SATB Choir a Cappella

SKU: HL.14023340

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Vocal Score. 26 pages. Music Sales #KP01444. Published by Music Sales (HL.14023340).

ISBN 9788759871911. 8.25x11.75x0.115 inches. English.

To Nocturner (2001) - for Chamber Choir (12 or 24 Voices). Texts by Ole Sarvig and Ib Michael. English version available: KP01444E Programme note: These two choral pieces for 12 voices consists of radical recompositions on of earlier themes: in Summer's Sleep we hear new combinations of two 'Sarvig melodies' from the 1970s (one of which is now in the Danish Hymnbook under the title aret, The Year): Michael's Night is based on an earlier, simple choral song (Star Mirror,1987), now for 12 voices and composed such that an original idea of simultaneously displaced, opposite motions cf. the poem) comes out as desired. Of the Nocturnes Norgard writes: Summer's Sleep wascomposed to stanzas of Ole Sarvig's poem The Year (from the collection Forstadsdigte ('Suburban Poems')) and forms the picture of the summer of life, which is asleep - while the heaven seed waits for the summer wind (invisible to every mind). The many layers of text are expressed musically in a multilayered choral texture with 'looks' up and down through the various tempo and time-worlds: summer sleep, summer dream. The second nocturne, Michael's Night, takes its name from the author Ib Michael, whose poem Star Mirror (from the collection Himmelbegravelse ('Sky Funeral') (1986) I pushed/coaxed him to expand from one to nine stanzas. The four selected stanzas set in the nocturne focus on the pan-erotic elements of the moonlit, starlit night. With the titles I have chosen I have stressed the mythic layer of the text, the summer night not as a dream but as sensual reality. The two nocturnes are dedicated to Ivan Hansen on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday on 25th February 2003, out of gratitude for over a quarter of a century of inspiring collaboration.

Piano (SATB) SKU: HU.F0571533825 Composed by Morten Lauridsen. Choral. Choral Programme Series. Nocturnes. Softcover Book. 32 pages. Faber Music #F0571533825. Published by Faber Music

No.2 from Five Short Choral Works, S.A.T.B. A Cappella. Text: Jim Curtis. Mixed choir. For SATB Voices, Voice Solo. Choral. Piano/Vocal Score. 15 pages. Duration 6:00. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

(from 'Nocturnes'). By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #62128-122. Published by Peermusic

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB A Cappella. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 14 pages. Peermusic #62129-121. Published by Peermusic

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 4 pages. Peermusic #62330-122. Published by Peermusic

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #62126-122. Published by Peermusic

(No. 1 from Nocturnes ). By Rene Clausen. For SATB Choir (divisi) and Piano (with optional string quintet). Prima Cantate Series. Concert. Octavo. Published by Roger Dean Publishing

(from Three Nocturnes). Composed by Dan Forrest. For SATB choir, divisi (with percussion ensemble). Dan Forrest Series. Main Key: Mixed. Secular. Difficulty: Medium Advanced (Adult). Octavo. 16 pages. Duration 3 minutes 36 seconds. Published by Hinshaw Music Inc.

SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: BT.PMC3297

From Les Chansons des Roses. Composed by Rainer Maria Rilke. Arranged by Morten Lauridsen. Choral Score. 8 pages. Peermusic Classical #PMC3297. Published by Peermusic Classical (BT.PMC3297).

In addition to his vast output of German poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) composed nearly 400 poems in French. His poems on roses struck me as especially charming, filled with gorgeous lyricism, deftly crafted and elegant in their imagery. These exquisite poems are primarily light, joyous and playful, and the musical settings are designed to enhance these characteristics and capture the delicate beauty and sensuousness of the poetry. Distinct melodic and harmonic materials recur throughout the cycle, especially between Rilke''s poignant 'Contre qui, rose' (set as a wistful nocturne) and his moving 'La rose complète.' The final piece, 'Dirait-on,' is composed as a tuneful chanson populaire, or folksong, that weaves together two melodic ideas first heard in fragmentary form in preceding movements. 'Les Chansons des Roses' was premiered and recorded in 1993 by Portland, Oregon ''s celebrated chamber choir, Choral Cross-Ties, conducted by Bruce Browne. The complete cycle has been widely performed since then and also recorded by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Nordic Chamber Choir and tonight's performers, the Donald Brinegar Singers. (Morten Lauridsen).

SATB with flute Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.35019680

Composed by Celsie Staggers, Robert Staggers, and Ruth Elaine Schram. Shawnee Sacred. Christmas Sacred, Christmas/Advent Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Shawnee Press #A7829. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.35019680).

UPC: 747510065227. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches. Celsie and Robert Staggers/Ruth Elaine Schram.

Ruth Elaine Schram has a special gift for writing memorable melodies. This piece is no exception as she tenderly cradles a picturesque text with exquisite tuneful beauty. The contrasting middle section is a challenge for all to hurry and behold the Savior: “Run, run, run to Bethlehem! See this thing which has come to pass...” Then the quietness of the manger returns with a quote from the familiar carol: “O come, let us adore Him.” The optional flute part adds a lovely shimmer to this beautiful nocturne. “Shepherd's Carol” is a must for your Christmas programming.

SATB Choir a cappella

SKU: BT.PMC3603

From Nocturnes. Composed by Morten Lauridsen. Peermusic Classical. Classical. Choral Score. 14 pages. Peermusic Classical #PMC3603. Published by Peermusic Classical (BT.PMC3603).

Four poems sharing a common motif of 'Night' provide the texts for my choral cycle Nocturnes, the American Choral Directors Association's commissioned work for its 2005 national convention. For Rilke's atmospheric Sa nuit d'ete,several melodic themes are supported by dense, colorful harmonies in both the choral and piano parts, leading to a climactic section where all are combined and stated simultaneously. Neruda's Soneto de la Noche, from his CienSonetos de Amor, speaks of an eternal love that transcends death while reaffirming life. My a cappella setting of this gorgeous poem is predominantly quiet, serene and folk-like, utilizing direct harmonies accompanying long,lyrical vocal lines. Agee's wondrous Sure on this Shining Night is set much like a song from the American musical theater, a genre for which I have held a life-long esteem. Rilke's poignant Voici le soir recalls the opening bellsounds and jazz-tinged chords of the first movement and serves as an epilogue, quietly concluding this cycle of night songs as darkness descends. --Morten Lauridsen.

From Three Nocturnal Pieces. By Ron Nelson. (SATB). Boosey and Hawkes Secular Choral. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

SATB choir and Organ

SKU: ST.CN3P

Composed by Philip Moore. ChoralNow. This PRINTED version is available to purchase as a regular sheet music title for delivery by post. Octavo. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #CN3P. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.CN3P).

ISBN 9790220224607.

Phil ip Moore draws on a lifetime's experience of music for Anglican worship to present Bishop Ken's classic evening hymn in darker, more subjective hues than those of Tallis's Canon, to which it is usually sung congregationally. In particular, a penitential note of strained serenity is struck in this nocturnal plea for repose of body and soul. The voices move quietly in comfortable thirds and sixths to the accompaniment of a questioning five-note figure, a phrase which is rarely absent from the organ part and which subtly questions their prayer for peace in its edgy harmonic and metric ambiguity.

(Now you are mine). Composed by Morten Lauridsen (1943-). Peermusic Classical. Octavo. 12 pages. Peermusic #70150-122. Published by Peermusic (HL.213094).