SATB and Harp (Piano). By Benjamin Britten. Arranged by Julius Harrison. (SATB). Boosey and Hawkes Sacred Choral. Size 6.8x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

((from A Ceremony of Carols) SATB and Harp or Piano, New Edition). Composed by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For Choral (SATB). Boosey and Hawkes Sacred Choral. 12 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051481613. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-455-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-455-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-455-5).

ISBN 9790550114555.

This cycle of carols, to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, was assembled piecemeal over a number of years, gradually acquiring a larger dramatic and harmonic arch shape as new settings were added. I was particularly attracted to Rossetti's conflation of the dark, fallow winter landscape with that of the soul waiting for salvation. The cycle traces the long nights of watchfulness before Christmas, with the great event constantly deferred, only glimpsed periodically in different visions before the music turns inward again to contemplation. The opening carol embodies this spirit, with passages of diffuse, roving harmony interspersed with meditative, lyrical pedals, calling out the night watch and dreaming of a far-off summer of the spirit. Earth Grown Old is a kind of double carol, setting two complete poems, their lines at first presented separately as a still, expectant chorale and a jubilant dance, then progressively interwoven toward a fervent climax before once again receding into quiet. In the bleak mid-winter, which sets a highly compressed version of Rossetti's original poem, presents an enfeebled landscape frozen in time, in dire need of deliverance. A gentle melody weaves its way through static drones, broken by an angels' chorus announcing the joy to come. Love Came Down at Christmas ends the waiting, with its gently falling, overlapping lines building to a final revelation, the mystery of Christmas at last made real.

SATB Chorus and Organ

SKU: SU.80101529

For SATB Chorus and Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Vocal/Choral, Sacred Choral. Accompanied by organ. Choral Octavo. Zimbel Press #80101529. Published by Zimbel Press (SU.80101529).

A Christmas choral triptych consisting of settings of three sacred poems by Abner P. Cobb, Fanny Crosby, and Phillips Brooks. The outer two movements are with organ, and the inner is unaccompanied. Written for the 94th Annual Christmas Carol Services at The Memorial Church, Harvard University.SATB Chorus and Organ Duration: 10' Composed: 2003 Published by: Zimbel Press Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8, please email customer service at sales@subitomusic.com.