Completed in 1960 Chronochromie is a famous orchestral piece composed by Olivier Messiaen.   This edition published as a book features the conductor’s score with all the following instruments: 16 First Violins 16 Second Violins 14 Violas 12 Cellos 10 Double Basses 1 Piccolo 3 Flutes 3 Oboes 4 Clarinets 3 Bassoons 1 Piccolo Trumpet 3 C Trumpets 4 F Horns 3 Trombones 1 Tuba Suspended And Chinese Cymbal 1 Glockenspiel 1 Xylophone 1 Marimba. It is written in seven movements: Introduction Strophe I Antistrophe I Strophe II Antistrophe II Epode and Coda; and The Epode featuresbirdsong and is played by 18 of the string instruments. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composer of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes.

Singspiel for narrator actors (ad lib.) children's choir and concert band-Full Score and Study Score of this work are available for sale.A set of individual parts are for rental only not for sale.Prices and conditions are available on request.Please contact: Hal Leonard Europe Distribution BV - RentaldepartmentE-Mail: rental@halleonardeurope.nl In this musical drama composed in honour of the 150th anniversary of the death of Jacob Grimm in 2013 song and spoken word continually alternatewith one another. The orchestra also plays an important role giving the entire work great variety in terms of content but also in terms of sound. Es war einmal… (Once Upon a Time) can be performed in concert and also creates an opportunityfor a partially staged production.

For Nine Male Voices And Orchestra-Luminous Body is a collaboration between Nico Muhly and Craig Lucas written in the period immediately following their narratively charged opera 'Two Boys'. Luminous Body is as a result abstract and poetic in gesture and form. The text interpolates among other things stylized versions of the teachings of Christ Buddha Mohammed and Plato; these are scrambled and re-contextualized and in a sense serve as background for the textures of the combination of nine male Voices and Orchestra.Part 1 introduces the chord structure that governs the entire piece and ends with the repeated words ?only your will is your own.?The second and third parts loosely dealing with the Devil and the importance of choosing one?s words are based on drones generated by the Voices and the strings; the constant (but slightly morphing) texture is meant to be meditative and vague. Muhly always wanted to set the Beatitudes and Craig paraphrased them beautifully here; the tenors intone the word ?blessed? over and over while the strings and winds reiterate the passacaglia from the opening of the piece. The fifth and final part is a series of proverbs. The Orchestra begins in a series of loose ecstatic drones which increase in intensity (?Make your own family!?) until you jump suddenly to the garden of Gethsemane where Christ was betrayed while his disciples slept. ?Why are you sleeping? Couldn?t you stay awake for one more hour?? he asks while the strings and winds lazily chant in the background.Luminous Body was premiered by The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Cantus.

Johannes Brahms's Schicksalslied Op.54 written for SATB choir and Piano accompaniment.

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem Op.66 includes words from the Missa pro defunctis and the poems of Wilfred Owen.Commissioned to write a work to celebrate the rebuilding of the bomb-damaged Coventry Cathedral in 1962 Britten used the opportunity to write a large-scale composition embodying his deeply held pacifist and humanitarian beliefs. The result the War Requiem is a timeless expression of the brutality and inhumanity of war.

Full Score-A Christmas Carol is a work by composer Iain Bell a Chamber Opera in five staves for Dramatic Tenor and Chamber Ensemble. Featuring a libretto by Simon Callow the work is an adaptation of CharlesDickens' 1843 novella. Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera and first performed in their Cullen Theater the work lasts around 1 hour 40 minutes. This is the Full Score.