Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.374953

Composed by Stuart Hamblen. Arranged by Mary McDonald. Daybreak Choral Series. General Worship, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 16500 seconds. Published by Daybreak Music (HL.374953).

UPC: 196288017479. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches. I Peter 1:18-21, Jeremiah 29:11, John 14:1-3.

A true gospel classic is thoughtfully crafted into a choral gem in this engaging octavo. Recorded by many inspirational artists through the years, this musical testimony of faith reminds us that although life's journey is filled with challenges, we are people of promise and hope. Timeless in impact, this sacred evergreen will be a favorite with your congregation. Inspiring!

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.365865

(Stand by Me). Composed by Victor C Johnson. Shawnee Sacred. General Worship, Sacred. Octavo. Duration 205 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.365865).

UPC: 840126962376. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches. II Timothy 4:9-18, Luke 8:22-25, Mark 4:37-41, Psalm 65:5-7.

This text has challenged and inspired many through the years, and this anthem is a reimagining of the words, rich with new melody and heartfelt harmonies. The more lyrical approach sheds new light on the treasured text to affirm our community and need for fellowship. Lovely piano stylings complete a winning combination of music and message, surrounding the listener with delicate text painting. A song for our time!

(Following the Path of Salvation Through Hymns). By Mary Mcdonald. Arranged by Jean Anne Shafferman. For SATB choir, piano (with optional orchestration). Cantatas. Holy Week, Eastertide, Sacred. Choral score and performance CD. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Derric Johnson. Contest/Festival, Folk song. Derric Johnson Choral Series. Octavo. Excelcia Music Publishing #DJS2202. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing

By Jay Althouse. For SATB choir and piano. The Jay Althouse Choral Series. WORLD COMMUNION, Unity, General, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

(SATB and Piano). By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). For Choral. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 14 pages. Peermusic #62321-122. Published by Peermusic

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050311

Praise Gathering Choral. Easter. Softcover. 80 pages. Duration 1620 seconds. PraiseGathering #A08463. Published by PraiseGathering (HL.2050311).

UPC: 797242381393. 6.75x10.5x0.187 inches.

Over two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ came to earth. He had one purpose, the eternal redemption of man.When Jesus died a shameful death on a cross and offered Himself as the ultimate sacrifice,the great veil that shields the entrance into the Holy of Holies was torn in two, from the top to the bottom.Now everything changes. No longer will we need an earthly priest to approach the throne in our stead. There is an answer for sin. That answer is Jesus Christ!

For SATB choir and piano - Easy-Medium

SKU: AU.9781506456935

Composed by Stanley G. Beard. ACL. All Saints Day ABC, Funeral, Wedding. Octavo. Augsburg Fortress #9781506456935. Published by Augsburg Fortress (AU.9781506456935).

ISBN 9781506456935. 7x10.25 inches.

A poignent and profound text with a beautiful melody, perfect for All Saints, funerals, or any time of remembering. [The following story comes from the Brokering family, and might be great to include in the long description. I have a whole email from his daughter about it--DCS] Herb Brokering wrote this text to honor his wife Lois and the legacy of their faithful love. On the day she died in a car accident, he happened to be reciting this poem to a group of ministers and thereafter kept it in his shirt pocket for weeks to come as a tribute to Lois and a comfort to his family.

By John D. Horman. For SATB Choir and Piano (with optional flute (violin)). Mixed Voices Series. Sacred Anthem: General, Lent, Trinity Sunday. Octavo. Published by Chorister's Guild

SATB choir, assembly, organ accompaniment - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-7408

Composed by Robert Kreutz. Arranged by John Ferguson. Body and Blood of Christ. Oramos cantando series. Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #7408. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-7408).

UPC: 785147740803. English, Spanish. Translation: Georgina Pando-Connolly. Text by Omer Westendorf.

Ferguso n's classic concertato setting of the evergreen hymn is new again through the inclusion of a recent Spanish translation of the text. The poetry of Westendorf has said so much to believers for so many years, now these sentiments will be appreciated by a widening circle of Christians.

SATB Choir

SKU: BT.MUSM570368679

For choir and fixed media. Composed by Evis Sammoutis. Score Only. Composed 2019. 14 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570368679. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570368679).

