SATB Choir and Piano SKU: HL.14043700 Composed by Various. Arranged by Gi...(+)
SATB Choir and Piano
SKU: HL.14043700
Composed by Various.
Arranged by Gitika
Partington. Choral. Pop &
Rock. Softcover Audio
Online. Composed 2015.
Novello & Co Ltd.
#NOV165110. Published by
Novello & Co Ltd.
(HL.14043700).
ISBN
9781783058617. UPC:
888680736491.
9.0x12.0x0.125 inches.
English.
Sing Pop A
Cappella is a collection
of a cappella
arrangements of fantastic
pop songs old and new, by
renowned teacher, singer
and director Gitika
Partington . Her
arrangements are used by
choirs across the UK, and
she emphasises that being
able to read music is not
necessary. Rewarding and
enjoyable, Book Three
continues her project to
bring people together
through the power of
song. What's great about
Gitika Partington 's Sing
Pop A Cappella series is
how she understands that
to make great music or to
sing a great song, it's
not necessary to be able
to sight-read. It may be
useful, but she has
learned that there are
other ways to communicate
music, namely through ear
training,repetition and
gesture. Her
arrangements, five of
which appear in this
book, have enabled youth
and community choirs to
spring up across the
country, making singing
truly and universally
accessible.
Included in this book are
wonderfully rich a
cappella arrangements of
Ain't No Sunshine
by Bill Withers,
Black Is The Colour Of My
True Love's Hair, Rick
Astley's Never Gonna Give
You Up, Adele's Rolling
In The Deep and a
huge favourite, Sway
(Quien Sera) . Vocal
scores for these
innovative and enjoyable
arrangements are included
in standard notation,
although Partington
recommends learning by
ear as something equally
beneficial. To aid with
this, the accompanying
download card includes
five tracks of audio for
each song. One features a
full performance
demonstration while the
other four each focus on
either soprano, alto,
tenor or bass. The easy
download of these tracks
makes learning efficient
and fun, as you are able
to listen wherever you
are. The great thing
about a cappella singing
is that it can be done
anywhere, with limited
resources, with members
who don't necessarily
have any musical
training. Partington
has created a book
that can be used by a
cappella choirs who love
pop music that sounds
great and will thrill
audiences. Sing Pop A
Cappella is not just a
songbook, though, it also
includes an
extensive.
Choral (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.48021234 From Cantata academica, Carmen ba...(+)
Choral (SATB Choir)
SKU: HL.48021234
From Cantata
academica, Carmen
basiliense. Composed
by Benjamin Britten.
Boosey & Hawkes Sacred
Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 16 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M051482474.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48021234).
ISBN 9781458423542.
UPC: 884088642037.
6.75x10.5
inches.
Text: in
Latin compiled from the
charter of the
University, and from
older orations in praise
of Basle by Bernhard
Wyss.
Publisher:
Boosey &
Hawkes
Difficulty
level: 4 (for
chorus)
Britten's
genius lifts this work
above being just a worthy
celebration of the 500th
anniversary of the
foundation of Basle
University. It is
tongue-in-cheek and
mockingly non-academic
while referring all the
time to academic musical
forms and formulae. It is
written in two parts
(everything is in the
statutory Latin including
the titles of the parts -
Pars I and Pars II). The
titles of the movements
show Britten's intention
to show off a wide
variety of techniques.
Here are some examples:
Chorale/Alla Rovescio
(the theme is given and
responded to with the
same melody upside
down)/Recitativo/Tema
seriale con fuga/Canone
ed ostinato. There is a
good deal of humour
here.
There are
seven movements in Pars I
and six in Pars II. The
tenor soloist is given
three florid recitatives,
accompanied only by a
piano, which act as
bridges between other
orchestrally accompanied
movements. Of these the
most noteworthy are the
Arioso con canto popolare
for soprano solo with
tenors and basses who hum
a student song; another
terrific Britten scherzo;
and a wonderfully raucous
final pair of movements
(Canon ed ostinato and
Corale con canto) where
Britten seems to be aping
the Vivat Regina! cries
in Parry's I was glad or
encouraging the kind of
noisy 'I'm from the best
university' kind of
student touchline shout.
This has outrageously
high notes for the tenors
(top B) which further
endorse this feeling.
There are real echoes of
the Spring Symphony (see
separate entry) final
movement here which are
further underlined by the
last section of the
Cantata which brings in
the bells, piano, huge
percussion and the
inevitable chorale in
which the choir sings
'that a free academy may
thrive in a free
community, for ever the
ornament and treasure of
illustrious
Basle'.
This may
not be Britten at his
most soul-searching but,
as always, there is
plenty here to enjoy,
especially if the work is
not taken too seriously.
It is a celebratory,
occasional piece and it
could be well taken up by
other academic
establishments
celebrating big
anniversaries. The chorus
parts are not very
difficult, though they do
present challenges for
the choir - not least in
having tenors capable of
those very high notes at
the end. The Tema seriale
con fuga is sinewy and
needs careful tuning. It
also has the subject
regularly given upside
down after its initial
sounding by the basses.
All good
fun.
Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker (1947-). Year B Christmas1. Christmas, 21st Cent...(+)
Composed by Gwyneth W.
Walker
(1947-). Year B
Christmas1.
Christmas, 21st Century.
Octavo. Duration 3
minutes,
10 seconds. E.C. Schirmer
Publishing #8515.
Published
by E.C. Schirmer
Publishing
(Fifty Christmas Carols). By Bob Chilcott; David Blackwell. For SATB choir, acco...(+)
(Fifty Christmas Carols).
By Bob Chilcott; David
Blackwell. For SATB
choir, accompanied and
unaccompanied. Mixed
Voices. ...for Choirs
Collections. Christmas,
Choral Collection.
Spiral-bound paperback.
240 pages. Published by
Oxford University Press
(Fifty Christmas Carols). By Bob Chilcott; David Blackwell. For SATB choir accom...(+)
(Fifty Christmas Carols).
By Bob Chilcott; David
Blackwell. For SATB choir
accompanied and
unaccompanied. Mixed
Voices. ...for Choirs
Collections. Christmas,
Choral Collection.
Paperback. 240 pages.
Published by Oxford
University Press
Choral; Organ Accompaniment (SATB AND ORGAN) SKU: HL.277960 SATB and O...(+)
Choral; Organ
Accompaniment (SATB AND
ORGAN)
SKU:
HL.277960
SATB and
Organ. Composed by
Rachel Portman. Choral.
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. 16 pages.
Chester Music #SRO100172.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.277960).
6.5x9.75
inches.
Rachel
Portman's Magnificat and
Nunc Dimittis for SATB
choir and organ
accompaniment. Born in
west Sussex, England,
Rachel Portman began
composing at age 14 and
studied music at Oxford
University. She gained
experience writing music
for drama in BBC and
Channel 4 films including
Mike Leigh's Four Days in
July and Jim Henson's
Storyteller series. Her
extensive film work
includes scores for Never
Let Me Go, The Joy Luck
Club, Benny and June, and
The Manchurian Candidate.
She won an Academy award
for her score for Emma
and Academy nominations
for Chocolat and The
Cider House Rules. She
has written a musical of
Little House on the
Prairie as well as an
opera of Saint Exupery's
The Little Prince for
Houston Grand Opera and
The Water Diviner, a
dramatic choral symphony
commissioned for the BBC
Proms concerts. She was
appointed Officer of the
Order of the British
Empire (OBE) in the 2010
New Year Honours.