Always There - SAB Chorale 3 parties SAB, Piano [Octavo] Alfred Publishing
Lyrics by Brendan Graham, arranged by Jay Althouse, music by Rolf Lovland. Octav...(+)
Lyrics by Brendan Graham,
arranged by Jay Althouse,
music by Rolf Lovland.
Octavo for SAB choir and
piano accompaniment.
Series: Choral Octavo. 12
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Always There - SSA Chorale 3 parties SSA, Piano [Octavo] Alfred Publishing
Lyrics by Brendan Graham, arranged by Jay Althouse, music by Rolf Lovland. Octav...(+)
Lyrics by Brendan Graham,
arranged by Jay Althouse,
music by Rolf Lovland.
Octavo for SSA choir and
piano accompaniment. With
optional violin part.
Series: Choral Octavo. 12
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Choir, Piano Accompaniment, Voice, 4-Part, SATB The Music's Always The...(+)
Choir, Piano
Accompaniment,
Voice, 4-Part, SATB
The Music's Always
There With
You. Composed by John
Rutter.
Vocal score. 12 pages.
Duration 3.5'.
Oxford
University Press
#9780193565999. Published
by
Oxford University Press
Words by Brendan Graham, arranged by Jay Althouse, music by Rolf Lovland. Octavo...(+)
Words by Brendan Graham,
arranged by Jay Althouse,
music by Rolf Lovland.
Octavo for SATB choir,
piano accompaniment and
optional violin solo.
Series: Alfred Pop
Series. 12 pages.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
The Greatest Love Of All Composed by Michael Masser, Linda Creed Homecoming Com...(+)
The Greatest Love Of All
Composed by Michael
Masser, Linda Creed
Homecoming Composed by
Hagood Hardy
Weve Got Tonight Composed
by Bob Seger
Song From M*a*s*h
(Suicide Is Painless)
Composed by Johnny
Mandel, Mike Altman
Misty Composed by Erroll
Garner, Johnny Burke
Other Side Of Midnight
Composed by Michel
Legrand
The Rose Composed by
Amanda Mc Broom
Tears In Heaven Composed
by Eric Clapton, Will
Jennings
Theme From New York, New
York Composed by Fred
Ebb, John Kander
Heart Composed by Richard
Adler, Jerry Ross
Hey There Composed by
Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
Colors Of My Life
Composed by Cy Coleman,
Michael Stewart
Over The Rainbow Composed
by Harold Arlen, E.y.
Harburg
Separate Lives Love Theme
From "white Nights"
Theme From Ice Castles
Composed by Marvin
Hamlisch, Carole Bayer
Sager
Tonight I Celebrate My
Love Composed by Michael
Masser, Gerry Goffin
In This Life Composed by
Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin
Up Where We Belong
Composed by W Jennings, B
Sainte, Marie, J Nitzsche
From A Distance Composed
by Julie Gold
I Will Always Love You
Composed by Dolly Parton
Oh! What It Seemed To Be
Composed by Bennie
Benjamin, George David
Weiss, Frankie
I Believe I Can Fly
Composed by R. Kelly
Valentine Composed by Jim
Brickman, Jack Kugell
How Do I Live Composed by
Diane Warren
Colors Of The Wind
Composed by Stephen
Schwartz, Alan Menken
A Dream Is A Wish Your
Heart Makes Composed by
Mack David, Al Hoffman,
Jerry Livingston
see less... Tell Him
Composed by Linda
Thompson, David Foster
Con Te Patiro / Time To
Say Goodbye Composed by
Lucio Quarantotto,
Francesco Sartori
Karen's Theme Composed by
Richard Carpenter
The Prayer Composed by
Carole Bayer Sager, David
"babyface" Foster
My One True Friend
Composed by Carole Bayer
Sager, Carole King
Love Solo Composed by Dan
Coates
I Don't Want To Miss A
Thing Composed by Diane
Warren
As Time Goes By Composed
by Herman Hupfeld
La Vie En Rose Composed
by Louiguy, Piaf
(French), David (Eng.)
