SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, recorder, oboe I/oboe d'amore, oboe II-III, bassoon, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3106961

Cantata for 12th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Violin 1. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Trinity. Single Part, Violin 1. BWV BWV 69a. 8 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.069/61. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3106961).

ISBN 9790007206697. Text language: German/English.

Bach's Cantata BWV 69a of 1723, which has remained largely unknown to the present day, is now available for the first time in a practical edition with this Carus publication. It has been unjustly neglected as it was overshadowed by the Cantata BWV 69 of the same name, a piece which Bach reworked to celebrate the inauguration of Leipzig Town Council in 1748. On that occasion Bach re-used the parts from 1723 for simplicity, and adapted them for the new use by means of cuts, alterations, and additions - something which certainly did not mean that he rejected the 1723 version. This version can readily be recovered from the parts of 1723, if we explore beyond the alterations of 1748. With its rich wind instruments and great opening chorus, the 1723 cantata is in no way inferior to the later festive music in terms of musical splendor. The text takes the Gospel reading about the healing of the deaf and dumb man as a reason for praise and thanks for God's good deeds. In contrast to the later version, in which God is thanked for the wisdom of the Leipzig authorities, the original version of 1723 is free of such contemporary references, and is suitable for use in worship and concerts in many different ways. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3106900.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, recorder, oboe I/oboe d'amore, oboe II-III, bassoon, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3106962

Cantata for 12th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Violin 2. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Trinity. Single Part, Violin 2. BWV BWV 69a. 8 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.069/62. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3106962).

ISBN 9790007206703. Text language: German/English.

Bach's Cantata BWV 69a of 1723, which has remained largely unknown to the present day, is now available for the first time in a practical edition with this Carus publication. It has been unjustly neglected as it was overshadowed by the Cantata BWV 69 of the same name, a piece which Bach reworked to celebrate the inauguration of Leipzig Town Council in 1748. On that occasion Bach re-used the parts from 1723 for simplicity, and adapted them for the new use by means of cuts, alterations, and additions - something which certainly did not mean that he rejected the 1723 version. This version can readily be recovered from the parts of 1723, if we explore beyond the alterations of 1748. With its rich wind instruments and great opening chorus, the 1723 cantata is in no way inferior to the later festive music in terms of musical splendor. The text takes the Gospel reading about the healing of the deaf and dumb man as a reason for praise and thanks for God's good deeds. In contrast to the later version, in which God is thanked for the wisdom of the Leipzig authorities, the original version of 1723 is free of such contemporary references, and is suitable for use in worship and concerts in many different ways. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3106900.

Soloists, Mixed choir, Orchestra

SKU: BA.BA04025-01

Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft e. V. Risinger and Mark. This edition: Complete edition. Linen. Complete edition, Score. HWV 58. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04025-01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04025-01).

ISBN 9790006443222. 33 x 26 cm inches. Text Language: English.

Handelâ??s â??Semeleâ?, which premiered in February 1744, is based on an adapted version of William Congreveâ??s opera libretto titled â??The Story of Semeleâ?, originally published in 1706. However, neither Handel nor his librettist referred to â??Semeleâ? as an opera or an oratorio, which, according to the understanding at the time, would have required a biblical and/or Christian subject matter. Contemporary audiences also disagreed on the genre. The problematic classification as an oratorio has persisted into the present day, likely due to the edition labeled as such by Chrysander. The â??Halle Handel Editionâ? (HHA) distances itself from this classification and, considering the available sources, refrains from assigning a genre label.

Congreve deviates from the mythological source multiple times in order to create tensions among the characters. The desired marriage between Semele and Athamas, whom she does not love, is an addition by Congreve to provoke the envy of her sister Ino, who desires Athamas herself. Therefore, Ino sees her own advantage in Semeleâ??s abduction by Jupiter. While Jupiterâ??s wife Juno decides to destroy Semele out of jealousy for his relationship with her, Jupiter brings Ino to his palace to console Semele. The vengeful Juno takes advantage of Inoâ??s presence and transforms into her likeness, persuading Semele to carry out a plan that later proves fatal. In the end, Ino emerges as the winner, as she is able to convince their father, Cadmus, to marry her to Athamas. The appearance of Apollo in the final scene to announce that Semeleâ??s immortal son Bacchus was saved from her ashes provides little consolation. However, this twist allows the drama to conclude with exuberant joy and a magnificent final chorus after the tragic scenes in the third act, culminating in the death of the protagonist.

Handelâ??s autograph score shows significant deviations from and numerous revisions of the original version premiered. All surviving early versions, the musical movements deleted before the premiere, and the version of the December 1744, are given in the appendix to the HHA.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3116412

Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Frieder Rempp. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Violin 2. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Whitsun. Single Part, Violin 2. Composed 1725. BWV 164. 8 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.164/12. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3116412).

