Soprano and baritone soli, SATB choir, flute, violin, drum, and piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.70-500

Composed by Karen Marrolli. Advent, Christmas, Christmas-Sacred, Lessons and Carols. MorningStar Music Publishers #70-500. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.70-500).

UPC: 688670705007. English.

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Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0049

Composed by Howard Goodall. Lent, Triduum/Three Days, Tenebrae, 21st Century, Heaven, Lament/Grief/Sorrow. Duration 9 minutes, 13 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0049. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0049).

UPC: 688670220524. English.

Arranged for SATB choir, two keyboards, strings, and optional harp, with soprano, tenor (optional) and baritone soloists, this fresh and unorthodox interpretation reflects on the words of the Latin Mass by juxtaposing them with poems in English. The “Kyrie” uses Francis Quarles’ “Close now thine eyes and rest secure” as the opposing English text. After the choir begins the requiem text in Latin (“Requiem aeternam” through the “Kyrie eleison,”) the soprano soloist has a 27-measure solo in which the English text appears. Then the solo is repeated over choir accompaniment and the opening Latin text reappears to close the movement. Duration 9:13.

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and piano (E-flat Soprano saxophone, 2 Horns in F, Piano, Organ (or digital keyboard), Double String Quartet, Double Bass) - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0108

Composed by Howard Goodall. Lent, Holy Week, Triduum/Three Days, Tenebrae, 21st Century. Score & instrument parts. Duration 6 minutes, 19 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0108. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0108).

UPC: 688670221255. English, Latin. Psalms 142; Jeremiah 3:48, 52, 56.

Invictus: A Passion addresses one of the world’s most powerful stories through the lens of the modern world. The texts, written or inspired by women, describe not only human suffering and persecution but also the human capacity for love and humility in the face of tyranny. Composer Howard Goodall is uniquely suited to bring these texts to life with music of emotional clarity and sweeping force. This excerpt is scored for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano. This fourth movement of the larger work is inspired by the extraordinary story of Irena Sendler née Krzyżanowska, a Polish nurse and head of Żegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews in the Second World War, whose personal interventions saved the lives of approximately 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto, smuggling them to safety, acts of humanitarian bravery that eventually caused her arrest and torture by the Gestapo. She is honoured as Righteous Amongst the Nations at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. The Latin texts of this movement are taken from the Book of Lamentations (“My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause…”) and from Psalm 142, the Old Testament being the meeting-point of Sendler’s Catholicism and the Jewish tradition of those whose lives she saved. Duration 6:19.

Soprano voice or tenor voice solo, SATB choir, and piano/keyboard - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0038

Composed by Howard Goodall. Wedding, Classical. Instrument parts. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0038. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0038).

UPC: 688670220432. English.

Set for SATB voices, a soprano or tenor soloist, and piano, Goodall’s original text is a promise of constancy from one person to another. Through many kinds of situations and circumstances it is assured that “We’ll walk together stride by stride.” The choral parts are homophonic and approachable, the piano part a bit challenging (there is one section which is essentially a beautiful piano solo with the chorus accompanying on a neutral syllable). An uplifting piece suitable for school, community, or professional choruses.

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and piano - Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0064

Composed by Howard Goodall. 21st Century, Commitment/Discipleship, Word of God. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0064. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0064).

UPC: 688670220678. English. Matthew 5:3-11.