What's New? Composed by
Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke
Summer Me, Winter Me
Composed by Michel
Legrand, Alan, Marilyn
Bergman
Evergreen Composed by
Barbra Streisand, Paul
Williams
Arthur's Theme (Best That
You Can Do) Composed by
Burt Bacharach, Carole
Bayer Sager
Can You Read My Mind
Composed by John
Williams, Leslie Bricusse
Love And Marriage
Composed by Jimmy Van
Heusen, Sammy Cahn
Desperado Composed by Don
Henley, Glenn Frey
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Composed by Jeff Silbar,
Larry Henley
How Do You Keep The Music
Playing? Composed by
Michel Legrand, Alan
Bergman
Anywhere The Heart Goes
Composed by Henry
Mancini, Will Jennings
Once Before I Go Composed
by Dean Pitchford, Peter
Allen
Star Wars - Main Theme
Composed by John Williams
Open Arms Composed by
Steve Perry, Jonathan
Cain
Canon In D Composed by
Johann Pachelbel
That's What Friends Are
For Composed by Burt
Bacharach, Carole Bayer
Sager
Friends Or Lovers Both To
Each Composed by Paul
Gordon, Jay Gruska
Forever Composed by Kenny
Loggins, Eva Loggins,
David Foster
Saving All My Love For
You Composed by Gerry
Goffin, Michael Masser
Miss Celie's Blues
Composed by Quincy Jones,
Rod Temperton, And
Anne's Theme Composed by
Hagood Hardy
One Moment In Time
Composed by Albert
Hammond, John Bettis
Kei's Song Composed by
David Benoit
I Say A Little Prayer
Composed by Burt
Bacharach, Hal David
Happy Birthday To You
Composed by Mildred J.
Hill, Patty S. Hill
May You Always Composed
by Larry Marks, Dick
Charles
If My Friends Could See
Me Now Composed by Cy
Coleman, Dorothy Fields
You Can Always Count On
Me Composed by Cy
Coleman, David Zippel
Ashokan Farewell Composed
by Jay Ungar
Everything I Do I Do It
For You Composed by Bryan
Adams, Robert Lange,
Michael Kamen
Send In The Clowns
Composed by Stephen
Sondheim
She Loves Me Composed by
Sheldon Harnick, Jerry
Bock
How Could I Ever Know?
Composed by Marsha
Norman, Lucy Simon
My Unknown Someone
Composed by Cy Coleman,
Adolph Green, Betty
Comden
Favorite Son Composed by
Cy Coleman, Adolph Green,
Betty Comden
I Swear Composed by Gary
Baker, Frank Myers
I Can Love You Like That
Composed by S Diamond, M
Derry, J Kimball
Beauty And The Beast
Composed by Howard
Ashman, Alan Menken
Angel Eyes Composed by
Jim Brickman
If You Believe Composed
by Jim Brickman
Because You Loved Me
Composed by Diane Warren
Un-break My Heart
Composed by Diane Warren
Ragtime Composed by
Stephen Flaherty, Lynn
Ahrens
Complete Advanced Piano
Solos (Music for All
Occasions). Arranged by
Dan Coates. For solo
piano. Piano -
Intermediate / Advanced
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. The
Professional Touch
Series. Contemporary
Instrumental and Pop. SMP
Level 9 (Advanced).
Collection. Standard
notation (does not
include words to the
songs). 304 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Chorale SATB [Vocal Score] Oxford University Press
A Clare Benediction Composed by John Rutter A Prayer Of St Richard Of Chicheste...(+)
A Clare Benediction
Composed by John Rutter
A Prayer Of St Richard Of
Chichester Composed by L.
J. White
Alleluia Composed by
William Boyce
Author Of Life Divine
Composed by Cecilia
Mcdowall
Be Still For The Presence
Of The Lord Composed by
David Evans; Arranged by
Richard Shephard
Bread Of The World
Composed by Scottish
Traditional; Arranged by
Alan Bullard
Brightest And Best
Composed by Malcolm
Archer
Christ Is The World's
True Light Composed by W.
