Threshold of Night (a setting one of Kathleen Raine's Three Poems of Incarnation) was commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge and was premièred under the direction of David Hill in the College chapel on 25th November 2006. Written for Advent, the work aims to highlight the yearning that all societies have, in their time of need, for guidance from beyond their community. By coincidence, however, this composition was completed on the eve of 29th August 2006, one year after Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest in the history of the United States, made landfall in Louisiana. Looking at Raine's words in this context ('Go back, my child, to the rain and storm', 'I will not go back for sorrow or pain'), the poem can be seen to echo the conflicted and anguished thoughts of displaced New Orleanians. The original Advent sense ofdesired guidance takes on a specific, if unintentional, significance with regards to the tragic outcome of that hurricane - this is emphasized by the bluesinflectedharmonies found throughout Threshold of Night . / SATB

A walking bass line, built on the blues scale, hints at jazz in the introduction of this fantastically fun arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Each of three verses develops further as the piece grows to its exciting final chords. An acoustic or electric bass part is included in the publication. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Le ' Songs de boucle ' par Bertrand Gröger (Jazzchor Freiburg) sont des exercices de choeur moderne pour tous les groupes SATB. Initialement conçu comme faire chauffer le moteur ou à assouplir les répétitions de répertoire, beaucoup de chansons est également utilisables comme les chansons de concert. Les 44 compositions, divisées en / Choeur Mixte (SATB)