SKU: KJ.9167
UPC: 084027047057.
This SSAATTBB a cappella setting of All Praise to Thee brings innovative textures and harmonic sonorities to the much-loved tune Tallis Canon. An opening statement of the tune is followed by SATB parts employing traditional canonic treatment, which then expands to 8 parts with sustained chords providing a new textural backdrop for the re-appearance of the hymn tune in augmented form.
SKU: JK.00008
2 Nephi 1:7, Ether 2:12.
Arranged for mixed chorus (SSAATTBB), incorporates all voices with part a cappella arrangement and 4-part men's chorus. Ends with doubled harmony on all parts for a glorious finale.Composer: Henry Crey Arranger: J. Spencer Cornwall Lyrics: Samuel Francis Smith Difficulty: Difficult / difficult acc.References: 2 Nephi 1:7, Ether 2:12.
SKU: GI.G-8070INST
Arabic, English, Greek, Hebrew, Latin. Text Source: Allah uh Akbar, Kyrie eleison, Adon olam (Jewish hymn), Lux aeterna, Yuriduna anyuttufiu (Qur'an—Sura 9:32), Agnus Dei, Isaiah 2:4. Scripture: Isaiah 2:4.
SKU: GI.WW1470
UPC: 884088641191. English, German, Latin. Text Source: Traditional Latin.
This edition of the work from the early 1600's offers great versatility for the singers. The SSAATTB setting for young choirs and beyond allows the treble parts to be sung by soloists or a smaller mixed choir. Instruments may also be substituted for voices. For a bigger performance you may combine several choirs and add optional strings to the continuo.
SKU: JK.00596
Luke 2.
Anthem for mixed chorus (SSAATTBB) and piano, singing alleluia that Christ was born to save us all--arranged in G major. Highest soprano note: G.Orchestral score with parts is available separately (#09002).Composer: Richard W. Smith Lyricist: Susan Evans McCloud Difficulty: Medium-difficult / difficult acc. Performance time: 4:30Reference: Luke 2.
SKU: PE.EP68578
ISBN 9790300759630. English.
Of Time and Passing (2016) is a cycle of three choral songs written specifically for the London-based ensemble, VOCES8, taking into consideration their versatilityand ability to beautifully intone a range of vocal colors with precision and grace.
The first song, I. Life, sets my translation of the poem A Vida by Brazilian poet Olavo Bilac (1865-1918), a poet I discovered while studying Brazilian Portuguese at the University of Michigan. I was drawn both to the simplicity of the text and to the possibilities of teasing out dual contrasting moods. In the beginning and end, this song explores a texture that is very much alive: wave-like contours, throbbing sounds, and plenty of flowing movement. Rising eighth-note motives in particular emphasize the fleetingness of life. But in the middle of the song, the listener is given a slowed-down atmosphere to savor life's beauty.
II. To Everything a Season capitalizes on VOCES8's ability to effectively interpret popular genres a cappella. This ancient text is taken from Ecclesiastes (dated around 300 B.C.) but I set it to a modern, rhythmically-regular and percussive pop-style idiom. Since popular music in whatever era is designedto appeal to a specific ?present time?, it is by its very nature ephemeral, and therefore seemed an apt metaphor to evoke the transitory nature of seasons.
III. Into Your Hands, confines the writing into no more than four parts, often with octave unisons.This creates a more direct and word-focused setting in which the Psalmist?s urgent words are placed at the forefront. Largely homophonic, this song is at times chorale-like, at times madrigal-like,finally relinquishing it?s tension into peaceful rest, proclaiming ?You have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God??
- Daniel Knaggs
SKU: OU.9780193404847
ISBN 9780193404847. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSAATTBB unaccompanied A challenging yet delicate anthem, with subtle key-signature changes, vocal divisions in up to eight parts, and alternating homophonic and polyphonic passages, the piece combines excerpts from the synonymous medieval hymn and Wordsworth's poem The Virgin, making it especially suitable for celebrations of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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SKU: HL.49018397
ISBN 9790001174220. UPC: 884088648763. 7.5x11.5x0.051 inches. Russian.
In the days of Roslawez, the use of lyrical texts in Russian choral music was an exception. Traditionally, sacred liturgical texts were preferred in choral singing. Roslawez composed only a few choral works anyway, so this excellent cantabile piece is a real treasure. The poem 'Na poljach' (In the Fields) was written by the Russian poet Pyotr Oreshin. Little solo parts answered by the tutti, charming harmonies and a floating rhythm result in an Impressionist tonal image. The piece is quite easy to sing and will bring pleasure to both performers and listeners.Roslawez studied composition and violin in Moscow. He was among the leading figures of the musical scene in the 1920s. Treated more and more with hostility for political reasons and eventually barred from pursuing his career, he spent the last years of his life in poverty.
SKU: HL.48024185
ISBN 9781540012258. UPC: 888680705121. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Beginning with the repeated phrase “Hey! now, now, now” as a whisper in the bass voice and expanding to all voice parts throughout the piece, this carol portrays the exciting news of the new born baby Jesus. The excitement of sharing a secret becomes too much to contain by the end of the music.
SKU: CA.738661
ISBN 9790007229351. Text language: Latin.
The composition of Verba Ecclesiastes begun in 2002 as a result of a comission from my friend Gary Graden. For many years I've found those words from the Old Testament very fascinating - as everyone knows, I'm not alone. Vanity of vanities! All is vanity! Writers, painters and filmmakers have for centuries been dealing with the subject and I found it high time to set the famous words to music. The suite, for soloists, choir and violoncello, consists of six movements, each one enlighting a different view of life and afterlife, and also, as Matthew Arnold puts it of human misery. Yet the suite is full of hope and humanity, specially recognizable in the two central parts, Dulce lumen and Omnia tempus habent. The music was completed in 2009. (Michael Waldenby).
SKU: CA.738660
ISBN 9790007166311. Text language: Latin.
SKU: C4.9790902261142
ISBN 9790902261142. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.
This double choir Evensong setting was the result of a commission by by Prof. Doug Jones AO and Prof. Janet Walker for the Choir of St James', King Street, Sydney. The upper four voices and lower four voices are often treated as distinct choirs alternate with glorious polyphonic interplay between all eight parts, with the text sung in both Latin and English. The work was premiered on 27 June, 2021 by the Choir of St James' Church, King Street.
