Par SMITH PAUL. Written for SATB choir and piano, with optional audience participation, Pas de deux is a work consisting of five movements by Paul Smith, the co-founder of VOCES8 and author of The VOCES8 Method. The movements can be performed individually or as one complete work. Pas de deux is inspired by the dance duet found in ballet, and the music takes the duet element of the dance to create a relationship between the performers and audience, enabling interaction between them and giving the option for performers and audience to make music together. Suitable for all ages, this piece offers opportunities both to create and to perform, informed by Paul Smith’s expertise in leading participatory music events with hundreds of thousands of people around the world. A five-movement work inspired by the dance, pas de deux Incorporates a wide range of musical styles, from contemporary classical to traditional Zulu Encourages a musical interaction between performer and audience Suitable for singers (and audiences) of all ages Incorporates well-known themes from the ballets of Tchaikovsky Paul Smith’s Pas de deux is part of the Edition Peters Choral Workshop Series. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes SATB et Piano

Les sacrées a cappella des oeuvres chorales de Johannes Brahms figurent parmi les oeuvres romantiques les plus importantes du genre.Cette nouvelle édition est basée sur des sources fiables qui comprennent des manuscrits autographes, les copies de graveur et des premières éditions.La collection contient le 7 op 'Marienlieder'. 22, 'Deux Motets', op. 29, 'Trois Choeurs sacrés' pour voix de femmes op. 37, 'Deux Motets', op. 74, 'Festund Gedenksprüche' op. 109 et op 'Trois Motets'. 110. Tous sacrées a cappella oeuvres chorales en un volume Autorité édition savante critique Informatif avantpropos (Ger / Eng) Commentaire critique (Eng) Commentaire critique détaillée (Ger) disponible en téléchargement / Choeur A Cappella

Par HOFMANN LEOPOLD. 'Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live' is one of the central biblical texts dealing with the transitoriness of human existence. Leopold Hofmann, Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna from 1772 to 1793, where W. A. Mozart was his church music assistant, also set this strongly expressive text. Hofmann's setting, in C minor, offers an austere harmony, characterized by suspensions in a homophonic, through-composed four-part vocal setting (soloists or SATB choir), reinforced only by two trombones and organ continuo. Four concise instrumental transitional passages between the individual verses relieve the pathos laden Viennese church style of this composition. With its tragic air, in some passages it closely resembles Mozart's Requiem K. 626. For this first edition, the two trombone parts are available both in the original clef and in alto clef. The figured bass has been realized so that the piece can also be performed without trombones, with only organ accompaniment. For a performance this piece could easily be combined with the Salve Regina by Pietro Cassati (Carus 27.703) from the Vienna series./ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Orchestre