Orchestra

SKU: BT.YKM570369270

Composed by Robert Saxton. Score Only. Composed 2021. 70 pages. University of York Music Press #YKM570369270. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.YKM570369270).

A Hymn to the Thames was commissioned by James Turnbull and the Music Director of the St Paul’s Sinfonia, Andrew Morley. It was begun in 2019 and completed early in 2020. There are four movements played without a break, which follow the Thames from its Cotswold source to the North Sea. As the first performance took place in St ALfege’s Church, Greenwich, this seemed appropriate. The solo oboe represents both a wanderer along the river path and the spirit of the river. The pitch centres of the movements spell out the musical letters of the river (tHAmES—B natural, A, E and E flat) so that the river’s name is projected across the whole work. In addition, the musical letters found in James Turnbull, Andrew Morley and my wife, Teresa Cahill ( who was born in Maidenhead and brought up by the river in Rotherhithe) are entwined in various guises. The first movement grows from the depths, the soloist entering with fanfare-like gestures, followed by lyrical music and breaks into a dance as the river gathers momentum. The third movement is slow and sustained and geographically the Thames flows through Oxford. The music is based on the well-known In Nomine ‘head motif’ from the Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass by the early Tudor composer, John Taverner, who was the first Director of Music at Christ Church, Oxford. The orchestra provides a screen or veil above which the solo oboe dreams and ruminates. This leads directly into the fourth and final movement which begins in the depths once more, interrupting the oboe’s held note from the end of the third movement. The waters’ increasing intensity and power are represented throughout by a moto perpetuo of quick, steady semiquavers. Near the close, the woodwind play O Nata Lux by Thomas Tallis, the great Tudor composer who, with his wife Joan, is buried in St Alfege’s. Beneath this, the lower strings continue the fast semiquaver movement of the river and, above, the violins are heard as a halo of harmonics. At the close, the oboe rises, opening out to the future, and celebrating its voyage, while the orchestra fades as the river meets the sea. A Hymn to the Thames lasts approximately 17 minutes.

By Michael W. Smith and Joanna Carlson. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For Orchestra. Call To Worship, Children, Hymntune, Contemporary, Hymntune and Sacred. Print Music Single (Orchestration). Published by Hope Publishing Company.

Orchestra

SKU: S2.30-3052SF

Composed by Joan Pinkston. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Advent, Christmas, Concert. Orchestral score and parts. SoundForth #30/3052SF. Published by SoundForth (S2.30-3052SF).

ISBN 9781429134224.

Here is the well-known Christmas text that we all love, with a gorgeous, lyric Pinkston melody and a compelling orchestration. This setting is an essential addition to your Christmas program.

Orchestra

SKU: BT.MUSM570365005

Composed by Luís Tinoco. Classical. Score Only. University of York Music Press #MUSM570365005. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570365005).

English.

A3 conductor's score for Lu s Tinoco 's Before Spring for Symphony Orchestra. Originally composed in 2010, this new Orchestral version was premièred by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Joana Carneiro, at the S. Carlos Theatre in Lisbon on the 18th of January 2014. 'Before Spring' was originally scored for 16 players, following a commission from the OrchestrUtopica to be performed as a tribute piece to Stravinky’s 'The Rite of Spring'. It was premièred on the 29th of May 2010 by the OrchestrUtopica, conducted by Cesário Costa, at the CCB Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon. Following a commission from OPART / Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, 'Before Spring' waslater revised and scored for Symphony Orchestra. - Lu s Tinoco .