Isthmus denotes a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger ars of land. The title is a metaphor for an effort to bond artistically my experiences of living in Cyprus, my birthplace, and in the USA, my recently adopted homeland. Having lived in a small, partitioned island for my formative years and in England for eleven years, water has always had a double meaning: it has at once served as a gateway to other cultures but also as a border, a violent and absolute interruption of a continuum. While in the USA, or indeed in a now connected Europe, it is possible to travel on land for days without having to encounter a border, in the countries where I lived for most of my life, that was not possible. As an artist, this notion of establishing boundaries and consciously trying to break them is very close to me, as my music deals both with modernity but also with tradition and, similarly, with metaphor and reality. As a Cypriot, the sea, the world of antiquity, the mysteries of the oracles, the notion of borders and the pastoral are all very central to my way of thinking. In Cyprus, different layers of history are frequently superimposed on a single building that might still preserve its Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman features in its layers of stone and architecture. Similarly, ancient ruins or the barbed wire of modern conflict often interrupt placid fields. An isthmus, therefore, can be seen to symbolize my artistic struggle to join strikingly different experiences and notions in a cohesive way. Similar to an isthmus, in this short piece, I connect these experiences with the purpose of creating a distinct and unique sonic context, connecting technology and tradition, the pastoral with the urban, the musical with the extra-musical and the abstract with the concrete. For example, the choir does not always sing in the traditional sense, but the singers imitate various natural sounds, such as water, air, crickets or birds, to create a vivid visual impression for the work. Scandinavian herding calls blend with field recordings from the seas of Cyprus and the lakes of Upstate New York, communicated within clearly defined, singular acoustic sources and spaces through wireless speakers. The text used is both onomatopoeic, articulating an imaginary language, but also literal, with a setting of the poem, “To make a prairie” by the iconic American poet Emily Dickinson and a tiny fragment from Callimachus’ “Hymn to Demeter.” Technology is used sparsely and very intentionally to articulate the expressive qualities of pastoral imagery, creating one unified synthetic timbre with the choristers’ sounds. This piece is dedicated to the wonderful singers of the Georgia Institute of Technology Chamber Choir with special thanks to Professors Hsu and Ulrich, without whose support this composition would not have been possible. Practical notes: A choir of no less than 24 singers is sought with 4 additional soloists (2 Sopranos and 2 Altos). Each singer must have their own wireless speaker, secured either in the music folder or as a strap inside their shirts. All sounds must match in volume the sound from the speakers, creating one unified timbre. The speakers should not be noticeable to the public. The four soloists are placed offstage at the beginning of the work. From 1:35’ onwards they enter the hall and take their positions, ideally at the four corners of the hall. If the hall is too large, the singers can find alternate positions, but these should always be antiphonal. The four soloists sing predominantly in the “kulning” style and the antiphonal aspect is very important to the work. There are two sound files for each section (SATB) that are triggered by each singer’s mobile device. The first occurs at the start of the piece, and the second, about a minute before the end. The sound files are able to be purchased separately, on CD, or are available directly from UYMP.

Choral (SATB divisi)

SKU: HL.368488

Arranged by Dan Davison. Pavane Choral. Americana, Folk, Patriotic, Traditional. Octavo. 16 pages. Duration 175 seconds. Pavane Publishing #P1695. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.368488).

UPC: 840126968576. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

This well-known American Civil War tune gets a grand and wonderful treatment in this Dan Davison arrangement. The story marches through the years of the war and ends with cheers when Johnny, at last, comes home. An excellent arrangement including 4-hand piano, snare drum and Glockenspiel, celebrating American patriotism in a joyous and authentic way. Easy to Medium in difficulty.

Composed by Kenley Kristofferson. Octavo. Published by Cypress Choral Music (C3.CP1208).

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.2050751

Arranged by Rick Vale. Praise Gathering Choral. Christmas. Softcover. 96 pages. Hal Leonard #7L0305. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.2050751).

UPC: 797242173394. 6.75x10.5x0.308 inches.

