By Derek K. Hakes, Brad Printz. For SATB choir and piano. Holy Week, Lent, Sacred. Sacred Anthem. Published by Laurel Press. (10/3405LA)

Composed by Victor C Johnson. Sacred Anthem, Christmas, Epiphany. Octavo. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-4909L).

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.10-5730MD

Composed by Phil Nitz. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas, General. Medallion Music #10/5730MD. Published by Medallion Music (LO.10-5730MD).

ISBN 9780787777791.

In a “bluesy gospel” style led by a soulful tenor solo, Love Is the Reason Why, written by Lyn Rowell, recorded by the Gaither Vocal Band, and this arranged by Phil Nitz is an energetic tune that celebrates Jesus’ love displayed in his birth and death. Speaking of the Christmas story as well as referencing the cross, grave, and resurrection, this arrangement can be programmed during the Christmas season or throughout the year to celebrate God’s love given to us through Jesus.

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: CF.CM9740

Composed by Mark Burrows. 16 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 22 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9740. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9740).

ISBN 9781491161203. UPC: 680160919789. Key: Bb major. English. Siegfried Sasson.

Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom... These opening lines to Everyone Sang by the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon feel as relevant today as they did when the poem was first published in 1919. It was after the end of World War I and these words capture so much of the collective exhilaration, relief, and pure joy about the Great War finally coming to an end. And yet Sassoon himself felt none of that when he wrote this poem. In his own words, he was feeling dull-minded and depressed. Perhaps his time in the trenches was still too recent. One of the reasons the creative arts are so powerful is that a poet like Sassoon (or a painter like Van Gogh or a composer like Mahler) can take their own feelings of deep sadness or pain and transform them into something beautiful, even uplifting. Everyone Sang is a celebration of the promise that things can get better, that there are things worth looking forward to.   The poem itself has so much rhythm and musicality. The appearance of suddenly in the first line of each verse gives those verses a rush of energy. Attention to the crescendo in measure 7, and again in measure 37, from mf to f will help the listener experience that rush. There are expressive opportunities with so many of the poet's bold choices of action words - burst, winging, and shaken. Then there's alliteration - a poetic device that can be overdone, but Sassoon strikes a wonderful balance. Suddenly/singing (measures 6-7 and 10-11) Find/freedom (measure 21-22) Winging/wildly (measure 23) Setting/sun (measures 47-49) Was/wordless (measures 65-75) Give these alliterations just a hint of emphasis (without overdoing) to bring out the natural rhythm of the text.   And just as O is set apart in the poem by punctuation, I wanted the musical setting - in measure 57 - to honor that feeling of wonder - ...O, but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will Never be done. Friends, there is so much good ahead, so much to be excited about. May the singing never be done.
Everyone suddenly burst out singingAnd I was filled with such delightAs prisoned birds must find in freedom…These opening lines to Everyone Sang by the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon feel as relevant today as they did when the poem was first published in 1919. It was after the end of World War I and these words capture so much of the collective exhilaration, relief, and pure joy about the “Great War” finally coming to an end. And yet Sassoon himself felt none of that when he wrote this poem. In his own words, he “was feeling dull-minded and depressed.” Perhaps his time in the trenches was still too recent.One of the reasons the creative arts are so powerful is that a poet like Sassoon (or a painter like Van Gogh or a composer like Mahler) can take their own feelings of deep sadness or pain and transform them into something beautiful, even uplifting. Everyone Sang is a celebration of the promise that things can get better, that there are things worth looking forward to. The poem itself has so much rhythm and musicality.The appearance of “suddenly” in the first line of each verse gives those verses a rush of energy. Attention to the crescendo in measure 7, and again in measure 37, from mf to f will help the listener experience that rush.There are expressive opportunities with so many of the poet’s bold choices of action words – burst, winging, and shaken.Then there’s alliteration - a poetic device that can be overdone, but Sassoon strikes a wonderful balance.Suddenly/singing (measures 6-7 and 10-11)Find/freedom (measure 21-22)Winging/wildly (measure 23)Setting/sun (measures 47-49)Was/wordless (measures 65-75)Give these alliterations just a hint of emphasis (without overdoing) to bring out the natural rhythm of the text. And just as “O” is set apart in the poem by punctuation, I wanted the musical setting – in measure 57 - to honor that feeling of wonder –…O, but EveryoneWas a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing willNever be done. Friends, there is so much good ahead, so much to be excited about.May the singing never be done.