K. Stanton
Christ The Lord Is Risen
Again Composed by Richard
Shephard
Christians Shout For Joy
And Gladness Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach
Come Down, O Love Divine
Composed by Hilary
Tadman-robins
Plainsong: Creator Of The
Stars Arranged by John
Scott
Drop, Drop Slow Tears
Composed by Kerry Andrew
Evening Service In C
Composed by Frank Henry
Shera
Fairest Lord Jesus
Composed by Martin How
Gabriel To Mary Came
Composed by 14th Century
Irish; Arranged by Alan
Bullard
Give Thanks To God
Composed by Botswanan
Traditional; Arranged by
Alan Bullard
God Be In My Head
Composed by Armstrong
Gibbs
God In Mine Eternity
Composed by Alan Bullard
God So Loved The World
Composed by Alan Bullard
God That Madest Earth And
Heaven Composed by Welsh
Traditional; Arranged by
David Thorne
Hail, Virgin Mary (Ave
Maria) Composed by Franz
Liszt
Hark, The Glad Sound
Composed by David Thorne
Harvest Carol Composed by
Ian Ray
He Is Risen Composed by
Cecil Cope
Hide Not Thy Face
Composed by Richard
Farrant
see all...
Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy Is
The Lord Composed by
Franz Schubert; Arranged
by Alan Bullard
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord
God Almighty Composed by
Alan Smith
Hosanna To The Son Of
David Composed by Georg
Philipp Telemann
Irish Blessing Composed
by Bob Chilcott
Jesu, Lamb Of God,
Redeemer (Ave Verum
Corpus) Composed by
Edward Elgar
Jesus Christ The Apple
Tree Composed by English
Traditional; Arranged by
Alan Bullard
Jubilate (Let Us Praise
You) Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Lamb Of God (Agnus Dei)
Composed by Samuel Webbe
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence Composed by
Stephen Cleobury
Like The Murmur Of The
Dove's Song Composed by
Alan Smith
Lord, In Thy Mercy
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn
Magnificat And Nunc
Dimittis In C Composed by
F. H. Shera
Never Weather-beaten Sail
Composed by Thomas
Campion; Arranged by Alan
Bullard
Now The Green Blade
Riseth Composed by French
Traditional; Arranged by
Alan Bullard
O Breath Of Life Composed
by English Traditional;
Arranged by Alan Bullard
O For A Closer Walk With
God Composed by Charles
Villiers Stanford
O God Of Mercy Composed
by Simon Lole
O God, Your Goodness
Composed by Ludwig Van
Beethoven
O Praise God In His
Holiness Composed by John
Weldon
Panis Angelicus Composed
by Cesar Auguste Franck
Peace Between Nations
Composed by Christopher
Wiggins
Pie Jesu Composed by
Gabriel Faure
Praise To The Trinity
Composed by Hildegard Of
Bingen
Psalm 150 Composed by Bob
Chilcott
Rejoice In The Lord
Always Composed by
Christopher Wiggins
Shout For Joy Composed by
African Traditional;
Arranged by Alan Bullard
Star Of Wonder Composed
by Alan Bullard
The Eternal Gifts Of
Christ The King Composed
by Guidetti/henry G. Ley
The Heavens Sing Praises
To God Composed by Ludwig
Van Beethoven
The Lord Ascendeth
Composed by Michael
Praetorius
The Lord Bless You And
Keep You Composed by John
Rutter
The Lord's My Shepherd
Composed by Bob Chilcott
The Peace Of God Composed
by Alan Bullard
The True And Living Bread
Composed by David
Blackwell
There Is No Rose Composed
by Andrew Smith
Thou Visitest The Earth
Composed by Maurice
Greene
To Be A Pilgrim Composed
by Nick Burt
Were You There? Composed
by American Spiritual;
Arranged by Peter Hunt
Where All Charity And
Love Are (Ubi Caritas)
Arranged by Alan Bullard
Wondrous Cross Composed
by Philip Wilby
The Oxford Book of
Flexible Anthems by Alan
Bullard (1947-). For
flexible instrumentation.