WATCHNIGHT is, in many ways, a traditional Christmas Eve service, with all of the moments that have defined similar services over the years; quiet music, children reading the Christmas Story, candlelight and communion. But this musical worship time is a quiet celebration of waiting, a rekindling of the child's soul in all of us, a reminder that the mystery and magic of God's plan for Christmas Day is still alive...if we will see it again through the eyes of a child. Walk through WATCHNIGHT with an open heart, let your childlike soul be “led home” through the singing of carols, and the hearing of the Christmas Story, enacted by children. Share the Lord's Supper and the lighting of candles to welcome the Child. Know that the Child of Bethlehem wishes to have the child of your soul holding His hand. Tiny Babe of Bethlehem Won't you take my hand again; Wake the child that has my name, So I will never be the same.

Alto voice solo, SATB choir, Piano

SKU: CA.2110100

Composed by Juliette Marie Olga (Lili) Boulanger. Edited by Michael Alber. Sacred vocal music, Hymns. Sacred vocal music, Hymns. Full score. LB 24. Duration 5 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 21.101/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2110100).

ISBN 9790007187798. Language: French/English. Text: Delavigne, Casimir.

First critical edition. Together with Debussy, Ravel, and Dukas, Lili Boulanger was one of the most important representatives of impressionism. Despite her short life of just 24 years, she developed a distinctive personal style, and composed a huge variety of works including songs, piano music, operatic scenes, and choral music, all with great inventiveness. The Hymne au soleil (Hymn to the sun) for mixed choir, alto solo, and piano, was written in 1912 to a poem by Casimir Delavigne. In ecstatic layers of chords the sun is acclaimed; through its power it brings the colors of the earth to light anew. The edition contains both the original French text, with a singable English translation underlaid.

Soli SATB Voices, SATB Choir, 2 Ctr, Timp, 2 Vl, Bc, [3 Trb]

SKU: CA.4005904

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Wolfgang Horn. Carus plus: Innovative practice aids; Sacred vocal music, Psalms, Latin; Carus sheet music series: Vocal scores XL; Stuttgart Editions (Urtext): Stuttgart Mozart Edition; occasions: Psalms, Daily hours. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mozart. XL in large print. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Psalms, Latin, Psalms, Daily hours. Vocal score. Composed 1780. KV 339. 64 pages. Duration 29 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.059/04. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4005904).

ISBN 9790007240943. Language: Latin.

Contents: Dixit Dominus (Ps 109) in C major. Confitebor (Ps 110) in E flat major Beatus vir (Ps 111) in G major Laudate pueri (Ps 112) in D minor Laudate Dominum (Ps 116) in F major Magnificat in C major The present new critical editon of the Vesperae solennes de Confessore KV 339, edited by Wolfgang Horn, is the first edition since the publication of the old Complete Edition from 1880 to be based on Mozart's autograph score. It was thought to have been lost after the second world war but for the past several years it is again accessible through the Biblioteka Jagiellonska in Krakow. This work is now available in carus music, the choir app! Score available separately - see item CA.4005900.

SATB choir, cantor, assembly/congregation, organ, optional brass quintet, optional timpani

SKU: MN.80-695

Composed by Philip W. J. Stopford. 21st Century. Choral score. MorningStar Music Publishers #80-695. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.80-695).

UPC: 688670806957. Latin.

Philip Stopford's new Mass setting for assembly, cantor, SATB voices and organ was commissioned for St. Luke the Evangelist Church in Richmond Heights, Missouri, to commemorate the parish's Centennial. It is a complete setting: Penitential Act (four options), Gloria (through composed), Sprinkling Rite, Gospel Acclamations (Alleluia and Lenten acclamations), Universal Prayer, Eucharistic Acclamations and Lamb of God. Latin settings of the Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei are also included. While Mr. Stopford's compositional style has the broad sweep of English church music, his flair for melody keeps it accessible for assembly. Movements such as the Holy, Holy are set creatively and will remain fresh after years of singing. Parts for brass quintet and timpani on the major movements add to a festive rendition.

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80-695C: This edition may be reproduced if covered and reported under your CCLI or OneLicense.net license.

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (SATB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Choir Sacred (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.46977

Composed by Greg Gilpin. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Sacred. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-46977. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46977).

UPC: 038081536262. English. Words by Folliott S. Pierpoint.

Over 100 years after his death, this beloved text from Folliott S. Pierpoint lives on in a gorgeous new choral setting. Greg Gilpin's artistry and skill shine through as each voice part takes a turn with the long legato melody and warm harmonies envelop the ear. An optional flute obbligato is available free online.

