Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.1189821

Composed by John Milne. Pavane Choral. Octavo. Duration 170 seconds. Pavane Publishing #P1734. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.1189821).

UPC: 196288131311. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

If Shakespeare provides the textual foundation for a composition, the demands upon the musical setting become uncommonly high. John Milne has proved he is up to the task many times before, and he does not fail us now. His madrigal writing always honors the many centuries the genre embraces, yet it also embodies the present day. A love song with romance and deeper meaning -- what concert cannot benefit by including such as this?

Arranged by Sandra Dackow. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Orchestra Expressions. Folk. 148 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45825).

Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Mezzo-soprano voice, Percussion, Piano, Tape, Violoncello

SKU: PR.111401800

For Mezzo-soprano Voice and Chamber Ensemble with Tape. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Arranged by Nelly Sachs. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1969. 51+16+14+20+14+15 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40180. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.111401800).

UPC: 680160618132. 8.5 x 11 inches. Text: Nelly Sachs. Nelly Sachs. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger.

O The Chimneys is a setting of five poems by Nelly Sachs, the great German-Jewish 1966 Nobel Prize co-winner in literature, whose writing concerned itself almost entirely with the subject of the holocaust. Composed in 1969, the work was my own personal way of saying, through my own art, do not forget. Shockingly, these words have as much relevance today as they did when the work was written. Today we find ourselves having to say do not forget, do not distort, do not deny it ever happened.   I selected the five poems from Sachs' O The Chimneys collection, retaining its grimly evocative title even though I did not include the actual poem by that name. In scoring the work for female voice, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion, I aimed to give myself the broadest possible palette of instrumental colors while using the smallest number of participants. Yet as I was planning the final moments of my cycle, I felt that instrumental sound alone would not suffice to express the horror. An electronic tape segment was added to the work's final climax.   The first two poems (A Dead Child Speaks and Already Embraced by the Arm of Heavenly Solace), both depicting the tearing of a child away from his mother, are treated essentially as one unit, with the first acting as an introduction to the second. These two, and the cycle's apocalyptic fifth poem (Hell is Naked from Glowing Enigmas II), act as the two weighty pillar points, so to speak, surrounding the more introspective two middle poems (Fleeing and Someone Comes). To maximize dramatic differentiation within the constraints of a relentlessly tragic subject matter, I used range as a means to delineate contrast, by dividing the sounds available to me into low and dark (mvt. III) vs. high and, at times, eerily bright (mvt. IV) colors. Thus the two middle poems are intended to balance the frenzied madness of which the work's outer parts are made.   The work received its first performance in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Auditorium on January 19, 1970.   --Shulamit Ran.

Composed by Ethan McGrath. Shawnee Sacred. General Worship, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Shawnee Press

Intermediate

SKU: WD.080689541179

Choral, cantatas. Book. Word Music #080689541179. Published by Word Music (WD.080689541179).

UPC: 080689541179.

Choral Classics is a new choral collection featuring 14 all-time favorite songs and arrangements by today’s most gifted arrangers for the Church. These songs are 14 all-time winners, embraced by thousands of singers across the world, ready to be re-introduced to a new generation of choirs eager to be a relevant voice without leaving behind songs that have helped build the platforms on which they stand.

Newly mixed and re-mastered, and now available for the first time with Accompaniment Split-Trax CDs and Practice Trax, Choral Classics from The Word Choral Club is poised to reconnect these powerful songs in a fresh new way with those who already love and cherish them, while proudly introducing them to a new audience to enjoy for many years to come.

String quartet

SKU: FG.55011-498-2

Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Parts. Fennica Gehrman #55011-498-2. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-498-2).

ISBN 9790550114982.

Kimm o Hakola's String Quartet No. 4 op. 95 (2016) was commissioned by the Kimito Island Music Finland and it's dedicated to the Meta4 Quartet. In composer's words, it is the floundering, playful, if necessary defiantly dramatic, surprising, capricious and unrestrained tour de force of a youthful entity.Kimmo Hakola has gone through a number of styles and influences in his career as a composer, his idiom expanding at times to embrace Romanticism, Orientalism and klezmer. He has attained international recognition with an output that spans various genres from intimate solo works to full-length operas such as La Fenice (2011) commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Many of his works are expansive and epic: his Piano Concerto (1996), for instance, clocks in at 55 minutes. Hakola says that he sees music as drama. His dramas explore almost Shakespearean extremes, from moments of raging 'sound and fury' and violent battles to quiet moments of meditation and heart-rending monologues.

Wind Quintet

SKU: FG.55011-508-8

Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-508-8. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-508-8).

ISBN 9790550115088.

