La série ' Chanter en Canon ' rassemble à ce jour quatre recueils de canons. Chaque livret, regroupant environ 25 canons, ne recherche pas l'unité de style, ni l'unité de niveau d'exécution. Le parti pris est celui de l'anthologie ou du florilège. Enseigner et divertir dans la diversité, tel en est le but de cette collection. / 2 À 4 Voix A Capella

La série ' Chanter en Canon ' rassemble à ce jour quatre recueils de canons. Chaque livret, regroupant environ 25 canons, ne recherche pas l'unité de style, ni l'unité de niveau d'exécution. Le parti pris est celui de l'anthologie ou du florilège. Enseigner et divertir dans la diversité, tel en est le but de cette collection. / 2 À 4 Voix A Capella

Fantasy on the canon Freu' dich des Lebens. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Partitions pour Choeur à quatre voix (SATB) - 25 ex. L’année 2008 marque le 400e anniversaire de la fondation de la ville de Québec (1608-2008) au Canada. Pour célébrer cet événement, la Musique des Voltigeurs de Québec, une unité d’infanterie de la force terrestre des Forces canadiennes, a fait appel au compositeur Philip Sparke pour l’écriture de deux oeuvres de concert (disponibles sur un compact disc édité spécialement pour cette occasion). Philip Sparke a composé Sounds of the Saint Lawrence (Échos du Saint-Laurent), une suite de chants traditionnels québécois, et cette fantaisie libre sur le canon Freu’ dich des Lebens de Ludwig van Beethoven. L’histoire de ce canon est absolument fascinante. En 1822, Théodore Frédéric Molt, un professeur, auteur, pianiste et organiste allemand - ancien soldat dans l'armée napoléonienne ayant combattu à Waterloo - arrive à Québec. En 1825, il retourne en Europe afin de parfaire sa formation. Au cours de son séjour, il rend visite à Beethoven. Quelques jours plus tard, il fait parvenir une lettre au compositeur sourd en incluant une feuille blanche sur laquelle il lui demande d'écrire « du fond de son grand coeur » un souvenir « qui restera pour moi, à une distance qu'il me faudra presque 3000 heures pour parcourir, un document éternellement précieux. »Beethoven accepte et, le 16 décembre 1825 (jour de ses cinquante-cinq ans), il présente à Théodore Molt le canon Freu’ dich des Lebens Le manuscrit est actuellement conservé dans une collection canadienne. Beethoven’s Greeting (“La signature de Beethoven”) débute avec une introduction lente basée sur le canon. S’ensuit un Vivo qui sera repris ultérieurement sous la forme d’un déchant à la mélodie du canon. Le thème du canon est chanté par le choeur à quatre voix (SATB) optionnel (AMP 243-050), mais la mélodie est également présente dans l’orchestration. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Recueil / SATB

Would Pachelbel approve? Who knows. But singers and audiences surely will! This rhythmic rendition presents the famous 'Canon in D? with nonsensical scat syllables. Sing a cappella or with the optional piano accompaniment. It's guaranteed to be the most memorable three minutes of any concert program. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

The finest pairing of melodies we've heard in years: The First Noel and Pachelbel's famous Canon in D. It works! In fact the intertwining of these two timeless works is absolutely beautiful. A first-rate choral masterpiece destined to become a classic. Features a three-hand piano or organ accompaniment.

The King's Singers-This delightful collection of 99 rounds canons and partsongs makes a great introduction to part-singing for groups of all ages. The wide-ranging selections are arranged by categories including English Pre-1700 (Secular) Pre-1700 (Sacred) Post-1700 From Around The World and Wordless Rounds. Compiled by the internationally renowned King's Singers.

Four Canonic Choruses by William Schuman for SATB choir unaccompanied. This work features text by Edna St. Vincent Millay.1. Epitaph2. Epitaph for Joseph Conrad3. Night Stuff4. Come Not

This cantata for soprano and baritone soli chorus and organ was commissioned by the Dean and Canons as part of the musical celebrations in honour of the Quincentenary of St George's Chapel Windsor. Five poems selected for the composer by Canon Stephen Verney explore the different and often opposing facets of Faith and it's demands upon the individual culminating in an optimistic vision of the union of divine and human love. The cantata is dedicated by Gracious Permission to Her Majesty the Queen.

A work for unaccompanied SATTBB choir constructed in the form of a Byzantine Canon. The work was commissioned by James Lancelot and the Choir of Durham Cathedral who gave the first performance on the occasion of the 1300thanniversary of the death of St. Cuthbert: 20th March 1987.'Commissioned by James Lancelot and the Choir of Durham Cathedral who gave its first performance on the 20th of March 1987 the 1300th anniversary of St Cuthbert's death. Structurally modelled on a Byzantine Canon Ikon of St Cuthbert 'an ikon of music and words in the place of wood and paint seeks to recall in its stylized form the personal aura of Cuthbert Saint of Lindisfarne'. The textis again by Mother Thekla a contemplation on Cuthbert's life from his early piety and life as a monk acts of spiritual healing consecration as a bishop and retreat into solitude to his death on Farne and ultimate burial inDurham. Imagery of water runs throughout the verses.

Each of the five connected movements in this choral cycle contains references to 'Light ' assembled from various sacred Latin texts. I composed Lux Aeterna in response to my mother's final illness and found great personalcomfort and solace in setting to music these timeless and wondrous words about Light a universal symbol of illumination at all levels - spiritual artistic and intellectual.The work opens and closes with the beginning andending of the Requiem Mass with the central three movements drawn respectively from the Te Deum O Nata Lux and Veni Sancte Spiritus. The opening Introitus introduces several themes that recur later in thework and includes an extended canon on “et lux perpetua.” In Te Domine Speravi contains among other musical elements the cantus firmus “Herzliebster Jesu” (from the Nuremburg Songbook 1677) and a lengthy inverted canon on “fiat misericordia.” O Nata Lux and Veni Sancte Spiritus are paired songs the former an a cappella motet at the center of the work and the latter a spirited jubilant canticle. A quiet setting of the Agnus Dei precedes the final Lux Aeterna which reprises the opening section of the Introitus and concludes with a joyful celebratory Alleluia.--MortenLauridsen

This short setting of the sacred text Miserere Mei is a four part canon for SATB chorus and organ by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) written in 1687 during the reign of the catholic monarch James II. It is presented separately for the first time in an edition prepared by Anthony Lewis and Nigel Fortune.

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's Green for 4 Voices (SATB). Programme note: New Ground – No Ground – Green In 1986 I wrote Ground for the Kronos Quartet. I used the principle of the baroque ground and created a series of chords – going up and going down symmetrically. The material formed the basis for the quartet. In my next collaboration with Kronos I wrote the darker Last Ground – at the time supposed to be my last composition of the kind. After some years this seemed a bit pathetic and I decided to write a new – lighter ground – New Ground. To disappoint mylisteners as much as possible I based this piece on a very old and very well-known ground: Pachelbel’s Canon.  The piece is tonal and that suggested another –atonal – composition – No Ground (based on another string quartet – no. 7 Parted from 1984 first performed by Kronos). I am very fond of the elaborated constructivism of the medieval or early renaissance music so in my view the two new quartets needed to be connected and combined. The two quartets can be performed in combination with the four-part vocal piece Green. The text is from medieval England. The pieces are written for the Kronos Quartet and Theatre of Voices.

Written in memory of a loved one, this piece celebrates a love of life and a love of music. Sections of text are taken from the traditional hymn How Can I Keep from Singing and the use of Pachelbel's Canon in D as an overlay reflect the universal nature of music and its connection to the human spirit. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano