Composed by Richard J. Clark. Text: The Roman Missal. Our most popular Mass setting! Liturgy. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.3136-2).

(A Christmas Cantata). By Joseph M. Martin. For SATB choir. Vocal score. Published by Hal Leonard

Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext, paperback. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent, Christmas. Full score. Composed 1731. BWV 36. 52 pages. Duration 31 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.036/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3103600).

SATB choir

SKU: CA.965500

Composed by Ko Matsushita. Edited by Stefan Schuck. Contemporary Choir Music. Sacred vocal music, Corpus Christi, Eucharist, Communion. Full score. Composed 2012. 4 pages. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.655/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.965500).

ISBN 9790007164409. Language: Latin.

For faithful Catholics it is the great mystery, and for those who are not Christian believers it is incomprehensible, possibly even off-putting - the mystery of the Eucharist. As far back as the late medieval period, the verse prayer Ave verum inimitably captures the special atmosphere of the contradiction between a terrible death and the redemption of mankind. Matsushita sets an early version of this prayer for the Eucharist in motet-like ABA form. A floating melody, alternating precisely between major and minor and first sung solo by all four voices in transposition, introduces the piece in a contemplative style. The scale is then altered in the counterpoint to a pure Dorian mode, contrasting in the middle section at the text vere passum, where Matsushita accompanies the increasingly wide-ranging melody and its chromatic, augmented intervals, by increasingly dissonant chordal shifts like a fauxbourdon. From this the tonal high point develops into an almost perfect F major, which then finally picks up on the opening motif for the added lines of text O Jesu dulcis, o Jesu pie... before ebbing away in F major. Voice range: S: des' - fis'' / A:gdeg - d'' / T: cdeg - as' / B: F - c'.

SATB choir, piano accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1723

Composed by Susan LaBarr. Church, Concert, School. Andrew Crane Choral Series. Classical. Octavo. 12 pages. Walton Music #WW1723. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1723).

UPC: 785147015062. English. Text by Daniel Elder.

Midwinter Song is a Christmas carol that calls us to love, faith, and hope. With a beautiful and supportive piano accompaniment and accessible vocal lines, this work will appeal to a wide variety of levels. Susan Labarr's Midwinter Song is a new work for Advent or Christmas. Labarr opens the piece with a gentle piano solo that perfectly captures the mystery of the poetry—the words seem to travel out of a time in the deep past and give homage to the neglected art of both rhythm and rhyme. In particular, the description of the world gathering in amber halls in the first verse wonderfully conjures images of medieval casltes or mead halls lit only with firelight and candles, full with the sound of carols. Choral Journal, May 2019, Volume 59, Number 10.

Composed by John Parker and Patti Drennan. Shawnee Sacred. Communion, Holy Week, Lent. Octavo. 11 pages. Shawnee Press #A8704. Published by Shawnee Press

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.811415

Arranged by Heather Sorenson. Shawnee Sacred. Advent, Christmas, Christmas Sacred, Christmas/Advent Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 310 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.811415).

UPC: 196288087120. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches. Colossians 3:1-2, Habakkuk 2:20, Psalm 33:8.

The echoes of ancient worshippers are heard in this time-honored text that conveys the mystery and majesty of our faith. A fully engaged choir will luxuriate in the harmonies and choral textures while the orchestral accompaniment provides splendid options for larger scale performances. Score and Parts (fl/pic, ob, cl, bn, tpt 1-3, hn, tbn 1-2, tbn3/tba, perc 1-3, hp, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.

By Bob Chilcott and Knight. For Choral Collection: Mixed Choir. Published by Oxford University Press.