Romance Chorale SSATB SSATB, Piano [Conducteur] Carus Verlag
SSATB Choir, Piano SKU: CA.924000 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano
SKU: CA.924000
Composed by Claude
Debussy. Arranged by
Denis Rouger. Lieder.
Secular choral music.
Lieder, Secular choral
music. Full score.
Duration 2 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 09.240/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.924000).
ISBN
9790007244354. Language:
French. Text: Bourget,
Paul.
Claude
Debussy's romance L'ame
evaporee et souffrante is
a setting of Paul
Bourget's Romance from
the collection Les aveux
(1882). The song was
first published in 1891
with Les cloches, but had
probably been composed
earlier in 1885. These
art songs were originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted
them to suit the
requirements and
expressive possibilities
offered by a larger
ensemble, without losing
the any of the qualities
of the original in the
process. Each part in the
choir has a melodic line
drawn from the harmonic
and rhythmic framework.
In the process, the
variety and refinement of
the choral language
combines with an enormous
flexibility in form and
expression, as French
melodies or German art
song demand from a
soloist and pianist. The
songs have been recorded
by the figure humaine
chamber choir on the CD
Kennst du das Land ...
(Carus 83.495).
SATB choir & Org SKU: ST.CN29P Composed by Sarah Rodgers. This PRINTED ve...(+)
SATB choir & Org
SKU:
ST.CN29P
Composed by
Sarah Rodgers. This
PRINTED version is
available to purchase as
a regular sheet music
title for delivery by
post. Octavo. Stainer &
Bell Ltd. #CN29P.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.CN29P).
ISBN
9790220225550.
Chor
al settings of 'Lift up
your heads, O ye gates'
from Psalm 24 are
numerous, from that of
the sixteenth-century
Geneva Psalter of Claude
Goudimel to the present
day. Unsurprisingly so,
as the text has many
appropriate liturgical
applications. In this
jubilant setting, The
King of Glory, Sarah
Rodgers has provided
church choirs of all
abilities with a truly
celebratory anthem that
in its writing for SATB
displays many elements of
choral craft, from unison
and two-part textures to
a satisfyingly
contrapuntal full
harmony. The driving,
rhythmic figure in the
organ accompaniment
underpins and uplifts the
voices, and occasional
harmonic juxtapositions
add delightfully
unexpected moments of
colour. Importantly, with
a proficient organist,
the anthem can be
prepared with just one or
two rehearsals. It is
certain to be of great
appeal both to choirs and
to congregations.
SSATB Choir, Piano - Level 3 SKU: CA.926200 Composed by Claude Debussy. A...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano -
Level 3
SKU:
CA.926200
Composed by
Claude Debussy. Arranged
by Denis Rouger. Separate
edition to the CD.
Lieder, Secular choral
music. Full Score.
Composed 1883. L 6.
Duration 3 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 09.262/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.926200).
ISBN
9790007249243. Key: E
major. Language: French.
Text: Bourget,
Paul.
Beau soir
seems to have inspired
musicians to make their
own arrangements - for
violin, cello, saxophone
quartet, or even for
five-part chamber choir
and piano, as in this
version by Denis Rouger.
Unlike the instrumental
versions, this one
retains Paul Bourget's
text: the poetic
depiction of a sunset on
a mild summer evening, on
which light and shade
merge into one another
like the rhythm and
harmony in Debussy's
setting. It is not an
unclouded depiction, but
the recognition of our
own finiteness. This art
song was originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted it
to suit the requirements
and expressive
possibilities offered by
a larger ensemble,
without losing the any of
the qualities of the
original in the process.
Each part in the choir
has a melodic line drawn
from the harmonic and
rhythmic framework. In
the process, the variety
and refinement of the
choral language combines
with an enormous
flexibility in form and
expression, as French
melodies or German art
song demand from a
soloist and pianist. The
songs have been recorded
by the figure humaine
chamber choir on the CD
Kennst du das Land ...
(Carus 83.495).