Mixed Voices. Sacred.
Paperback. 296 pages.
Published by Oxford
University Press
Choral (ShowTrax CD) SKU: HL.274792 Arranged by Mark A. Brymer. Pop Chora...(+)
Choral (ShowTrax CD)
SKU: HL.274792
Arranged by Mark A.
Brymer. Pop Choral
Series. Eighties, Medley,
Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Show
Choir. CD. Duration 465
seconds. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.274792).
UPC: 888680740771.
5.0x5.0x0.115
inches.
An
absolutely stuffed 1980s
choral medley with Top
Ten hits, head-banging
choruses and radical
harmonies throughout? No
way! Mark Brymer's
nine-song throwback to
the music of the Reagan
years is, like, totally
righteous, dude.
Features: It's Still Rock
and Roll to Me, Take On
Me, Goody Two Shoes,
(There's) Always
Something There to Remind
Me, The Reflex, She
Drives Me Crazy, She
Blinded Me with Science,
The Safety Dance and
Walking on Sunshine.
117 Fun, Exciting, Singable Songs for Younger Children. Edited by Thomas Fettke,...(+)
117 Fun, Exciting,
Singable Songs for
Younger Children. Edited
by Thomas Fettke, Ken
Bible. Arranged by Thomas
Fettke, Ken Bible.
(unison). This edition:
MD492. Suggested Use: For
children pre-school to
third grade. Use at
Sunday school, children's
choir, children's church,
VBS, camps, Christian
schools, and home.
Lillenas Publications.
Great resource for
working with younger
kids. Sacred.
Book/Split-Channel
Accompaniment Cassette
Combo. 144 pages.
Published by Lillenas.
E-Z Play(r) Today
Volume 205. Composed
by Various. E-Z Play
Today. Love, Wedding.
Softcover. 240 pages.
Duration 420 seconds.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.284127).
ISBN
9781540036483. UPC:
888680825881.
9.0x12.0x0.566
inches.
Now in a
3rd edition, this
romantic collection
features 63 songs
arranged in our patented
E-Z Play(r) Today
notation. Songs include:
And I Love Her * Because
You Loved Me * Can't Help
Falling in Love * Endless
Love * The First Time
Ever I Saw Your Face *
How Deep Is Your Love * I
Will Always Love You *
I'm Yours * Just the Way
You Are * Longer * Love
Story * My Heart Will Go
on (Love Theme from
'Titanic') * The Power of
Love * The Rose * A
Thousand Years *
Unchained Melody * When I
Fall in Love * You Are So
Beautiful * and more.
About Hal
Leonard E-Z Play
Today
For
organs, pianos, and
electronic keyboards. E-Z
Play Today is the
shortest distance between
beginning music and
playing fun. Now there
are more than 300 reasons
why you should play E-Z
Play Today. * World's
largest series of music
folios * Full-size books
- large 9 x 12 format
features easy-to-read,
easy-to-play music *
Accurate arrangements...
simple enough for the
beginner, but accurate
chords and melody lines
are maintained *
Eye-catching, full-color
covers * Lyrics... most
arrangements include
words and music * Most
up-to-date registrations
- books in the series
contain a general
registration guide, as
well as individual song
rhythm suggestions *
Guitar Chord Chart - all
songs in the series can
also be played on
guitar.
(Unison choir; 2-Part choir) SKU: AP.38188 A Wintertime Mini-Musical f...(+)
(Unison choir; 2-Part
choir)
SKU:
AP.38188
A
Wintertime Mini-Musical
for Unison and 2-Part
Voices (Teacher's
Handbook). Composed
by Jay Althouse and Sally
K. Albrecht. This
edition: Teacher's
Handbook (100%
Reproducible).