About Alfred Choral Designs

Th e Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: CF.CM9549

Composed by Michael John Trotta. Fold. Mjts. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CM9549. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9549).

ISBN 9781491150818. UPC: 680160908318. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.

Make Space for Life to Live by Michael John Trotta offers captivating, expansive melodies interwoven with a piano accompaniment that makes subtle allusions to the main theme. Its mesmerizing text resonates with the singer and the audience. Appropriate for concert or festival use throughout the year, this piece is also available for SA voices (CM9274), TB Voices (CM9283) and SAB voices (CM9289).
Editor's NoteAbout the WorkMake Space for Life to Live features expansive, yet accessible vocal lines perfect for choirs of all abilities and sizes. It offers compelling melodies and singable vocal lines interwoven with a piano accompaniment that makes subtle allusions to the main theme.About the TextThe text for this work was written while on an extended seashore retreat several years ago. It was the product of many long walks looking out into the vastness of the sea. It was a time in my life that was immediately preceded by great personal loss and turmoil. It was in that silence and space I was able to reconnect to that still, small voice within that reminded me that I was merely a part of something much bigger than myself. The text that was hewn from that experience is a reflection on the importance of allowing space in my daily life to experience the simple joys that every moment has to offer.Optional NarrationRegardless of race or creed the abundance that is found in the reality of the present moment is augmented by regular exposure to the arts. The capricious nature of time in the age of immediacy is that it is entirely flexible. Experience suggests that exposure to natural beauty, such as watching a sunrise unravel over the sea or a cloud formation sweep through a mountain range, allows an individual to feel part of something greater than themselves. Music has the ability to take time and slow it down, revealing to the participant their part in the whole. Taking part in choral music, whether as an audience member, singer, conductor or composer is an opportunity to slow down time long enough to allow the beauty of life to catch up with you.

Vocal soli, SATB choir, orchestra (solos: TTB - choir: SST(A)TBB - 2.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.0. - vl.2va.vc/db)

SKU: BR.EOS-8047-15

Requiem. Composed by Andre Campra. Edited by Jean-Paul Montagnier. Choir; Softcover. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Mass; Requiem; Baroque. Part. 24 pages. Duration 55'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EOS 8047-15. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EOS-8047-15).

ISBN 9790004789735. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.

Among Campra's Latin works, the ,Messe de mort' is perhaps one of the more successful and today it is one of the more frequently performed. It is also the most enigmatic score of his entire output. Despite extensive researches, no evidence of any sort has yet been brought to light to document its origin, purpose, date of composition, first performance or reception. A stylistic analysis indubitably supports the contention that the ,Messe de mort' is a late work, composed perhaps between 1722 and 1729.
The present edition is based on the manuscript from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Paris). It it the oldest known source of the work. The very few errors have been corrected.
(Jean-Paul Montagnier) Vokalensemble Stuttgart und den Kammerchor des Kopernikus-Gymnasiums Wasseralfingen. Fur diese beiden ganz unterschiedlichen Chorformationen hat Martin Smolka 2012 auch gezielt seine Partitur angelegt. Biografisch ist das Agnus Dei eine Art kleines Requiem fur seinen kurz zuvor verstorbenen Vater. Das liturgische Agnus Dei rahmt den deutschen Text Eh das Madchen entschlief ... der bei Auffuhrungen in anderen Landern durch eine Ubersetzung ersetzt werden soll.

Der SWR-Redakteur Hans-Peter Jahn schreibt dazu im Programmheft: Die fur Smolka typischen minimalistischen Taktzellen schaffen eine archaische Sinnlichkeit. Eine einfache und zugleich streng gebaute Vokalmusik mit Tiefenwirkung.

