based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Ewazen has long been enamored with her poetry's wonderfully vivid and descriptive imagery of nature and emotions, and its powerful and profound meaning. The second movement, MARIPOSA celebrates nature, wandering through a field of white and blue butterflies appearing wondrously, with rich chords and arpeggios. Yet also stepping back, the fleeting nature of life is the reality, with gentle, somber chords interspersed with the magical flight of the Mariposa.Program Notes by Eric EwazenSECOND APRIL for S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano is a four-movement set, based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. I have long been enamored with the poetry of Millay for its wonderfully vivid and descriptive imagery, and its often powerful and profound meaning. Millay’s descriptions of nature, and of feelings and emotions, have always spoken to me. SECOND APRIL consists of four of her poems, each with a distinctive mood, message, and emotional feel. They are vivid, powerful, and beautiful, inspiring me to capture these descriptions of the various scenes she portrays. Song of a Second April uses music to underlie strong feelings, passions, and the tragedies of life. The poem itself is dramatic, detailing a time of personal strife and tragedy, perhaps the end of a relationship or even the end of a life. The music is intense, fast, in a minor key, and with rapid, spinning notes creating a feeling of powerful, relentless emotions. Melodies, motives, and gestures are tossed between the voices, increasing the feelings of intensity and even desperation. Little by little, the music almost dies away, getting quieter and quieter, creating a feeling of resignation, but with a Picardy Third in the final chord – maybe a bit of hope! Mariposa is a celebration of nature, wandering through a field with white and blue butterflies appearing almost wondrously. But there’s also a profound feeling of poignancy, noting that as one relishes such a beautiful, magical sight, they should embrace the experience – the fleeting, transient nature of such a perfect vision and of life itself. The music portrays the flying of the butterflies: gentle, beautiful, with rich chords and arpeggios, but stepping back, as the fleeting nature of life is the reality, with gentle, but sombre chords interspersed with the magical flight of the Mariposa.Alms is a fast rondo, intense, bold, and always dance-like. It is about both tragedy and resilience. This music is also in minor, yet with moments of playfulness, as a recollection of happy times or moments takes over. This seesaw between emotions is heard throughout the movement, as the music continues to “dance.” And with Millay’s summing up of “reality being what it is,” the piece ends with strength, boldness, and finality. Into the Golden Vessel of Great Song is an appassionato call to overcome! The poem exhorts us to “sing out” with hope, determination, and strength. The music is full of bright and lilting energy; but as the turmoil and times of strife people can sometimes feel or experience, the music becomes intense, dramatic, in a minor key, and with changing rhythms. BUT, there is a return to championing the idea of simply overcoming, going forward with hope and determination, and the music is in major, resonant and strong. .
SKU: HL.49045632
ISBN 9790001160926. 8.25x11.75x0.145 inches. German.
“This piece is a morning tune [Morgenlied], for which I have set an excerpt from The Lord Chandos Letter by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. I imagine the melodic vocal line alongside the resonant piano timbre to reflect the poet’s indescribable feelings for the magic of reality and his fascination with the inability of language to define the essence of things. I could not resist forging a connection between the description of von Hofmannsthal’s experience of infinity and the dream journey of a shaman.†–Thierry Pécou.
SKU: OU.9780193860704
ISBN 9780193860704. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB chorus and piano or strings. A haunting depiction of the 'magic made by melody . . . Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep', from a poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Instrumental parts for the original version (SATB and strings) are available on hire from the publisher.
SKU: ST.W198
ISBN 9790220205095.
This beautiful carol with words by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti shares all the charm and magic of Darke's classic Rossetti setting, In the Bleak Midwinter.
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