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: SU.80400011
8 part Mixed Chorus, in the Key of F#, a cappellaDuration: 2:30Commissioned by: House of Hope Presbyterian Church Dedication: To Molly MacMillan Premiered by: House of Hope Presbyterian Church Copyright 1997Publisher: Paulus Publications (SP101.8pt) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.
SKU: SU.80400343
SSAATTBB Chorus, Brass Sextet & OrganCommissioned by: The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Brady R. Allred Artistic Director and ConductorDedication: the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Brady R. Allred, Artistic Director and ConductorPremiered by: The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, Brady R. Allred, conductor, Dec. 16th, 2001Copyright 2001Published by: Paulus Publications Text author: Shakespeare, from Hamlet Published by: Paulus Publications (SP403-1) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.
SKU: HL.49012136
ISBN 9790001130110. 8.25x11.75x0.053 inches. German - Latin.
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: CA.2301350
ISBN 9790007144661. Key: G major. Text language: Russian/German.
Score available separately - see item CA.2301300.
SKU: HL.49004849
ISBN 9790001051620. German.
SKU: SU.80400840
SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappellaDuration: 5:00 Commissioned by: Rick and Suzanne PepinDedication: in honor of the ministry of The Reverend M. Susan Peterson at Gloria Dei, 1985-2010Premiered by: the Chancel Choir of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Saint Paul, MN; Timothy Strand, Director of MusicCopyright 2010Text author: Isaiah 43:1-4a Published by: Paulus Publications (SP544) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.
SKU: JK.01318
Psalm 23.
Worshipful anthem for mixed chorus (SSAATTBB) in E flat major, based on Psalm 23, proclaiming My Lord, My Shepherd! Soprano high note: E.Composer: Robert Millett Arranger: Robert Millett Lyricist: Robert Millett Difficulty: Medium-difficult Performance time: 2:57Reference: Psalm 23.
SKU: CA.4067949
ISBN 9790007076627. Language: Latin.
This first edition of a mass by Biber offers a new glimpse of the colourful and contrastful world of the Baroque. Since the publication of his Missa Salisburgensis in 1903, no mass with this kind of many-voice scoring has appeared in print. This edition not only enriches the multi-choir repertoire, but also is an important contribution to study of an Austrian composer, who has long been known chiefly for his violin compositions. Score and part available separately - see item CA.4067900.
SKU: CA.4067915
ISBN 9790007076603. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.4067914
ISBN 9790007076597. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.4067919
ISBN 9790007133467. Language: Latin.
This first edition of a mass by Biber offers a new glimpse of the colourful and contrastful world of the Baroque. Since the publication of his Missa Salisburgensis in 1903, no mass with this kind of many-voice scoring has appeared in print. This edition not only enriches the multi-choir repertoire, but also is an important contribution to study of an Austrian composer, who has long been known chiefly for his violin compositions. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4067900.