Classroom/Pre-School;
Musicals; Musicals and
Programs; Reproducible.
Christmas; Secular;
Winter. Book. 72 pages.
Alfred Music #00-38188.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.38188).
ISBN
9780739088722. UPC:
038081426594. English.
Tim Hayden.
Oh, no!
The popular Snowfest
festival is just around
the corner, and the
feature soloist had to
cancel! Members of the
Snowfest Choir are sent
out to hunt for new
talent. Join the fun and
the singing as Stormy
(the snowman) and his
Forest Chorus friends
decide to audition for
the Maestro. Can you
guess who ends up with
the big solo?
Approximately 25 minutes.
Recommended for grades
two through seven.
Titles: Celebrate
Snow! * There's Always
Room for One More * If
They Only Knew * Boogie
Down to Harmony Lane *
One World * Finale.
(Leadsheets for Performance and Personal Enjoyment). Composed by David Mcdonald....(+)
(Leadsheets for
Performance and Personal
Enjoyment). Composed by
David Mcdonald. For voice
solo. Sacred Vocal.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
26 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love. By Various. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arran...(+)
26 Songs of Faith, Hope
and Love. By Various.
Piano/Vocal/Chords
Songbook (Arrangements
for piano and voice with
guitar chords).
Softcover. 162 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Piano Solo - Easy-Intermediate SKU: FP.FBS03 Composed by Sarah Baker. She...(+)
Piano Solo -
Easy-Intermediate
SKU:
FP.FBS03
Composed by
Sarah Baker. Sheet Music
and Books. Nine pieces
on a day time theme
for solo piano, by Sarah
Baker. Suggested grade
4-5. Classical.
Collection. Forsyths
Publications #FBS03.
Published by Forsyths
Publications (FP.FBS03).
ISBN
9790570500192.
Sara
h Baker is Vocal Composer
in Residence at Education
Music Services, an ABRSM
examiner and a well known
composer of songs and
musicals for primary
schools and massed-choral
events.
All this
experience has come
together in the creation
of this album of piano
pieces, inspired by
growing up in the
Chiltern Hills. Suitable
for players of around
grade 4-5 standard, her
evocative sound pieces
describe a crash-landing
hot air balloon, garden
invading cows and a even
a snake in a
pond!
Air
Balloon!: One vivid
memory I have as a child
is of the day that a hot
air balloon passed over
our house and made an
emergency landing on the
road in front! The sound
of the gas being blown
into the balloon to try
to keep it high enough to
pass the house sounded so
loud and intimidating,
and then there was the
bustle of the neighbours
as we all went out into
the street to watch. It
was both terrifying and
exhilarating to watch the
balloon float past and
then land so near
by.
Buzzards
Circling: There is
something so calming and
restful about watching
birds of prey circling in
the thermal currents of a
summer sky. Growing up in
the Chilterns gave me
plenty of opportunity to
watch buzzards and red
kites. This piano solo
captures the beauty of
their flight as they
glide so effortlessly
through the
air.
There’
s A Cow In The Garden
Eating The Flowers:
Inspired by the memory of
seeing an unexpected cow
in the garden! This
surreal image is captured
in a quirky waltz, as I
portray both the
absurdity of the moment
and the sense of wonder I
felt as a child, looking
out of the window and
seeing the cow walking
round and eating the
flowers. The final phrase
articulates my longing:
‘I wish it would
come
again’.
Wat
ching The World Go By: A
short, reflective piece,
remembering what it was
like to have time to just
sit and watch the world
go by from my bedroom
window.
Autumn
Skies: A miniature about
the beauty of Autumn
skies and the poignant
sense of loss for a
summer gone. Friends I
was fortunate to have
several children of my
own age living close by.
We seemed to be forever
making dens, playing out
in the street and
generally enjoying each
other’s company.
This piece reflects that
sense of
well-being.