ISBN 9790007209032. Text language: German/English.

This six-movement cantata was performed for the first time on 26 August 1725 in Leipzig. The text was written by Bach's Weimar cantata poet Salomon Franck and had been published earlier in 1715 in his collection Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer. Here, Bach bases his work around the form of the Weimar cantatas which take their texts from Franck's printed collection (BWV 132, 152, 161-163, 165): movements 1-5 are performed by vocal soloists, whilst only the final chorus is given to the chorus. The key concepts of the text are Barmherzigkeit [compassion], Erbarmen [mercy] and wahre Christenliebe [true Christian love]; the chamber music arrangement of the cantata corresponds with this. The two arias for tenor and alto, and the duet for soprano and bass do not contain da capo sections, but repeat the entire text in a condensed form. The instruments do not contrast as a rule, but are treated as a string group (movements 1, 4), duetting (movement 3), and as full unison (movement 5). What is remarkable in all three movements is the thematic linking of the instrumental ritornello parts with the vocal parts through which Bach achieves a kind of unity of form. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3116400.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3116411

Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Frieder Rempp. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Violin 1. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Whitsun. Single Part, Violin 1. Composed 1725. BWV 164. 8 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.164/11. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3116411).

ISBN 9790007209025. Text language: German/English.

This six-movement cantata was performed for the first time on 26 August 1725 in Leipzig. The text was written by Bach's Weimar cantata poet Salomon Franck and had been published earlier in 1715 in his collection Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer. Here, Bach bases his work around the form of the Weimar cantatas which take their texts from Franck's printed collection (BWV 132, 152, 161-163, 165): movements 1-5 are performed by vocal soloists, whilst only the final chorus is given to the chorus. The key concepts of the text are Barmherzigkeit [compassion], Erbarmen [mercy] and wahre Christenliebe [true Christian love]; the chamber music arrangement of the cantata corresponds with this. The two arias for tenor and alto, and the duet for soprano and bass do not contain da capo sections, but repeat the entire text in a condensed form. The instruments do not contrast as a rule, but are treated as a string group (movements 1, 4), duetting (movement 3), and as full unison (movement 5). What is remarkable in all three movements is the thematic linking of the instrumental ritornello parts with the vocal parts through which Bach achieves a kind of unity of form. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3116400.

Solo voices, mixed choir, orchestra Urtext based on the new Complete Edition. Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Edited by Michael Musgrave and Michael Struck. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 16109-30. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

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.

By George Frideric Handel. For SATB soli, SATB Choir, Piano. Baroque, Sacred, Choral. Sheet Music. 48 pages. Published by Novello and Co Ltd.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 recorders f1, oboe I/oboe d'caccia i, oboe II, oboe IIi/oboe d'caccia II, 4 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3111913

Cantata for the inauguration of town councils in Leipzig. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Uwe Wolf. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Preise, Jerusalem Neuausgabe U.Wolf. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Psalms, German, Praise and thanks. Single Part, Viola. Composed 1723. BWV 119. 4 pages. Duration 27 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.119/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3111913).

ISBN 9790007048778. Key: C major. Language: German/English. Text: Goes, Albrecht. Text: Albrecht Goes.

Bach's first cantata for the election of the Leipzig town council, composed in August 1723, is one of his most splendidly scored work from his Leipzig period. The choice of opening, with the representative form of a French overture, was suited to a festive orchestral scoring. Two choral movements frame a middle section which consists of two arias and a recitativo accompagnato with a trumpet ritornello. The conclusion of this extended festive music takes a reflective turn in movements 8 and 9, when Bach allows a recitative to be followed by simple, prayer-like chorale movement. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3111900.

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 recorders f1, oboe I/oboe d'caccia i, oboe II, oboe IIi/oboe d'caccia II, 4 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3111909

Cantata for the inauguration of town councils in Leipzig. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Uwe Wolf. This edition: urtext. 2x 31.119/21 2 flutes, 1x 31.119/22 oboe 1, 1x 31.119/23 oboe 2, 1x 31.119/24 oboe 3, 5x 31.119/31 trumpet/timpani. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Preise, Jerusalem Neuausgabe U.Wolf. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Psalms, German, Praise and thanks. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1723. BWV 119. 36 pages. Duration 27 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.119/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3111909).

ISBN 9790007048747. Key: C major. Language: German/English. Text: Goes, Albrecht. Text: Albrecht Goes.

Bach's first cantata for the election of the Leipzig town council, composed in August 1723, is one of his most splendidly scored work from his Leipzig period. The choice of opening, with the representative form of a French overture, was suited to a festive orchestral scoring. Two choral movements frame a middle section which consists of two arias and a recitativo accompagnato with a trumpet ritornello. The conclusion of this extended festive music takes a reflective turn in movements 8 and 9, when Bach allows a recitative to be followed by simple, prayer-like chorale movement. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3111900.