By Eugenie R. Rocherolle. Piano Collection. WB Christian Piano Library. Level: I...(+)
By Eugenie R. Rocherolle.
Piano Collection. WB
Christian Piano Library.
Level: Intermediate
(Level Four). Book. 36
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Looking Up Chorale SATB SATB, Piano St Rose Music Publishing
Choir, Piano Accompaniment (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.277282 SATB and Piano ...(+)
Choir, Piano
Accompaniment (SATB
Choir)
SKU:
HL.277282
SATB and
Piano Vocal Score.
Composed by Nico Muhly.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover. 60
pages. St. Rose Music
#SRO10015201. Published
by St. Rose Music
(HL.277282).
UPC:
840126915006. 6.75x10.5
inches.
Program
note:
Looking Up
is a piece for large
chorus and orchestra, and
is in three sections,
played without pause. In
the 16th century, a
variety of psalters in
meter were printed in
England, with the idea of
making psalm-singing
something that could
happen easily at home,
with the rhyming meter
being an aid to
memorization. These
translations are
wonderful exercises in
brevity and sometimes
clumsy rhymemaking, and
were usually prefaced by
a lengthy explanation as
to their merits; the
title of one of the first
such volumes in English
is: The Psalter of Dauid
newely translated into
Englysh metre in such
sort that it maye the
more decently, and wyth
more delyte of the mynde,
be reade and songe of al
men. I thought it would
be appropriate to set one
of these introductions,
and the first section of
Looking Up sets the
preface to Thomas
Ravenscroft's psalter
(1621), in which he
writes: “The
singing of Psalmes (assay
the Doctors) comforteth
the sorrowfull, pacifieth
the angry, strengtheneth
the weake, humbleth the
proud, gladdeth the
humble, stirres up the
slow, reconcileth
enemies, lifteth up the
heart to heavenly things,
and uniteth the Creature
to his
Creator.”
It
begins meditatively, but
eventually grows agitated
and fervent, with a
vision of the
“quire of Angels
and Saints”
“redoubling
anddescanting” - an
ecstatic and terrifying
vision of the skies
opening up. Ravenscroft
then encourages the use
of instrumental musicfor
worship, at which point,
a long, acrobatic
orchestral interlude with
jagged edges antagonizes
the choir, who sing a
kind of private, anxious
meditation on two
pitches.
One of
the most delicious
biblical texts is an
Apocryphal prayer known
as the Benedicite or the
Prayer of the Three
Children (the same who
were rescued by an angel
after King Nebuchadnezzar
tried to have them burnt
in an oven for not bowing
to his image). The text
is repetitive, obsessive,
and a gift to composers -
each line is an
invocation of an element
of the natural world,
followed by the phrase,
“blesse ye the
Lord, praise him &
magnify him for
ever.” In Looking
Up, the setting begins
with three solo voices,
and then grows to include
the whole choir,
itemizing the whole of
creation. The idea that
these boys are spared
from the furnace and then
five minutes later are
saying, “O ye the
fire and warming heate,
blesse ye the
Lord...” has always
felt very loaded to me,
and the orchestra plays
with this conflict
between joyful praise and
a more terrible (in the
16th-century sense)
awefor the
divine.
The text
for the third, and
shortest, section is
taken from Christopher
Smart's (1722-1771) A
Song to David,
purportedly written
during his confinement in
a mental asylum. This ode
to King David points out
how David, as the author
of some of the Psalms,
observes the whole world
from the
“clustering
spheres” to the
“nosegay in the
vale.&rdquo.
Text Book SKU: HL.360490 Edited by Brandon Williams. Book. Choral Resourc...(+)
Text Book
SKU:
HL.360490
Edited by
Brandon Williams. Book.
Choral Resources, Teacher
Resource. Softcover. 208
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.360490).
ISBN 9781705124673.
UPC: 840126949018.
6.0x9.0x0.47
inches.
