Hymn to the Spirit. (From Christus: A Cycle of Hymns for Choir and Viola). By John Ferguson. For SATB choir divisi, viola, clarinet. Pentecost. Moderately Difficult. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Mixed choir

SKU: ST.B870

Composed by Elizabeth Cosnett. Hymns & Relgious Drama. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #B870. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.B870).

ISBN 9780852498705.

The 36 hymns in this new anthology cover a variety of subjects, including familiar themes such as Christmas and Easter, as well as the role of women, illness and healing, wartime remembrance, and prostitution. They are illuminated by the author's preface and commentaries to each of the hymns, offering fascinating insights into hymn writing and the creative process, and issues of language and content in relation to the concerns of contemporary Christians. Ian Sharp has composed new musical settings for many of the texts.

(Anthem For Children's Voices, SATB Chorus, Soprano Recorder, Violin, Accord). By George Emlen. For Children's Choir, SATB Choir, Recorder, Violin, Accordion, Double Bass. Revels Choral Series. Choral part. 5 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Publish

SATB choir, solo voices, organ, optional brass quintet, timpani - Late Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-6053A

Composed by K. Lee Scott. K. Lee Scott Choral Series. 21st Century. Choral score. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-6053A. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-6053A).

UPC: 688670605314.

In 1619 John Donne had been summoned by King James I to serve as chaplain for an expedition to Germany. A Hymne to Christ is a result of Donnes struggle with this assignment. The composer has written extensive notes to help explain the text and its significance. A challenging and beautiful piece commissioned by the Sewanee Church Music Conference.

Mixed choir

SKU: ST.B954

Composed by Andrew Pratt and Jan Berry. Edited by Andrew Pratt. Hymns & Relgious Drama. Words and music to refresh the church's ministry of healing. . Edited by Jan Berry and Andrew Pratt with Janet Eldred and Anne Sardeson. Pages: 152. Format: Paperback. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #B954. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.B954).

ISBN 9780852499542.

The outcome of a fruitful collaboration of theologians, writers and musicians working at the retreat and therapeutic centre of Holy Rood House in Yorkshire, this new collection articulates the needs of a contemporary ministry of healing through the agency of hymns, the church's most resonant and expressive form of worship.

Acknowledging the impact of medical science in vastly expanding the range of the possible in every aspect of our living and dying, eighty-three texts tackle a rich diversity of themes: infant death, illness and suffering, ageing and dementia, the genome, mortality and bereavement, grief and lament, pain and despair - including pain and despair from the failure of healing - but also wisdom and resilience, healing as part of a spiritual holism of mind and body, and as a metaphor for social and political justice and care for the environment. The wealth of music includes new tunes and familiar ones, and the anthology concludes with a section of twelve short or repetitive texts to be used in conjunction with prayer.

Hymns of Hope and Healing is the product of many voices, from those of widely experienced authors to others taking their promising early steps in the form. It will provide a vehicle for worship and reflection for those involved in chaplaincy, in therapies and counselling, and all in the wider church with an interest in this ancient ministry. Witnessed through the life, death and resurrection of Christ, it is refreshed and re-imagined here for a time both of breathtaking scientific advance, and of an urgent need to affirm our wholeness and faith while embracing the momentous challenges to our traditional understanding of health and healing.

SATB choir, organ - Medium

SKU: PL.0301

Composed by Bruce Saylor. Parish. Choral, Eucharist, General. Octavo. Paraclete Press #0301. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.0301).

Bruce Saylor is well-known for his arrangements of hymn-tunes. Here in Living Word of God Eternal, Saylor has composed a new hymn-tune, 'Rowthorn'. This is named for the author of the text, the Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn. The first four verses are set to be sung quietly yet with inner strength. The third verse features women alone while the fourth verse is sung 'a cappella'. The final verse is sung out and invludes a soaring descant with an exciting organ accompaniment. This piece makes a splendid anthem for the Eucharist.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.1197743

Arranged by Skip Stradtman. Gentry Publications. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 240 seconds. Gentry Publications #JG2657. Published by Gentry Publications (HL.1197743).

UPC: 196288134749. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

With its heartfelt, stunning poetry and stirring melody, “Be Thou My Vision” - beautifully arranged for SATB and piano by Skip Stradtman - is a refreshing setting of the familiar hymn that school, community, and church choirs alike will thoroughly enjoy.

SATB Choir a Cappella

SKU: HL.14023340

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Vocal Score. 26 pages. Music Sales #KP01444. Published by Music Sales (HL.14023340).

ISBN 9788759871911. 8.25x11.75x0.115 inches. English.

To Nocturner (2001) - for Chamber Choir (12 or 24 Voices). Texts by Ole Sarvig and Ib Michael. English version available: KP01444E Programme note: These two choral pieces for 12 voices consists of radical recompositions on of earlier themes: in Summer's Sleep we hear new combinations of two 'Sarvig melodies' from the 1970s (one of which is now in the Danish Hymnbook under the title aret, The Year): Michael's Night is based on an earlier, simple choral song (Star Mirror,1987), now for 12 voices and composed such that an original idea of simultaneously displaced, opposite motions cf. the poem) comes out as desired. Of the Nocturnes Norgard writes: Summer's Sleep wascomposed to stanzas of Ole Sarvig's poem The Year (from the collection Forstadsdigte ('Suburban Poems')) and forms the picture of the summer of life, which is asleep - while the heaven seed waits for the summer wind (invisible to every mind). The many layers of text are expressed musically in a multilayered choral texture with 'looks' up and down through the various tempo and time-worlds: summer sleep, summer dream. The second nocturne, Michael's Night, takes its name from the author Ib Michael, whose poem Star Mirror (from the collection Himmelbegravelse ('Sky Funeral') (1986) I pushed/coaxed him to expand from one to nine stanzas. The four selected stanzas set in the nocturne focus on the pan-erotic elements of the moonlit, starlit night. With the titles I have chosen I have stressed the mythic layer of the text, the summer night not as a dream but as sensual reality. The two nocturnes are dedicated to Ivan Hansen on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday on 25th February 2003, out of gratitude for over a quarter of a century of inspiring collaboration.

By Jane Marshall. For SATB choir, a cappella. Choral, marian festivals. Easy. Octavo. Composed 2011. 3 pages. Duration c. 1 minute, 20 seconds. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Composed by Hugh Benham. H.T. Fitzsimons Co. 6 pages. H.T. FitzSimons Company #F2380. Published by H.T. FitzSimons Company (HL.145540).