Composed by Brad Nix. Daybreak Christmas Choral. A Cappella, Christmas, Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Daybreak Music

The Spirit Of Christmas (Sights and Sounds of the Season). By Phil Barfoot and Lari Goss. Arranged by Lari Goss. For SATB choir. Collection. Modern Christian, Christmas. Choral Book. Published by Word Music

Composed by Mark Sirett (1952-). Augsburg Choral Series. Augsburg Fortress #9781506463612. Published by Augsburg Fortress

Composed by Joseph M. Martin. For SATB choir. General Worship, church music. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

By Tunney, Tunney / Marsh. For SATB Choir. Choral, Orchestration, Tracks, General Use and Sacred. Sheet Music. Published by Shawnee Press.

By Calum Scott. Arranged by Mac Huff. Pop Choral Series. Inspirational, Pop, Show Choir. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir with optional guitar. General Worship. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Kenn Mann. Arranged by Mary McDonald. For SATB choir (with optional solo, orchestration). Sacred Anthem, General, Good Friday, Holy Week. Medium. Octavo. Monarch Music #10/2318M. Published by Monarch Music

Composed by Patti Drennan. Arranged by Herb Frombach. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Good Friday, Holy Week. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5393L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Matt Redman. By Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman. Arranged by Heather Sorenson. For Choral (SATB). PraiseSong Choral. 12 pages. Published by PraiseSong

Composed by Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir with optional guitar. General Worship. Performance/accompaniment CD and split track CD. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir with optional guitar. General Worship. Octavo. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman. Arranged by Lloyd Larson. For medium vocal solo. Sacred non-seasonal. Vocal score. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Dimitri S. Bortniansky. Arranged by Anthony Antolini. Advanced/Collegiate. General, church anniversary, confirmation, memorial. Octavo. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8208).

By The Angels featuring Deborah Woodson and James Smith. By Niko Schlenker. Edited by Stephan Zebe. For Mixed Voices (SATB), Soloist ad lib, Piano (SATB). This edition: Full score. Gospel Music, Sacred music, Vocal music. Contemporary Gospel Music by Niko Schlenker. For some time, the gospel songs by Niko Schlenker have been an insidersa tip for choirs who like to deal with modern gospel music in a serious and passionate way. Gospel, Spiritual, contemporary choir music. Intermediate. Book with CD. Standard. 62 pages. Published by Zebe Publishing

By Niko Schlenker. Edited by Stephan Zebe. For Mixed Voices (SATB), Soloist ad lib, Piano (SATB). This edition: Full score. Gospel Music, Sacred music, Vocal music. Contemporary Gospel Music by Niko Schlenker. For some time, the gospel songs by Niko Schlenker have been an insidersa tip for choirs who like to deal with modern gospel music in a serious and passionate way. Gospel, Spiritual, contemporary choir music. Intermediate. Book. Standard. 62 pages. Published by Zebe

By Niko Schlenker. Edited by Stephan Zebe. Arranged by Niko Schlenker. For Mixed Voices SATB, Soloist ad lib., Piano. Contemporary Gospel Music by Niko Schlenker. Fresh, up-to-date compositions, excellently realizable, will satisfy singers and directors at once. (Singen) Especially popular is Niko Schlenker's Gospel Music for workshop and concert choirs with instrumental accompaniment. The choir sheets have been fr. Gospel Music, CCM. Intermediate. Vocal score. 32 pages. Published by Zebe Publishing

SATB choir

SKU: WD.080689702235

Composed by Cliff Duren. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Word Music #080689702235. Published by Word Music (WD.080689702235).

UPC: 080689702235.

Anoth er addition to the new Christmas Mashup Series is this inspiring anthem, Joy to the World! with Raise a Hallelujah. This anthem is a jubilant reminder of the Joy that came to this earth, giving us a reason to always sing of our King who is alive!

By Pavel Chesnokov. For chorus. (SATB(DIV)). Russian Title: Ne imami iniya pomoshchi. Published by Musica Russica. (Cn 179)

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-743-3

By Aleksis Kivi, Edith Södergran, Siegfried Sassoon, Viljo Kajava, and Walt Whitman. By Alex Freeman. Classical, contemporary. Book. Fennica Gehrman #55011-743-3. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-743-3).

ISBN 9790550117433.

Alex Freeman’s Under the arching heavens: A Requiem (2018) was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language.’ Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it.

Contents:
I. Sydämeni laulu (Aleksis Kivi)
II. Requiem aeternam
III. Sequentia
Dies irae
Thrushes (Siegfried Sassoon)
(Rex tremendae)
Fientliga stjärnor (Edith Södergran)
(Inter oves)
IV. Sanctus
V. Mikä lienee se lintu ollut? (Viljo Kajava)
VI. Agnus Dei
VII. O Years and Graves! (Walt Whitman)

Duration: c. 67’.

Arranged by Stan Pethel. Church, Choral. Alfred Sacred. Octavo. Jubilate Music Group #JMG1017. Published by Jubilate Music Group