Tesfa
Wondemagegnehu writes,
“The compendium you
hold in your hands
represents the glimmering
of the North Star. All
thought-leaders and
outstanding practitioners
of our time, these
authors have provided
myriad ways to navigate
through the messy,
deafening, and sometimes
terrifying chaos around
us.†Choral
Reflections offers
inspiration, ideas, and
insights for
conductor-teachers at any
stage. The goal for
Choral Reflections is to
provide a platform for a
new and more
representative
cross-section of American
choral conductor-teachers
to share their
reflections, beliefs,
values, and visions for
the choral art. The
thirty contributors are:
Hilary Apfelstadt, Anton
Armstrong, Geoffrey
Boers, Edith A. Copley,
Rollo A. Dilworth, Jason
Max Ferdinand, Lynne
Gackle, Janet Galvan,
Lynnel Joy Jenkins, Craig
Hella Johnson, Ann Howard
Jones, Henry H. Leck,
Iris S. Levine, Fernando
Malvar-Ruiz, Kevin
McBeth, Marcela Molina,
Gary Packwood, Rosephanye
Powell, Amanda Quist,
Doreen Rao, Jeffery B.
Redding, Eugene Rogers,
Diana V. Saez, Pearl
Shangkuan, Tom Shelton,
Sandra Snow, Andre J.
Thomas, Betsy Cook Weber,
Brad Wells, and Jace
Kaholokula Saplan.
Chamber Music violin, piano SKU: PR.144407050 Composed by James Primosch....(+)
Chamber Music violin,
piano
SKU:
PR.144407050
Composed
by James Primosch. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 28+12
pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40705.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.144407050).
UPC:
680160655519. 9 x 12
inches.
Celebrating
30 years, the
Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society
commissioned a work of
20-25 minutes for violin
and piano from James
Primosch, University of
Pennsylvania professor of
music. Primosch had
originally thought to
create a new sonata, but
what developed is more
appropriately a set of
five character pieces,
two of which were
directly inspired by
poems. Five Poems was
premiered in May, 2016,
and Primosch's thoughts
are recorded at his
website:
https://jamesprimosch.com
/2016/05/10/five-poems-pr
emiere/. Upon
receiving a commission
from the Philadelphia
Chamber MusicSociety for
a violin and piano piece
in honor of its 30th
anniversary, myplan was
to write a sonata, a term
suggesting a relatively
abstractdiscourse. But as
the piece developed, the
movements struck me
ascharacter pieces rather
than music employing a
more
“symphonicâ€ap
proach. When specific
poems started to attach
themselves in my mindwith
two of the movements, the
overall title Five Poems
became clear.The title of
the second movement is a
line from Susan
Stewart’s“De
scentâ€, which deals
with Aeneas’s
visit to the underworld.
The musicis alternately
fiercely driving and
quite still, though
tense.
RobertFrost’s
Nothing Gold Can Stay
summons fleet scale
passages framinglyrical
counterpoint. The
remaining movements do
not refer to
specificpoems, but have
titles reflecting their
expressive tone.
Dreamscape ismusing with
an improvisatory violin
line over shifting pairs
of pianochords. Nightsong
is a bluesy lullaby that
turns highly
dramatic.Vision begins
with a closely argued
struggle but breaks
through tosomething
spacious and clear.
Orchestra Orchestra SKU: PR.416413710 For Chamber Orchestra. Compo...(+)
Orchestra Orchestra
SKU: PR.416413710
For Chamber
Orchestra. Composed
by Clint Needham.
Watkiss. Contemporary.
Full score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2008.
92 pages. Duration 21
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41371.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.416413710).
ISBN
9781598068214. UPC:
680160587162. 9x12
inches.
Needham's
original intent with
Chamber Symphony was to
encapsulate the 2008
presidential election,
from the Democratic
primaries to the historic
general election campaign
and win of Barack Obama.
But, says Needham, In the
midst of the general
election circus, I
decided to broaden my
inspiration and have the
work's overall goal focus
on the larger ideas of
hope and transformation.