Kimm o Hakola's Wind Quintet op. 96 (2017) was commissioned by the Kimito Island Music Festival. The composer sees that making the ensemble ultimately breathe and express itself as an organic, coherent subject should be the aim in composing for wind quintet. The normal chamber-music configuration is not a sufficient basis for me in composing a wind quintet: the instruments have to be compressed, reduced, even crushed together so that, in pairs and different combinations, they produce new, viable audio units. Collision often generates something new. Kimmo Hakola has gone through a number of styles and influences in his career as a composer, his idiom expanding at times to embrace Romanticism, Orientalism and klezmer. He has attained international recognition with an output that spans various genres from intimate solo works to full-length operas such as La Fenice (2011) commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Many of his works are expansive and epic: his Piano Concerto (1996), for instance, clocks in at 55 minutes. Hakola says that he sees music as drama. His dramas explore almost Shakespearean extremes, from moments of raging sound and fury and violent battles to quiet moments of meditation and heart-rending monologues.

Wind Quintet

SKU: FG.55011-509-5

Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Parts. Fennica Gehrman #55011-509-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-509-5).

ISBN 9790550115095.

Kimm o Hakola's Wind Quintet op. 96 (2017) was commissioned by the Kimito Island Music Festival. The composer sees that making the ensemble ultimately breathe and express itself as an organic, coherent subject should be the aim in composing for wind quintet. The normal chamber-music configuration is not a sufficient basis for me in composing a wind quintet: the instruments have to be compressed, reduced, even crushed together so that, in pairs and different combinations, they produce new, viable audio units. Collision often generates something new. Kimmo Hakola has gone through a number of styles and influences in his career as a composer, his idiom expanding at times to embrace Romanticism, Orientalism and klezmer. He has attained international recognition with an output that spans various genres from intimate solo works to full-length operas such as La Fenice (2011) commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Many of his works are expansive and epic: his Piano Concerto (1996), for instance, clocks in at 55 minutes. Hakola says that he sees music as drama. His dramas explore almost Shakespearean extremes, from moments of raging sound and fury and violent battles to quiet moments of meditation and heart-rending monologues.

By Mark Hayes. For SAB choir and piano. Concert. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press. (15/2474H)

String quartet

SKU: FG.55011-497-5

Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-497-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-497-5).

ISBN 9790550114975.

Kimm o Hakola's String Quartet No. 4 op. 95 (2016) was commissioned by the Kimito Island Music Finland and it's dedicated to the Meta4 Quartet. In composer's words, it is the floundering, playful, if necessary defiantly dramatic, surprising, capricious and unrestrained tour de force of a youthful entity.Kimmo Hakola has gone through a number of styles and influences in his career as a composer, his idiom expanding at times to embrace Romanticism, Orientalism and klezmer. He has attained international recognition with an output that spans various genres from intimate solo works to full-length operas such as La Fenice (2011) commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Many of his works are expansive and epic: his Piano Concerto (1996), for instance, clocks in at 55 minutes. Hakola says that he sees music as drama. His dramas explore almost Shakespearean extremes, from moments of raging 'sound and fury' and violent battles to quiet moments of meditation and heart-rending monologues.

Chamber Music Violin

SKU: PO.PE015

Composed by Matthew Hindson. Sws. Score and parts. Promethean Editions #PE015. Published by Promethean Editions (PO.PE015).

ISBN 9781877218156.

Perf ect for violin duos wanting to embrace theatricality and virtuosity, Hindson's Chrissietinas Magic Fantasy  has become a popular piece among violinists and has been performed many times by numerous artists in Australia and around the world. The title of the work is something of a red herring, as the composer's utilisation of elements of rockabilly, techno and particularly death metal make for a savage sonic onslaught.

By Mark Hayes. For SATB choir and piano. Concert. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press. (15/2472H)

(Leadsheets for Performance and Personal Enjoyment). Composed by David Mcdonald. For voice solo. Sacred Vocal. Published by Lillenas Publishing Company

Easy

SKU: WD.080689595172

Composed by Ali Carlson. Choral, cantatas. Book. Word Music #080689595172. Published by Word Music (WD.080689595172).

UPC: 080689595172.

FIRE DRILL, created by Ali Carlson, is the newest release from Simply WordKidz— the best-selling easy learn-easy sing children’s series from Word Music & Church Resources. Simply WordKidz means no hassle, easy to learn, easy to sing, and easy for you to produce!

In the middle of Bible class at Sandstone Christian School, things are suddenly interrupted by a fire alarm. Is it just another drill? Is it a real fire? Once everyone is outside, waiting for the “all clear” signal telling them it’s ok to go back to class, the teacher, Mr. Southwell, takes advantage of the time to teach his kids some important lessons from the Bible. Your kids will love the story and songs that make up this warm, funny, message-driven musical with a performance time of just a little more than 20 minutes in length. Use the high-impact DVD Accompaniment Track to enhance your production of FIRE DRILL. This newest Simply WordKidz/Ali Carlson creation is sure to become a favorite with your kids and your congregation!

Casting/Roles:

• Mr. Southwell (19 lines)
• Marley (7 lines)
• Carol (10 lines)
• Mason (11 lines)
• Bennett (9 lines)
• Julia (7 lines)

-All characters have been written to be played by either boy or girl actors
Fun Kit includes:

• Cinch Bag
• Listening CD
• Sunglasses
• Sqeezeable Fire Hydrant Toy
• Fire Drill Rubber Bracelet