Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.47615

Composed by Gwyn Williams. Arranged by Charles McCartha. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular; Winter. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred Music #00-47615. Published by Alfred Music (AP.47615).

UPC: 038081543086. English.

The optional lilting flute and rhythmic hand drum parts lend a festive air to this song that celebrates the end of winter. Robust choral singing throughout beckons a change of season, and a soaring descant at the end signals the triumphant return of spring. A fully developed piece for winter and spring programs.

About Alfred Choral Designs

Th e Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

Arranged by Vicki Tucker Courtney. Choir Secular. SATB choir. Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Christmas; Multicultural; Winter. Choral Octavo. 16 pages

Soli SATB, SATB Choir, 2 Flutes, 2 Horns, 2 Violins, Viola, Basso continuo

SKU: CA.2707119

Composed by Franz Xaver Richter. Edited by Michael Diorio. Messe In A 1788 (Hyemalis). Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Set of Orchestra Parts. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.071/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2707119).

ISBN 9790007199999. Key: A major. Language: Latin.

Franz Xaver Richter probably wrote his Missa in A, with the nickname Hyemalis (winter), between 1781 and 1783, during his tenure as Kapellmeister at the Strasbourg Cathedral. This peculiar epithet leads us to presume that the Mass was meant to be performed during a sacred service in a time period between Epiphany and the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (Quinquagesima). The present work, a first edition, is a Messe sollenne senza Trombe, in which Richter achieved a festive character with musical variety by means of a comparably modest ensemble. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.2707100.