I Love My Love Chorale SATB SATB divisi, A Cappella Hal Leonard
Performed by The King's Singers. Arranged by Philip Lawson. (SATB DV A Cappella...(+)
Performed by The King's
Singers. Arranged by
Philip Lawson. (SATB DV
A Cappella). King's
Singer's Choral. Size
6.7x10.5 inches. 16
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Yesterday Chorale SATB SATB A Cappella Hal Leonard
Performed by The King's Singers. By John Lennon, Paul McCartney. Arranged by Bob...(+)
Performed by The King's
Singers. By John Lennon,
Paul McCartney. Arranged
by Bob Chilcott. (SATB a
cappella). King's
Singer's Choral. Size
6.7x10.5 inches. 8 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Performed by The King's Singers. Arranged by Simon Carrington. (SATB). King's S...(+)
Performed by The King's
Singers. Arranged by
Simon Carrington.
(SATB). King's Singer's
Choral. Size 6.8x10.5
inches. 8 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Performed by The King's Singers. By Giovanni Battista Martini. Arranged by Goff ...(+)
Performed by The King's
Singers. By Giovanni
Battista Martini.
Arranged by Goff
Richards. (SATB). King's
Singer's Choral. Size
6.8x10.5 inches. 8 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Greensleeves Chorale SATB SATB A Cappella Hal Leonard
Performed by The King's Singers. Arranged by Bob Chilcott. (SATB). King Singer's...(+)
Performed by The King's
Singers. Arranged by Bob
Chilcott. (SATB). King
Singer's Choral. Size
6.75x10.5 inches. 8
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard. (8745824) 6-PACK
includes six original
copies of this piece.
SATB choir, SSAA choir, or TTBB choir SKU: GI.G-9692 Exercises to Buil...(+)
SATB choir, SSAA choir,
or TTBB choir
SKU:
GI.G-9692
Exercises to Build
Choral Musicianship.
Composed by Dean Luethi.
This edition: Director's
edition. Music Education.
Octavo. 54 pages. GIA
Publications #9692.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9692).
ISBN
9781622773510.
This
book of versatile,
pedagogically based
choral warm-ups helps
conductors take full
advantage of this
important time in every
rehearsal, providing
tools for assessment,
musicianship, and
ensemble unity at the
same time singers are
warming up their voices.
The exercises in Aligning
Voices are organized into
nine chapters, each
focusing on a different
area of choral technique:
Rhythm Brilliance
Intonation Balance
Dynamics Consonants
Beginning Consonants
Diphthongs and Ending
Consonants Vowels Each
warm-up contains two or
more parts, allowing the
director to work toward
improving choral sound in
a texture similar to that
of the repertoire.
Moreover, author Dean
Luethi provides every
warm-up in three
voicings—SATB,
SSAA, and TTBB—and
sequentially organizes
them by difficulty level.
In addition, each section
begins by defining the
objective for each
exercise and offering
practical solutions for
many of the common
challenges choirs face in
each area. A companion
student edition that
contains only the music
notation for each warm-up
exercise is also
available (G-9692S).
These exercises go well
beyond simply warming up
the voice. This resource
is a must-have for all
choral directors looking
to make the most of their
warm-up time. Dean Luethi
is Associate Professor
and Director of the
School of Music at
Washington State
University. In addition
to his work at the
university, he is a
frequently sought after
conductor, adjudicator,
and clinician, and he has
been published in the
Choral Journal and Music
Educators Journal. Watch
this introductory video
on Dean Luethi's
(Lee-thee) book Aligning
Voices: Exercises to
Build Choral
Musicianship.
God's Mother Be Chorale SATB SATB divisi - Intermédiaire MorningStar Music Publishers
Composed by Matthew Culloton. For SATB choir divisi, Harp or Piano or opt. G...(+)
Composed by Matthew
Culloton.
For SATB choir divisi,
Harp or
Piano or opt. Guitar.
Lessons
and Carols. Moderately
Difficult. Octavo.
Published
by MorningStar Music
Publishers
Choral (SATB DIVISI) SKU: HL.1226876 By Sara Mclachlan. By Randy Newman. ...(+)
Choral (SATB DIVISI)
SKU: HL.1226876
By
Sara Mclachlan. By Randy
Newman. Arranged by
Philip Lawson. King's
Singers Choral. Concert,
Disney, Festival. Octavo.
12 pages. Duration 210
seconds. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.1226876).
UPC: 196288144571.
6.75x10.5x0.029
inches.
Now
available for SATB
divisi. Originally
published for 4-part
treble choir, this
beautiful song from Toy
Story 2 packs a real
emotional wallop. Sung by
Sara McLachlan in the
film, this new
arrangement for mixed
voices can be heard on
the new recording of
Disney songs by The
King's Singers titled
When You Wish Upon A
Star.
Still, Still, Still Chorale SATB SATB divisi, A Cappella [Octavo] - Intermédiaire/avancé MorningStar Music Publishers
By Matthew Culloton. For SATB choir divisi, a cappella and baritone voice solo. ...(+)
By Matthew Culloton. For
SATB choir divisi, a
cappella and baritone
voice solo. Christmas.
Moderately Difficult.
Octavo. Published by
MorningStar Music
Publishers
Choral SATB choir SKU: CF.CM9700 Composed by Hungarian Folk. Arranged by ...(+)
Choral SATB choir
SKU:
CF.CM9700
Composed by
Hungarian Folk. Arranged
by Stacy Garrop. 20
pages. Duration 4:44.
Carl Fischer Music
#CM9700. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9700).
ISBN
9781491160008. UPC:
680160918607. Key: A
minor. Hungarian.
Hungarian Folk.
In
2014, Chanticleer
commissioned me to make a
new arrangement of the
Hungarian-Romani folk
song Jarba, Mare Jarba
for their 2014 touring
program. Passed down
orally through the Romani
communities, this
beautiful folk song, with
text in a language called
Beas (beh-osh), speaks of
a deep longing to visit
one's homeland, a place
where the singer can
never return. Chanticleer
consists of twelve men
whose vocal ranges span
from low bass to high
soprano, equivalent to
the range of a mixed
choir of women and men. I
composed slow sections of
original material to
represent the singers'
longing to return home;
these are interspersed
with the folk song's
traditional fast
sections. The
incorporated shouts and
calls in the score are
typically found in the
performance of Central
European folk songs. I
hope you enjoy singing
this new version of
Jarba, Mare Jarba that
contains all of the vigor
and excitement of the
Chanticleer version.
PERFORMANCE NOTES All
spoken sounds (indicated
by x noteheads) should be
performed by individuals.
Feel free to elaborate
with more sounds of your
own in the tradition of
Eastern European folk
music. If the piece is
memorized, feel free to
experiment with clapping
on the off-beats of m. 93
to the end. TEXT
Transliteration Jarba,
mare jarba mas duce a
casa, da nu pot ca am
jurat, Jarba, mare jarba
mas duce a casa, da nu
pot ca am jurat. Mare
jarba, verde jarba nu me
pot duce a casa. Jarba,
mare jarba mas duce a
casa, da nu pot ca am
jurat. O mers mama de pe
sat, O lasat coliba
goala, Infrunzitu,
ingurzitu da plina de
saracie, da plina de
saracie. Mare jarba,
verde jarba nu me pot
duce a casa. Jarba, mare
jarba mas duce a casa, da
nu pot ca am jurat.
Translation Green grass,
tall grass, I would like
to go home, but I cannot,
because I have sworn not
to. Tall grass, green
grass - oh, that I cannot
go home! My mother has
left the village; she
left the hut empty,
Adorned with leaves but
full of poverty. Tall
grass, green grass - oh,
that I cannot go home!
Tall grass, green grass -
I would like to go home.
but I cannot, because I
have sworn not to. Stacy
Garrop's music is
centered on dramatic and
lyrical storytelling. The
sharing of stories is a
defining element of our
humanity; we strive to
share with others the
experiences and concepts
that we find compelling.
She shares stories by
taking audiences on sonic
journeys - some simple
and beautiful, while
others are complicated
and dark - depending on
the needs and dramatic
shape of the story.
Garrop served as the
first Emerging Opera
Composer of Chicago Opera
Theater's Vanguard
Program. She also held a
3-year
composer-in-residence
position with the
Champaign-Urbana Symphony
Orchestra, funded by New
Music USA and the League
of American Orchestras.
