Vesi Võsyy Lumen Alle-One of the biggest hits of all music composed for the Tapiola Choir based on the Kalevala melody in the Finnish folk tradition. Finnish and English texts. Available: SSAA Instrumental Score and Parts String Parts.

Aunu Aunu Balti Kajas-The second selection from a set of Five Latvian Folk Songs this song tells of a young woman picking the whitest of garden roses for a wreath. Its rhythmic 2/4 is playful with off-the-beat accents strewn in and the melody line weaving through the four-part women's arrangement. Featured in the 2001 National ACDA concert this makes a fine festival or competition selection. Moderately difficult. Available: SSAA a cappella.

Rise My Soul is a traditional folk hymn arranged for intermediate to advanced women's voices. The use of melodic lines and fragments as the basis for the counterpoint make this work singable and compelling. Will be a joyful addition to your program.

The Dream Of Gerontius was composed in 1900 for the Birmingham Music Festival. It was a large-scale work for chorus soloists and orchestra setting a poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman. The section of the text beginning Praise To The Holiest had already been set and popularised to an Anglican hymn tune but Elgar shunned this version preferring to write his own melody. This has been arranged here for female chorus with Piano accompaniment. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is one of England’s best-known and most-loved composers. He was self-taught as composer coming from outside the musical and social establishment whichallowed his music to be fresh and unencumbered.

The traditional text with spiritual roots has been adapted by the composer. With an unadorned melody set in a simple but beautiful musical language with open transparent harmonies this music can be sung well by groups of many different abilities and in many situations. Duration: 3:00.