Par PART ARVO. Composed in 1990, and revised in 1991, for SATB Choir or soloists with organ accompaniment, Pärt's setting of The Beatitudes is one of only a handful of works ('Litany' and 'And One of the Pharisees' also falling into that category) composed in English. Taken from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, as found in Matthew 5:3-12, The Beatitudes provide a fitting structure for Pärt's setting. Each verse states a godly quality and the blessing attached to it; all except the last verse begin with the word 'blessed'. The Beatitudes was premiered on 25 May 1990 at the Nathanaelkirche, Berlin, by the Theatre of Voices choir, conducted by Paul Hillier. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which before you. The gospel according to St. Matthew, 5, 3 - 12 / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Choeur Mixte SATB et Orgue

Aus: Israelsbrünnlein. Geistliche Madrigale. Par SCHEIN JOHANN HERMANN. Johann Hermann Schein’s Israelsbrünnlein, published in Leipzig in 1623, is a supreme achievement not only among the works of this composer, who had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig since 1616, but also for the entire body of German music written during the first half of the 17th century. Among the 26 motets written “in the Italian madrigal manner” 23 are settings of Old Testament texts, a fact to which the collection owes its title. The source for the text of this collection is the “inexhaustible fountain” of the Psalms, the books of Moses, the Prophets, the Songs of Solomon, and other books of the Old Testament. / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Aus: Israelsbrünnlein. Geistliche Madrigale. Par SCHEIN JOHANN HERMANN. Johann Hermann Schein’s Israelsbrünnlein, published in Leipzig in 1623, is a supreme achievement not only among the works of this composer, who had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig since 1616, but also for the entire body of German music written during the first half of the 17th century. Among the 26 motets written “in the Italian madrigal manner” 23 are settings of Old Testament texts, a fact to which the collection owes its title. The source for the text of this collection is the “inexhaustible fountain” of the Psalms, the books of Moses, the Prophets, the Songs of Solomon, and other books of the Old Testament./ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

10 Exemplaires Minimum. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. The choral score of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's oratorio 'Elijah' is based on the scholarly-critical edition edited by Mendelssohn specialist Douglass Seaton. In its 1847 version, this musical setting of the story of the Biblical prophet from the 1st Book of Kings has remained popular to the present day. The choral score is fully compatible with the existing performance material. It does not however contain the appendices found in the full score and vocal score (with numbers from the first version). / Date parution : 2019-08-28/ Répertoire / Choeur SSAATTBB

. . . for Choirs Collections. Par ARCHER MALCOLM / CLEOBURY STEPHEN. Cette collection unique d'approches à nouveau l'Avent, réunissant 52 pièces belles et accessibles qui couvrent toute la gamme des périodes, des styles et des traditions. Advent des chorales est la ressource parfaite musicale et liturgique pour tous les église, cathédrale, et des chorales de concert et inclut de nouveaux paramètres d'approche, de la musique injustement négligé, et ne travaille pas facilement disponibles ailleurs. Malcolm Archer a été instruit à l'école King Edward VII, Lytham, le Royal College of Music, et Jesus College de Cambridge, où il a été chercheur d'organes. Il a étudié l'orgue avec Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir et Nicolas Kynaston, et la composition avec Herbert Sumsion et Alan Ridout. Il est un compositeur prolifique avec plus de 200 ouvrages publiés, qui reçoivent régulièrement des spectacles sur la BBC radio et de télévision. Archer était auparavant organiste et directeur de musique à la cathédrale St Paul et est maintenant directeur de la musique chapelle à Winchester College. Stephen Cleobury est un organiste et chef d'orchestre anglais. Il a été chercheur d'orgue au Collège St-Jean, à Cambridge et sous-organiste de l'abbaye de Westminster, avant de devenir maître de musique à la cathédrale de Westminster en 1979. En 1982, il a pris le poste de Directeur de la Musique de la Chorale du Collège King, Cambridge, où il enseigne également la musique. Il a été chef d'orchestre de Cambridge University Musical Society depuis 1983, et a été chef principal de la BBC Singers de 1995 à 2007, et chef lauréat de 2007./ Recueil / Chant