She has received numerous
awards and grants
including an Arts and
Letters Award in Music
from the American Academy
of Arts and Letters,
Fromm Music Foundation
Grant, Barlow Prize, and
three Barlow Endowment
commissions, along with
prizes from competitions
sponsored by the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, Civic
Orchestra of Chicago,
Omaha Symphony, New
England Philharmonic,
Boston Choral Ensemble,
Utah Arts Festival, and
Pittsburgh New Music
Ensemble. She is a
Cedille Records artist;
her works are
commercially available on
more than ten additional
labels. Her catalog
covers a wide range, with
works for orchestra,
opera, oratorio, wind
ensemble, choir, art
song, various sized
chamber ensembles, and
works for solo
instruments. Notable
commissions include My
Dearest Ruth for soprano
and piano with text by
Martin Ginsburg, the
husband of the late
Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The
Transformation of Jane
Doe for Chicago Opera
Theater, The Battle for
the Ballot for the
Cabrillo Festival
Orchestra, Goddess
Triptych for the St.
Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Glorious Mahalia for the
Kronos Quartet, Give Me
Hunger for Chanticleer,
Rites for the Afterlife
for the Akropolis and
Calefax Reed Quintets,
and Terra Nostra: an
oratorio about our
planet, commissioned by
the San Francisco Choral
Society and Piedmont East
Bay Children's Chorus.
Garrop previously served
as composer-in-residence
with the Albany Symphony
and Skaneateles Festival,
and as well as on faculty
of the Fresh Inc Festival
(2012-2017). She taught
composition and
orchestration full-time
at Roosevelt University
2000-2016) before leaving
to launch her freelance
career. She earned
degrees in music
composition at the
University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor
(B.M.), University of
Chicago (M.A.), and
Indiana
University-Bloomington
(D.M.). In 2014,
Chanticleer commissioned
me to make a new
arrangement of the
Hungarian-Romani folk
song Jarba, Mare Jarba
for their 2014 touring
program. Passed down
orally through the Romani
communities, this
beautiful folk song, with
text in a language called
Beas (beh-osh), speaks of
a deep longing to visit
one’s homeland, a
place where the singer
can never return.
Chanticleer consists of
twelve men whose vocal
ranges span from low bass
to high soprano,
equivalent to the range
of a mixed choir of women
and men. I composed slow
sections of original
material to represent the
singers’ longing
to return home; these are
interspersed with the
folk song’s
traditional fast
sections. The
incorporated shouts and
calls in the score are
typically found in the
performance of Central
European folk songs. I
hope you enjoy singing
this new version of
Jarba, Mare Jarba that
contains all of the vigor
and excitement of the
Chanticleer
version.PERFORMANCE
NOTESAll spoken sounds
(indicated by x
noteheads) should be
performed by individuals.
Feel free to elaborate
with more sounds of your
own in the tradition of
Eastern European folk
music.If the piece is
memorized, feel free to
experiment with clapping
on the off-beats of m. 93
to the
end.TEXTTransliterationJa
rba, mare jarba mas duce
a casa, da nu pot ca am
jurat, Jarba, mare jarba
mas duce a casa, da nu
pot ca am jurat. Mare
jarba, verde jarba nu me
pot duce a casa.Jarba,
mare jarba mas duce a
casa, da nu pot ca am
jurat.O mers mama de pe
sat, O lasat coliba
goala,Infrunzitu,
ingurzitu da plina de
saracie, da plina de
saracie. Mare jarba,
verde jarba nu me pot
duce a casa.Jarba, mare
jarba mas duce a casa, da
nu pot ca am
jurat.TranslationGreen
grass, tall grass, I
would like to go home,
but I cannot, because I
have sworn not to.Tall
grass, green grass
– oh, that I
cannot go home!My mother
has left the village; she
left the hut empty,
Adorned with leaves but
full of poverty.Tall
grass, green grass
– oh, that I
cannot go home! Tall
grass, green grass
– I would like to
go home.but I cannot,
because I have sworn not
to.Stacy Garrop’s
music is centered on
dramatic and lyrical
storytelling. The sharing
of stories is a defining
element of our humanity;
we strive to share with
others the experiences
and concepts that we find
compelling. She shares
stories by taking
audiences on sonic
journeys – some
simple and beautiful,
while others are
complicated and dark
– depending on the
needs and dramatic shape
of the story.Garrop
served as the first
Emerging Opera Composer
of Chicago Opera
Theater’s Vanguard
Program. She also held a
3-year
composer-in-residence
position with the
Champaign-Urbana Symphony
Orchestra, funded by New
Music USA and the League
of American Orchestras.