Snake
In The Pond: One hot
summer I was astonished
and scared to see a grass
snake cooling off in our
garden pond! I watched,
both horrified and
fascinated, as it rose up
from the depths and then
disappeared again. Here I
portray the sense of the
hazy summer afternoon as
I peacefully watched the
tiny movements of fish in
the pond, contrasted with
the fear and excitement
of seeing the snake
appear.
Morning
Commute: I recollect many
mornings stuck in traffic
as my Dad took me to
school on his way to
work. There is one main
road out of the village
where I grew up, and that
got more and more
congested the closer we
got to the town. We may
not have chatted a lot,
but it was always good to
be together with my Dad,
lost in our own
thoughts.
The
Witch’s Cottage:
My siblings and I had a
fascination with a small
cottage nearby. It was
set back from the road in
a dark part of the woods
and we called it 'the
witch's cottage’.
Every time we passed, I
imagined I heard the
distant cackle of the
witch and wished I could
catch a glimpse of
her.
These pieces
are written to complement
my other collection,
Night Time Impressions,
which also draw on
childhood recollections,
particularly of the woods
behind the house where I
grew up. - Sarah Baker
2023.
Band Concert Band - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CPS220 March. Composed by John...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
3
SKU: CF.CPS220
March. Composed by
John Pasternak. Concert
Band (CPS). Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation.
8+8+4+8+16+16+4+4+4+4+4+4
+8+8+8+4+4+6+6+6+8+2+2+4+
2+20+4 pages. Duration 2
minutes, 57 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CPS220.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CPS220).
ISBN 9781491152461.
UPC:
680160909964.
An
exciting new original
march in classic American
march form and style.Â
Composer John Paternak
has captured the essence
of the great marches of
Sousa and Fillmore in a
new tuneful and fresh
sound traditional
march. The trio
melody is essential
catchy and the march is
worthy of use as a solid
warm-up march for
festival by advancing
level concert bands. I
wrote this piece for my
friend Ralph Meyer and
the members of the
Western Reserve Community
Band, who are always
there for me when I need
a group to read or record
one of my compositions. I
would also like to thank
Larry Clark for helping
this march come to
life.There are a lot of
sudden dynamic changes in
this piece. It is crucial
that there is dynamic
contrast, so the piece
can be performed
effectively. There are
also several instances
with contrast in
articulation styles. Make
sure your group is
playing short notes
different from the legato
passages. At m. 87 during
the second time through,
I have made the tempo
jump to 152. Feel free to
take it faster if your
group is capable of
it.
Western Reserve Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Concert Band - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CPS220F March. Composed by Joh...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
3
SKU: CF.CPS220F
March. Composed by
John Pasternak. Concert
Band (CPS). Full score.
With Standard notation.
20 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS220F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS220F).
ISBN
9781491153147. UPC:
680160910649.
An
exciting new original
march in classic American
march form and style.Â
Composer John Paternak
has captured the essence
of the great marches of
Sousa and Fillmore in a
new tuneful and fresh
sound traditional
march. The trio
melody is essential
catchy and the march is
worthy of use as a solid
warm-up march for
festival by advancing
level concert bands. I
wrote this piece for my
friend Ralph Meyer and
the members of the
Western Reserve Community
Band, who are always
there for me when I need
a group to read or record
one of my compositions. I
would also like to thank
Larry Clark for helping
this march come to
life.There are a lot of
sudden dynamic changes in
this piece. It is crucial
that there is dynamic
contrast, so the piece
can be performed
effectively. There are
also several instances
with contrast in
articulation styles. Make
sure your group is
playing short notes
different from the legato
passages. At m. 87 during
the second time through,
I have made the tempo
jump to 152. Feel free to
take it faster if your
group is capable of
it.
Choral (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.48021234 From Cantata academica, Carmen ba...(+)
Choral (SATB Choir)
SKU: HL.48021234
From Cantata
academica, Carmen
basiliense. Composed
by Benjamin Britten.
Boosey & Hawkes Sacred
Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 16 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M051482474.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48021234).
ISBN 9781458423542.
UPC: 884088642037.
