The 'Christmas Choirbook' is a collection of up-to-date, colorful arrangements of 22 Christmas songs from throughout the world. Among classics, dressed in new harmonic sounds, you will enjoy jazz and pop intonations, as well as gospel renditions of 'Go Tell It' and 'Joyful'. The skandinavien Christmas songs are particularly special: contemplative and musical, even droll as in the story about the Christmas troll in the finnish 'Tomtarnass Julnatt'.The 'Christmas Choirbook' offers many stylistic choices for the Christmas and Advent season choir music, so let the available CD (ED 9896-50) inspire you in the joyful singing of these pieces. Of course the recordings, meant only as a first and hopefully appealing impression, represent only a few of the many possible interpretations you will bring to the arrangements.Full verses were intentionally not recorded, although we did overlay simple instrumental accompaniments to the a cappella movements. In addition, the CD includes pure choire versions as well as some 'sing-a-longs', i.e. instrumental tracks for you to use as half-playback. / Choeur

Par TEMPERLEY N.. Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music, Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present. For over fifty years he has sung, edited and composed carols each Christmas, and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword, the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books, but has a personality and purpose of its own. Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland and the USA, alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites, from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives, the author includes seven new compositions of his own, settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound. In addition to sample programmes and translations, there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items, plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts, churches and traditional Yuletide carolling./ Recueil / Chorale

The Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Rupert Gough, with Prunella Scales and Timothy West.The Choir of Royal Holloway is one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Its first recording on Edition Peters Sounds brings together the music, atmosphere and ethos of Christmas at Royal Holloway in the Chapel, celebrating with both sacred and secular music.The album presents a broad mix of old and new complete with contemporary arrangements of familiar carols and pieces the Baltic states. Several pieces have not been recorded before, including an upper voice setting of William Blake's The Lamb by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. New contemporary arrangements include Away in a manger by the Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. There are three arrangements by Royal Holloway musicians: O little one sweet (by a Royal Holloway choral scholar), Silent Night (by Rupert Gough) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by a former choral scholar. Also previously unrecorded are original compositions by James Burton and Rihards Dubra. / Choeur Mixte

Director Stageright and Music Director Highnote are busy leading the final rehearsals for the annual Christmas pageant and holding a few last-minute auditions. Will they be able to find just the right trio to play the three wise men? Will Harold and the Angel Choir make their entrances on time? Appropriate for both schools and churches, the score of this simple-to-stage production features traditional carols and occasionally invites the audience to sing along! Works well with performers of any age. / Choeur

Welcome to Bethlehem and the Christmas Café, where Polly Porkchop and Mac N. Cheese serve up some home cooking and tell The Greatest Story Ever Told that happened right up the street not long ago. Easily prepared and presented, this funny and touching 20-minute reproducible musical can be performed by large and small children's choirs alike. / Choeur

Célébrons les vacances dans le monde entier! Après un titre de la chanson joyeuse, vos élèves seront ensuite profiter de la présentation de chants traditionnels et chants venus de 15 pays différents. Le script en option (10 narrateurs par chanson) décrit les coutumes et les traditions saisonnières qui se produisent dans chaque pays pendant la saison des fêtes. Pourquoi ne pas parcourir le monde à Noël' C'est un excellent choix pour les écoles-et groupes de jeunes de l'église, aussi. / Choeur

Par DARKE HAROLD. Love came down at Christmas (SATB) Cradle Hymn (Solo or unison and piano) A Christmas Carmen (SATB) The three carols in this new collection date from the early years of the twentieth century, but they have a perennial freshness that is typical of Darke's other enduring choral works, such as the much-loved carol In the bleak midwinter. They may be sung equally effectively as individual items, or together as a short anthology of seasonal music. A solo voice or unison singing would be equally effective in Cradle Hymn, which offers a refreshingly unfamiliar tune to time-honoured words. A Christmas Carmen makes for a rousing conclusion with a seasonalmessage of goodwill./ Feuillet / Chorale

Tout est sauvage au Pôle Nord cette période de l'année! Venez vous amuser en Père Noël, les lutins, les rennes, et l'ensemble de vos élèves deviennent fous pour Noël! Programme de ces neuf chansons individuellement, une série de concert ou d'un programme de vacances de 30 minutes comme une simple mise en scène (en utilisant le script en option, avec 40 narrateurs). Comprend chorégraphie complète (également disponible gratuitement en ligne)! Recommandé pour les grades 1-5. / Choeur

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. On the great feast days, the Magnificat was given at the evening service in Leipzig, following the sermon. Bach twice set this poem (Luke I, 46-55). One of these compositions, for solo soprano, has been lost. Of the other Magnificat, Bach composed his first version, In E-flat, with four inserted Christmas pieces, prepared for the evening service that holiday, 1723. His revision of 1728-31, In D Major, omitting the Christmas movements, was intended for use on any major feast day. Bach composed the motets for special occasions, probably for the birthdays, funerals or memorial services of prominent Leipzig citizens. In this edition, five of the six motets are scored for acappella chouus: Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 for double chorus (SATB/SATB), No. 3 for various combinations of three-, four- and five-part voices. Motet 6 is scored for SATB and continuo. / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur

Following the success of Pop Warm-Ups and Work-Outs for Guys (08749926) and Pop Warm-Ups and Work-Outs for Choir Volume 1 (08753187), this sequel includes many of the latest pop song melodies and motives to inspire students to sing with gusto and to reinforce basic choral fundamentals common to all types of music.The ten songs featured in this second volume of Pop Warm-Ups And Work-Outs For Choir are preceded by suggestions for practicing and reinforcing skills such as breath control, ear training, vowel shapes, resonance, range extension and head voice development. The warm-ups can be used with changed or unchanged voices.The professionally-produced audio recordings present each exercise with and without singers, and are included via digital download. Pop Warm-Ups And Work-Outs For Choir Volume 2 is a valuable resource that will encourage students to sing out while building a better understanding of their amazing instrument - the human voice! Warm-Ups are based on the following songs: Ho Hey, Home, Best Day of My Life, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Moves Like Jagger, The Flight of the Bumblebee, Chasing the Sun, The Interval Song, The Christmas Song, Some Nights. Suggested for middle and high school choirs. / Voix

Content : Celebro - Lullay - Cantus triquertrus (The triangle song) - Only heavenly music - Wintertide - Sleep, child of winter - Make we merry - From our earth - The Trotector - Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace) - Sing with joy at Christmas - Jubilate Deo (O be joyful in the Lord)

Just as Mary and Joseph moved from darkness into light, so do all when accepting the One True Light. This new 40-minute adult Christmas musical from Mary McDonald features fresh settings of carols along with beautiful new songs, and celebrates the Light of Christ. An optional candlelight moment is included, along with inspired narration and lighting suggestions to heighten the darkness into light theme. Reproducible Rehearsal Trax feature part-dominant tracks. / Choeur

Singspiel zu Weihnachten. Par BOHM RAINER. makes use of well-known Christmas carols / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Choeur d'Enfants 1 Partie, Paroisse et Instrument