SKU: LO.30-3466L

UPC: 000308147025.

Through dramatic and inspiring music and lyrics, this anthem calls the church to be on a mission to spread the good news of Christ—news the world needs to hear. We are also reminded that as we respond to the needs around us, we cling to the cross of Christ that leads us on!

SKU: BR.OB-5641-60

ISBN 9790004348833. 10.5 x 14 inches.

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver's model. It is therefore all the more regrettable that he was neither able to perform his Symphony in Songs himself nor that he was involved in its printing. Unfortunately, in the posthumously published first edition of 1912 and the subsequent editions edited by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Fussl, many questions remained unanswered, while other were answered in a dubious way.The edition is the first text-critical one of the work on a scientifically sound basis. It offers not only a more reliable musical text, but also systematically and lucidly prepared information on the sources, their transmission and evaluation. All editorial decisions have been documented in a transparently comprehensible manner - in particular those leading to new audible results. Work-related notes on performance practice, which for the first time include Mahler's conducting indications, offer valuable, indispensable interpretive aids. In addition to the regular five clarinet parts, the set of parts includes two additional parts (3rd clarinet/Eb clarinet, bass clarinet/3rd clarinet in places where the latter plays Eb clarinet) to allow performances with only four clarinets.The completely revised piano reduction reproduces the orchestral texture true to the score without losing sight of playability. Both Mahler's piano autograph and the piano reduction by Woss, which was commissioned by the composer himself, served as an inspiration for this.

SKU: LO.30-1899L

UPC: 000308093391.

This is a creative worship experience built around prayers (both sung and spoken) for our world's leaders as well as elusive goals such as peace, the end of terrorism and racism, and prayers for the needy in our world. It is global rather than nationalistic in scope and is distinctively Christian in nature, with prayers that the church may take the lead in responding to a world in need. It is an appropriate consideration for a missions or global focus, any national or patriotic thrust, as well as any general observance where an inspirational worship experience is desired.

SKU: CL.016-9389-00

#31 NOTE: This is a vintage orchestra publication, designed for the small theater orchestras of the very late 1800s and early 1900s – whose instrumentation varies considerably from a modern full orchestra work. Parts for standard string instruments are included, along with wind and percussion parts as scored by the musical judgment of the composer or arranger. Be cautioned that published parts might include less familiar transpositions, such as Clarinet or Cornet in A, Horn in Eb, etc. Please contact us with any specific instrumentation questions.

SKU: AP.49213S

ISBN 9781470648558. UPC: 038081569352. English.

This version of As Twilight Falls by Robert Sheldon is part of our Alfred FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 5 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys.

The sense of peace and tranquility of twilight on a summer's evening inspires this lovely, lyrical offering. An excellent teaching opportunity for phrasing and expression, As Twilight Falls provides a moment of contrast at any young band's concert performance and is now available in Alfred's 5-part FLEX format. Correlates to Book 1, Level 5 of Sound Innovations for Concert Band.

Percussion Accompaniment Track Download. (2:10).

SKU: AP.49212

ISBN 9781470648527. UPC: 038081569321. English.

This version of Cumberland Cross by Carl Strommen is part of our Alfred FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 5 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys.

Your band will sound great with Carl Strommen's classic original piece. Cumberland Cross explores the rich American folk style in two sections. The first has broad, moving harmonies under a Shenandoah-like melody, and the second a lively dance reminiscent of Copland. It is not too difficult, yet very impressive!

- Percussion Accompaniment Track Download. (3:30).

SKU: AP.49214S

ISBN 9781470648572. UPC: 038081569376. English.

This version of Air Force One by Chris M. Bernotas is part of our Alfred FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 5 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. The 5-part instrumentation will support balanced instrumentation of the lower voices. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys.

Air Force One evokes the proud spirit that is symbolized by the Presidential aircraft. With its rhythmic drive and uplifting melody, this will quickly become a favorite of your students and audience alike. Now scored in a 5-part FLEX format, this piece has engaging rhythms, memorable melodies, and exciting percussion parts!

Percussion Accompaniment Track Downloads:
with click
without click. (2:20).

SKU: LO.30-3075L

UPC: 000308136753.

Believing God will lead us forward, we will put our faith in God Alone. This stirring original anthem from Mary McDonald urges believers to put their faith in God and step forward confidently in His service. (2 Fl, Ob, 2 Cl, Bsn (sub B Cl), 3 Tpt, 2 Hn (sub 2 A Sax), 2 Tbn (sub 2 T Sax/Btn TC), Tuba (sub Tbn 3), Perc, Harp, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello, Bass, Digital String Reduction).

SKU: FG.55011-444-9

ISBN 9790550114449.

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) was one of Finland's internationally most successful composers. He made his major breakthrough with the Symphony No. 7, Angel of Light, in the 1990s, but his output includes numerous classic operas, concertos, chamber music and choral works.
Over his extensive career, he progressed from Neo-Classicism to strict dodecaphony to free-tonal Neo-Romanticism, combining modernism with mystical romanticism in his later works. According to the composer, the role of the composer is to be mediator, a midwife, who helps the music become alive on its own terms; Listen to what the music wants to tell you, he told his composition students, sense where it wants to go.
Rautavaara rose to great international fame with the success of his Symphony No. 7, Angel of Light (1995) powered by the prize-winning recording (Helsinki Philharmonic, Segerstam, Ondine label) later the same year. Many high-profile international commissions followed, creating yet
more prize-winning recordings.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the work's premiere - in its original form as the Bloomington Symphony - by the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Pickett, Fennica Gehrman is publishing an entirely new edition of the symphony based on all available sources, including the composer's manuscript and his markings in various printed scores.
This is a large-sized conductor score with extensive analysis of the work and its genesis.

SKU: LO.30-2874L

UPC: 000308132694.

This dynamic call to worship our Lord, by Mary McDonald, is full of rhythmic drive and harmonic invention, and it's ideal for general use or a missions/evangelism emphasis. Orchestration by Michael Lawrence for 2 Fl, Ob, 2 Cl, Bsn, 2 Hn (sub A Sas), 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn (sub T Sax/Baritone T. C.), Tuba, Perc, Timp, Harp, Pno, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello, Bass, Digital String Reduction.