6.75x10.5
inches.
Text: in
Latin compiled from the
charter of the
University, and from
older orations in praise
of Basle by Bernhard
Wyss.
Publisher:
Boosey &
Hawkes
Difficulty
level: 4 (for
chorus)
Britten's
genius lifts this work
above being just a worthy
celebration of the 500th
anniversary of the
foundation of Basle
University. It is
tongue-in-cheek and
mockingly non-academic
while referring all the
time to academic musical
forms and formulae. It is
written in two parts
(everything is in the
statutory Latin including
the titles of the parts -
Pars I and Pars II). The
titles of the movements
show Britten's intention
to show off a wide
variety of techniques.
Here are some examples:
Chorale/Alla Rovescio
(the theme is given and
responded to with the
same melody upside
down)/Recitativo/Tema
seriale con fuga/Canone
ed ostinato. There is a
good deal of humour
here.
There are
seven movements in Pars I
and six in Pars II. The
tenor soloist is given
three florid recitatives,
accompanied only by a
piano, which act as
bridges between other
orchestrally accompanied
movements. Of these the
most noteworthy are the
Arioso con canto popolare
for soprano solo with
tenors and basses who hum
a student song; another
terrific Britten scherzo;
and a wonderfully raucous
final pair of movements
(Canon ed ostinato and
Corale con canto) where
Britten seems to be aping
the Vivat Regina! cries
in Parry's I was glad or
encouraging the kind of
noisy 'I'm from the best
university' kind of
student touchline shout.
This has outrageously
high notes for the tenors
(top B) which further
endorse this feeling.
There are real echoes of
the Spring Symphony (see
separate entry) final
movement here which are
further underlined by the
last section of the
Cantata which brings in
the bells, piano, huge
percussion and the
inevitable chorale in
which the choir sings
'that a free academy may
thrive in a free
community, for ever the
ornament and treasure of
illustrious
Basle'.
This may
not be Britten at his
most soul-searching but,
as always, there is
plenty here to enjoy,
especially if the work is
not taken too seriously.
It is a celebratory,
occasional piece and it
could be well taken up by
other academic
establishments
celebrating big
anniversaries. The chorus
parts are not very
difficult, though they do
present challenges for
the choir - not least in
having tenors capable of
those very high notes at
the end. The Tema seriale
con fuga is sinewy and
needs careful tuning. It
also has the subject
regularly given upside
down after its initial
sounding by the basses.
All good
fun.
No Night There Chorale SATB SATB, Piano - Facile Beckenhorst Press
Composed by Dan Forrest. Church Choral. All Saints' / Remembrance, Comfort / H...(+)
Composed by Dan Forrest.
Church Choral. All
Saints' /
Remembrance, Comfort /
Healing
/ Hope, General, Good
Shepherd, Memorial /
Funeral.
Octavo. Beckenhorst Press
#BP2318. Published by
Beckenhorst Press
SKU: BR.EB-9387 Composed by Christian Mason. Edition Breitkopf. New music...(+)
SKU: BR.EB-9387
Composed by Christian
Mason. Edition Breitkopf.
New music (post-2000);
Music post-1945. Set of
parts. Composed 2019.
Duration 20'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9387.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9387).
ISBN 9790004188576. 0
x 0
inches.
Commissione
d by the Kolner
Philharmonie (KolnMusik)
for the non bthvn projekt
2020 and the Cite de la
musique / Philharmonie de
Paris Dedicated to
Arditti Quartet Each
movement of this quartet
explores a single state,
its lights and its
shadows. Each movement,
you could say, is a
moment . And these
moments could last for
more or less time without
compromising their
essential nature. The
processes could be
extended or compressed,
repeated or reversed, but
the core ideas - if they
are ideas, but maybe they
are simply experiences? -
are what they are.
Despite this, the precise
sequence of movements
matters a great deal.