Nac h der Urauffuhrung war die Esslinger Zeitung hellauf begeistert: Smolka ist ein Meister der Stimmbehandlung und der chorischen Klanggestaltung. Im Zentrum des Stucks gerat die Musik zum Stillstand: im leisen gleichmassigen Summen uber dem plotzlich fortissimo ein tschechisches Kinderlied erklingt eines das der Vater seinen Kindern haufig vorgesungen hat. Das alles war sehr beruhrend. Und eigentlich noch mehr als das. My father PhDr. Jaroslav Smolka (1933-2011) was a leading Czech musicologist author of books Czech Cantata and Oratorium Fuga in Czech Music Smetana's Orchestra Music Smetana's Vocal Music monography of Jan Dismas Zelenka and many others. He was a legendary teacher of Music History at Prague Music Academy critic recording producer composer; for almost 50 years he was an important and highly respected personality of Prague musical life.
My father devoted a lot of time and energy to musical education and activities of my sister and me using often quite original methods such as teaching of intervals and counterpoint through Bartok's Microcosmos ear training filling all imaginable moments of everyday life or lessons of harmony analysis starting with Overture to Tristan and Musorgsky's Catacombs. The Martinu song Wondering Maiden was his solo number in our home vocal productions which he used to sing with amazing devotion while his huge voice was audible in several neighboring streets.
My Agnus Dei is closely bound to all this history e.g. by using canon and preferring beauty of dissonant seconds like Bartok or quoting Martinu and his refined neoclassical harmony. Father would be probably a bit critical about the minimalistic monotony of the main body of the piece. Nevertheless firstly he would improvise a short lecture of history of Agnus Dei in Requiem in Czech Music naming by heart many dates and all examples of changes of order of the traditional text by composers. Examples would be sung probably.
(Martin Smolka).

SATB choir

SKU: PR.UE037207

Fur gemischten Chor SSATB a capella. Composed by Max Beckschafer. With Standard notation. Universal Edition #UE037207. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE037207).

Beckschafer has spent his musical life in and around Munich. He studied organ, piano, and choral conducting, served as a cantor for several years, and has taught music theory at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater M?nchen from 1988 to 2001. He has since been teaching at the Hochschule fur Musik Augsburg-Nurnberg (through 2007) and then at Nurnberg. We have previously released his Five Christmas Motets and Five Motets for Passiontide. Composed for standard church use, his Missa brevis in A minor is well-suited to an experienced chorus of mixed voices, unaccompanied.

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 Orchestra

SKU: HL.14012063

Composed by George Dyson. Music Sales America. Classical. Part. 204 pages. Music Sales #NOV953139. Published by Music Sales (HL.14012063).

9.0x11.75x0.939 inches.

Dyso n's sumptuous choral epic of 1938, subtitled 'A Cycle of Poems', charts man's journey through life and the afterlife, using a collage of English poems. Quo Vadis is a work that, in its aim, design and achievement, reaches for visionary heights. Right from the start, Dyson's harmonic language and skilful orchestration are completely at the service of his beautiful and carefully crafted libretto. The composer fervently believed in the English choral movement's need for practical, tuneful and lively music. Quo Vadis, with its colourful orchestration and fine melodies, demonstrates the effectiveness of this aestheticapproach. Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra, this major, yet often overlooked piece lasts about 90 minutes in 9 movements.

Sir George Dyson was a well-known English musician and composer of the 20th century. His compositions include a symphony in G major, a violin concerto, and a number of other works, many of them for choir. Apart from his musical career,Dyson was involved with the military during WWI - his handbook on grenade-fighting techniques became the standard Army text for many years.

SATB choir with organ accompaniement

SKU: MN.CH-1373

Composed by Dale Jergenson. 21st Century. Laurendale Associates #CH-1373. Published by Laurendale Associates (MN.CH-1373).

UPC: 765844006228. Latin.

This Mass of Acceptance is dedicated to Bill Beck and the choir at St. Cyril's because of their unflagging support for me during my time of grief and sorrow after Phyllis, my wife of nearly 54 years passed away in March of 2011. In spite of continuing heartache that is abating over time, I have come to understand that my life must go on if for no other reason than to respect her commitment to love and affection for the many people she touched throughout her long and productive life. By continuing to write music I feel I am respecting her support for me whatever my artistic aspirations. I will continue for so long as I shall live to express my deepest sense of veneration and homage for her through music, poetry, art and wherever else this muse may lead me. -Dale Jergenson.

Chorus a cappella

SKU: BR.CHB-5381-00

Composed by Howard Arman. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Song; Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Choral score. 80 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5381-00. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5381-00).

ISBN 9790004413821. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. English.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.