Chamber Symphony was
commissioned by the
American Composers
Orchestra with generous
support of Paul
Underwood. Additional
support was from the
National Endowment for
the Arts. I originally
envisioned a work
inspired by the political
landscape of the 2008
presidential election,
focusing primarily on the
hard-fought Democratic
Primary race. I was
fascinated by the
historic and hopeful
spirit that both the
Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton campaigns
embodied. Sometime later,
in the midst of the
general election circus,
I decided to broaden my
inspiration and have the
work’s overall
goal focus on the larger
ideas of hope and
transformation. Chamber
Symphony is constructed
in three movements
(played without pause):
I. Hammering Out, II.
Open-ended Echoes, and
III. Radiant Nation. The
titles suggest a general
atmosphere that each
movement attempts to
express. The outer
movements, both quick in
tempo, act as the
antithesis of each other
in terms of mood.
“Hammering
Out†employs an
aggressive, relentless,
pounding beat that
frequently shifts, often
emphasized with metallic
sounds. “Radiant
Nation†is much
lighter and more
optimistic in tone, and
uses an up-beat groove
throughout the movement.
The middle movement,
“Open-ended
Echoes,†is the
proverbial calm after the
storm. Unlike the outer
movements,
“Open-ended
Echoes†is almost
void of any strong sense
of pulse. The movement
attempts to create a
peaceful, contemplative
mood that transforms the
volatile nature of the
first movement tothe
radiant spirit of the
last. Chamber Symphony
was commissioned by the
American Composers
Orchestra for its
Orchestra Underground
Series with the generous
support of Paul
Underwood. Additional
support for the
ACO’s Emerging
Composers Program comes
from the National
Endowment for the
Arts.— November 5,
2008.
Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), edited by Dan Fog, Nils Grinde. Collection...(+)
Composed by Edvard Grieg
(1843-1907), edited by
Dan Fog, Nils Grinde.
Collection for voice solo
and piano accompaniment.
Urtext Edition. Text
language English, German
and Norwiegan. 304 pages.
Published by C.F. Peters.
Choral; Organ Accompaniment (Choral Score) SKU: HL.49046475 Mixed Choi...(+)
Choral; Organ
Accompaniment (Choral
Score)
SKU:
HL.49046475
Mixed
Choir and Organ Choral
Score. Composed by
Peteris Vasks. Choral.
Classical. Octavo. 12
pages. Duration 360
seconds. Schott Music
#C59592. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046475).
ISBN
9781705102701. UPC:
842819108702.
7.5x10.75x0.05
inches.
Mother
Teresa liked to surprise
people she met by giving
them a small card printed
with five concise
sentences instead of a
calling card. The brief
text on the card
beginning with the line
“The fruit of
silence is prayerâ€
was a summary of her
vision of devout,
peace-promoting
philanthropy in poetical
form. In 2013, I created
a musical setting of
Mother Teresa's
“Prayer of
Peace†which was
commissioned by the
Schleswig-Holstein Music
Festival for mixed choir
a cappella (C 55851) in
the form of a densely
woven elegiac sound
stream. Slightly later, I
extended the work to
produce a version with
piano (C 56345) which in
turn became the basis for
a setting scored for
mixed choir with string
orchestra which was first
performed in Riga in
October 2014. In 2015,
the versions for piano
quintet (ED 22450) and
string quartet (ED 22723)
also permitted my musical
setting of Mother
Teresa's words to be
performed without choir
in two traditional genres
of chamber music. The
current published version
for mixed choir and organ
extends the work series
through a further
conventional scoring.
Choir Sacred Childrens Choir & Piano Reduction SKU: PE.EP72785A For Ch...(+)
Choir Sacred Childrens
Choir & Piano Reduction
SKU: PE.EP72785A
For Children's Voices
and Orchestra.
Composed by Jonathan
Dove. Choral Works (inc.
Oratorios). Edition
Peters. Book. 92 pages.
Duration 00:45:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP72785A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP72785A).
ISBN
9790577011349. 210 x
297mm inches.
English.
From
the composer:
How
did it all begin? And
what happened
next?
I found
myself pondering these
questions in an art
gallery in Bremen, in a
James Turrell
installation that carved
through three storeys of
the gallery.
Looking down from the top
floor through great
circles of
colour-changing light to
the distant sparkling
points in a dark ellipse
on the ground floor, I
felt that I was looking
back in time to the
origins of the universe
– and I started to
hear children’s
voices in my mind’s
ear, accompanied by
twinkling metal
percussion.
Haydn&rs
quo;s Creation&n
bsp;immediately
comes to mind as a
precedent, but that is a
setting and elaboration
of the Book of
Genesis. I thought
we should tell the modern
version of our story, and
be as scientifically
accurate as
possible.
The New Imperial Edition. By Various. Arranged by Sydney Northcote. (Baritone/B...(+)
The New Imperial Edition.
By Various. Arranged by
Sydney Northcote.
(Baritone/Bass). Boosey
and Hawkes Voice. Book
only. Size 9x12 inches.
124 pages. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes.
Komarova Unpaint Pict;str.qu. Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Schott
String quartet (P/ST) - difficult SKU: HL.49033214 Composed by Tatjana Ko...(+)
String quartet (P/ST) -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49033214
Composed
by Tatjana Komarova. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott. Score and
Parts. Composed 2002. 62
pages. Duration 20'.
Schott Music #ED 9635.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49033214).
ISBN
9790001135283.
When
some time ago I looked at
works by the painter Egon
Schiele whom I admire
very much, I thought
which paintings would
have been painted by this
artist, had he not died
much too early. I
envisioned the works he
had never painted. Isn't
it impressive with what
modest means he achieves
maximum emotional effect?
It was this thought, too,
that accompanied me
during my work on this
piece - though painting
techniques cannot be
directly reflected in the
music, of course. Tatjana
Komarova.
(Seven Contemplative Guitar Solos Written in Free-Form Style). By William Bay. F...(+)
(Seven Contemplative
Guitar Solos Written in
Free-Form Style). By
William Bay. For Guitar
(Fingerpicking). Solos.
Bill's Music Shelf.
Contemporary.
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book Online Audio. 24
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Contemporary; Secular.
Part(s). 16 pages.
Edition Peters
#98-EP73535B. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP73535B).
ISBN
9790577022833. Words by
Vikram Seth.
Earth
and Sky was commissioned
by the BBC for the Proms
2000 season. In keeping
with the millennial
theme, a work presenting
a vision of the future
was requested. Trying to
be helpful, the BBC
provided me with the
predictions of various
pundits, but their ideas
seemed dizzyingly
contradictory. Then the
simple thought struck me
that however varied and
complex the answers, the
big questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's me? As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music---these were the
ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun---the text's
juxtaposition of the
certainty of death with
the search for purpose in
life achieves great
poignancy when sung by
young voices. (Alec
Roth)
This product
is Printed on Demand and
may take several weeks to
fulfill.
For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Contemporary; Secular.
Part(s). 32 pages.
Edition Peters
#98-EP73535C. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP73535C).
ISBN
9790577022840. Words by
Vikram Seth.
Earth
and Sky was commissioned
by the BBC for the Proms
2000 season. In keeping
with the millennial
theme, a work presenting
a vision of the future
was requested. Trying to
be helpful, the BBC
provided me with the
predictions of various
pundits, but their ideas
seemed dizzyingly
contradictory. Then the
simple thought struck me
that however varied and
complex the answers, the
big questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's me? As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music---these were the
ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun---the text's
juxtaposition of the
certainty of death with
the search for purpose in
life achieves great
poignancy when sung by
young voices. (Alec
Roth)
This product
is Printed on Demand and
may take several weeks to
fulfill.