She has received
numerous awards and
grants including an
Arts and Letters Award in
Music from the American
Academy of Arts and
Letters, Fromm Music
Foundation Grant, Barlow
Prize, and three Barlow
Endowment commissions,
along with prizes from
competitions sponsored by
the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Civic
Orchestra of Chicago,
Omaha Symphony, New
England Philharmonic,
Boston Choral Ensemble,
Utah Arts Festival, and
Pittsburgh New Music
Ensemble. She is a
Cedille Records artist;
her works are
commercially available on
more than ten additional
labels.Her catalog covers
a wide range, with works
for orchestra, opera,
oratorio, wind ensemble,
choir, art song, various
sized chamber ensembles,
and works for solo
instruments. Notable
commissions include My
Dearest Ruth for
soprano and piano with
text by Martin Ginsburg,
the husband of the late
Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, The
Transformation of Jane
Doe for Chicago Opera
Theater, The Battle for
the Ballot for the
Cabrillo Festival
Orchestra, Goddess
Triptych for the St.
Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Glorious Mahalia for
the Kronos Quartet, Give
Me Hunger for
Chanticleer, Rites for
the Afterlife for the
Akropolis and Calefax
Reed Quintets,
and Terra
Nostra:Â an oratorio
about our planet,
commissioned by the San
Francisco Choral Society
and Piedmont East Bay
Children’s
Chorus.Garrop previously
served as
composer-in-residence
with the Albany Symphony
and Skaneateles Festival,
and as well as on faculty
of the Fresh Inc Festival
(2012-2017). She taught
composition and
orchestration full-time
at Roosevelt University
2000-2016) before leaving
to launch her freelance
career. She earned
degrees in music
composition at the
University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor
(B.M.), University of
Chicago (M.A.), and
Indiana
University-Bloomington
(D.M.).ÂÂ.
Choir Sacred (SATB choir) SKU: AP.47638 Composed by Cliff Goldmacher and ...(+)
Choir Sacred (SATB choir)
SKU: AP.47638
Composed by Cliff
Goldmacher and Lisa Loeb.
Arranged by Andy Beck.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Pop Choral Series.
Chanukah; Holiday Pops;
Sacred. Choral Octavo. 12
pages. Alfred Music
#00-47638. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.47638).
UPC: 038081543314.
English.
A
folk-infused ballad
celebrating the miracle
of Hanukkah. Originally
recorded by 90s pop
sensation Lisa Loeb, this
reflective change-of-pace
choral features a
rhythmic yet mellow
accompaniment and
straightforward but
expressive vocal parts.
Whether you perform with
the guitar-inspired piano
part, the optional
SoundTrax CD, or a folk
ensemble of your own,
this is truly a special
touch for holiday
concerts.
Because
of changes in our
school's schedule and the
taking away of the music
requirement in 7th and
8th grade, our choir
numbers have dropped
significantly. Searching
for music that has
educational value and
that the choir will sound
good on (we know that's
important for the parents
and faculty) I came
across Light arranged by
Andy Beck. This quickly
became a favorite of my
choir! The kids are
excited to rehearse it
every day and the sound
they are achieving fits
the folk-like feel of the
piece.
We are
using the 2-Part version.
Being 7th and 8th
graders, of my nine boys,
three are unchanged
voices (singing alto as
written) and my other six
are in varying stages of
voice change. Those six
are bouncing back and
forth between alto and
soprano parts, singing
them down an octave.
Thank you for
providing a great piece
for the holiday
season!
Matt
Albrecht Choir
Director Copley-Fairla
wn Middle School
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
SATB choir and piano accompaniment SKU: LP.9780834182769 Composed by Klau...(+)
SATB choir and piano
accompaniment
SKU:
LP.9780834182769
Composed by Klaus Kuehn &
Thomas Miller. Arranged
by Daniel Semsen.
Anthems. Sacred. Octavo.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.9780834182769).
ISBN
9780834182769.
Rall
y the voices of your
choir and congregation to
join all creation in
lifting their praise to
our great God and King
with this anthem written
by Klaus Kuehn and Thomas
Miller. Arranged and
orchestrated by Daniel
Semsen with a bridge
highlighting women s
voices and a unison line
in the final chorus this
enthusiastic piece is a
choral delight for
listeners and singers
alike.
The Same Stream Chorale SATB SATB divisi - Intermédiaire GIA Publications
SATB choir, divisi, piano reduction - Late intermediate SKU: GI.G-9035 Co...(+)
SATB choir, divisi, piano
reduction - Late
intermediate
SKU:
GI.G-9035
Composed by
Thomas LaVoy. Joy,
Creation. Evoking Sound.
Music Education. Octavo.
24 pages. GIA
Publications #9035.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9035).
UPC: 785147903505.
English. Text Source:
Stream of Life, verse 69
from Gitanjali,
1912. Text by
Rabindranath
Tagore.
I have
recently been incredibly
inspired by the writings
of the great Bengali
mystic Rabindranath
Tagore, whose monumental
collection of poetry
Gitanjali won the Nobel
Prize in Literature in
1913. This book
introduces the reader to
a new awareness of the
world that surrounds us,
deepening the connection
between nature and the
human spirit that we all
yearn for. Verse 69 is
particularly joyful and
life-affirming: an
ecstatic realization of
the energies that move in
ceaseless ebb and flow
through us, our lives,
and our natural
environment. Each
individual line of this
verse has a unique
character and color, so I
have placed each in a key
that I feel suits the
mood of the text. The
constantly flowing
ostinati that weave their
way throughout are
collectively a musical
representation of the
“stream of
life†to which
Tagore refers. This
flowing line can be found
even in the subdued third
line of text, which makes
reference to the
“ocean-cradle of
birth and of
death.†In similar
fashion, the more complex
rhythmic cells found
within the stream (e.g.,
measures 21–40)
are a product of
Tagore’s ecstatic
tone. Ultimately this
piece is simply meant to
be an expression of joy.
It is dedicated with
great admiration to the
commissioning ensemble,
the Fort Myers High
School Greenwave Singers,
and their conductor Matt
Koller. This tremendous
ensemble is a prime
example of choral music
education in practice in
the United States, and I
feel honored to have been
given this opportunity to
work with them.
—Thomas LaVoy.
Choir Secular (SATB choir) SKU: AP.48506 Composed by Ben McKee, Dan Reyno...(+)
Choir Secular (SATB
choir)
SKU:
AP.48506
Composed by
Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds,
Daniel Platzman, Justin
Tranter, Mattias Larsson,
Robin Fredriksson, and
Wayne Sermon. Arranged by
Bryan Sharpe. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Pop Choral
Series. Contemporary A
Cappella; Pop; Secular.
Choral Octavo. 16 pages.
Alfred Music #00-48506.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48506).
UPC:
038081553290.
English.
Contempora
ry a cappella groups will
love this stadium-rocking
anthem that has been
called a feel-good jam
with positive and
empowering lyrics. This
hard-hitting Imagine
Dragons' single climbed
to the top of the charts
across the globe. A solid
choice that will motivate
today's singers.
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
SKU: CA.221100 Composed by Various. Edited by Jan Schumacher, Brady R. Al...(+)
SKU: CA.221100
Composed by Various.
Edited by Jan Schumacher,
Brady R. Allred. Choral
collections. With CD.
Folk songs and settings
of folk songs, Secular
choral music. Choir Book.
104 pages. Carus Verlag
#CV 02.211/00. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.221100).
ISBN
9790007170639.
Melo
dious evening songs lend
themselves to a quiet
ending or an
imaginatively accented
concert. This choral
collection is a selection
with about 40 English,
German and international
lullabies and evening
songs of stylistic
diversity, with easily
singable settings for a
mixed choir, some of
which include piano
accompaniments. The
repertoire ranges from
Baroque and Romantic
works to contemporary
works, with settings
newly-composed for the
collection and well-known
lullabies and evening
songs. The conductor's
volume includes a CD with
recordings of selected
pieces. The songs chosen
are largely from the
German and English
repertoire, but also
include pieces in
Spanish, French, and
Russian. With well-known
compositions by composers
such as J. S. Bach,
Brahms, Elgar,
Mendelssohn Bartholdy,
Rheinberger, Scholefield,
Stanford, and Sullivan.
Ten of the songs have
been newly-arranged
specially for this
collection by leading
composers (Ludwig Bohme,
Daniel Carter, Ian
McDougal, Gunther Martin
Gottsche, Reijo Kekkonen,
Clifford W. King, Andrej
Makor, Giacomo Mezzalira,
Christoph Muller, and
Peter Schindler). Easy to
medium difficulty. Mainly
for (S)SATB choir a
cappella, a few settings
with piano accompaniment.
A CD with selected songs
is included with the
conductor's volume. The
choral collection is
published as Conductor's
volume with CD and
editionchor (budget
edition for choral
singers).
Mixed choir SKU: FG.55011-590-3 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Fennica Geh...(+)
Mixed choir
SKU:
FG.55011-590-3
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-590-3. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-590-3).
ISBN
9790550115903.
Matt
hew Whittall's (b. 1975)
Love is Little (2009) is
a modern motet taking a
Shaker hymn tune as its
cantus firmus. The
original melody is
gradually slowed down,
looped and fragmented,
forming a quiet, ambient
soundscape in which each
singer performs their own
partly freely. It is
suitable for larger
choirs, but also
performable by as few as
20 singers.
Wolcum Yole Chorale SATB SATB, Harpe Boosey and Hawkes
SATB and Harp (Piano). By Benjamin Britten. Arranged by Julius Harrison. (SATB)...(+)
SATB and Harp (Piano). By
Benjamin Britten.
Arranged by Julius
Harrison. (SATB). Boosey
and Hawkes Sacred Choral.
Size 6.8x10.5 inches. 8
pages. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes.
((from A Ceremony of Carols) SATB and Harp or Piano, New Edition). Composed by B...(+)
((from A Ceremony of
Carols) SATB and Harp or
Piano, New Edition).
Composed by Benjamin
Britten (1913-1976). For
Choral (SATB). Boosey and
Hawkes Sacred Choral. 12
pages. Boosey and Hawkes
#M051481613. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes
Choral (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.48022495 SATB and Harp or Piano, New Editi...(+)
Choral (SATB Choir)
SKU: HL.48022495
SATB and Harp or
Piano, New Edition.
Composed by Benjamin
Britten. Boosey & Hawkes
Sacred Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 12 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M051481583.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48022495).
ISBN 9781476871486.
UPC: 884088669676.
6.75x10.5
inches.
Texts:
Latin and
English
Publisher:
Boosey &
Hawkes
Difficulty
level: 3
The
Ceremony of Carols is
one of Britten's
best-known and
most-performed works. It
is a brilliantly
conceived and dramatic
concert work which sees
the voices process to
their places singing
unaccompanied plainsong
and, at the end,
processing out again to
the same chant. These
movements can also be
accompanied but strictly
only if the voices do not
process. The final
Alleluia can be repeated
as many times as
necessary to get the
singers to and from their
destination.The carols
are for three-part
children's voices
(though, of course they
can be sung by female
adults as well) and they
form a two-part work
around a central
Interlude for harp which
is based on the plainsong
from the Procession.
Variety is the key word
here as all the carols
have such individual
identities. The
forthright Wolcum Yole!,
the deliciously lyrical
There is no Rose, the
swinging Balulalow, the
fiery and dramatic This
little Babe all
contribute to a work
which is a feast of
discovery throughout.
Lovely solos and duos add
further colour and the
harp part, an inspired
choice of accompaniment,
enriches, colours and
surrounds the voices with
its pictorial musical
imagery. If anything
shows Britten's genius
for writing for voices it
must be this
work.
The
challenges here are in
creating a real equality
between voice parts,
fielding a confident pair
of soloists, and making
the most of the
wonderfully colourful
poems Britten has chosen
to set. Pronunciation is
not really an issue, but
when I recorded this work
with the Finzi Singers I
decided to follow the
example of Sacred and
Profane and use authentic
medieval pronunciation
for which an expert coach
was necessary. It brings
an added element of
colour to a familiar
aural
experience.
Composed by Dottie Rambo.
Arranged by Stacey V.
Gibbs. Gentry
Publications. Concert,
General Worship, Gospel.
Octavo. 16 pages. Gentry
Publications #JG2620.
Published by Gentry
Publications
(HL.1247357).
UPC:
196288152934.
6.75x10.5x0.036
inches.
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