Heard together they do
articulate some kind of
linear narrative, maybe
even a metaphorical
journey (albeit a
circular one where the
arrival might, who knows,
prove to be a new
departure). One situation
gives way to another and
instrumental
relationships within the
quartet vary, but
ultimately the
imaginative impulse
behind the piece
preferences states of
unity. Whether or not
this unity is expressed
texturally - sometimes
literal unisons pervade,
but not always - there is
generally a sense that
even seemingly diverse
aspects relate to a
fundamental condition of
concord: a conscious
limitation in the pitch
structure to spectral
emanations of the root
notes E-flat and C. At
the opening this is
unambiguously audible in
the perpetual alternation
of these two notes in the
low cello register. Later
the two spectra are woven
into a micro-tonal
'double-spectral-mode'
(derived from the first
24 partials of the C and
E-flat fundamentals),
which defines the subtle
melodic inflection of the
second movement, and the
never-quite-chromatic
ascending scales of the
third. For now this feels
like a rich source of
melodic possibility, so
far only just glimpsed...
And why the insistence on
E-flat? Probably by way
of historical anecdote.
Apparently Karl Holz (a
member of the
Schuppanzigh Quartet)
said to Beethoven: We
performed your Quartet in
E-flat Op. 127 in his
[Weber's] honour; he
found the Adagio too
long; but I told him:
Beethoven also has a
longer feeling and a
longer imagination than
anyone standing or not
standing today. - Since
then, even Linke (another
member of the quartet)
can no longer stand him:
we cannot forgive him for
this. Listening again to
Op. 127, in light of
these comments, I was
struck by the opening
moment: the unfolding of
an E-flat 7th chord over
the course of a few bars.
Every time I hear it I
find myself wishing that
Beethoven would have
lingered longer there,
without resolution or
progression, just
enjoying that sonority.
And maybe - why not? -
tune the 7th naturally.
And what would it be to
stretch that moment into
an entire piece? What
would Weber think of
that?! In the end I was
not so extreme in my
self-limitation, and
other concerns took over,
but it was from these
thoughts that the
composition process
began... Lastly, about
the title: it comes from
a book called 'The Clock
of the Long Now' by
Stewart Brand, published
at the turn of the
millennium. It's about
the creation of a
thousand-year clock to
embody the aspiration to
thinking in terms of
longer time-spans than
are presently habitual.
If the music of Beethoven
embodied a 'longer'
feeling and imagination
than some of his
contemporaries were able
to appreciate, what is
our relation to time now?
Longer or shorter? Maybe
it depends who you ask...
It's probably more
extreme in both
directions: attention
spans might be
diminishing in the
digital world, but
conversely there is an
awareness of distant
pasts and potential
futures which would have
been inconceivable at the
time of Beethoven. In any
case, the interesting
thing is to ponder how
societal conditions,
assumptions and
expectations might -
whether consciously or
unconsciously - influence
the time of art, for
listeners and creators
alike. And what if time
is running out?
(Christian
Mason)
World
premiere: Paris, Cite de
la musique, January 14,
2020.
SKU: LO.99-3938L Composed by Laura Farnell. Arranged by Victor C Johnson....(+)
SKU: LO.99-3938L
Composed by Laura
Farnell. Arranged by
Victor C Johnson. Choral.
Sacred Anthem.
Performance/accompaniment
CD. Lorenz Publishing
Company #99/3938L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.99-3938L).
UPC:
000308151497.
Perfo
rmance/accompaniment CD
for He'll Be There
(10/5195L) This tender
anthem by Laura Farnell
and Linda Miller is
exquisitely arranged by
Victor C. Johnson,
providing an inspiring
reminder of God’s
constant presence in the
varied seasons of life:
Call unto God, the Lord
of love, and always know
that He’ll be
there. Memorable melody
and engaging part-writing
assures you of a
perennial favorite with
this one!
Composed by Christian Mason. World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, Januar...(+)
Composed by Christian
Mason.
World premiere: Paris,
Cite
de la musique, January
14,
2020. Breitkopf and
Haertel
#EB 9377. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel