(The Journey from Darkness to Light). By Lloyd Larson; Mary McDonald. For SATB choir, performance CD. Advent, Sacred. Cantata

Chamber Music Flute, Harp, Viola

SKU: PR.114423470

Composed by Shulamit Ran. Set of Score and Parts. 24+12+12+16 pages. Duration 13 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42347. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114423470).

ISBN 9781491137314. UPC: 680160687473.

A commission from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, for any combination of instruments of her choosing, quickly sparked Shulamit Ran to create a trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp. She writes of this instrumentation: “something about its color palette reminded me of the image I have of Santa Fe as a sun-drenched city of warm hues, a thriving arts scene, and a spirit of relaxed tolerance.” In this subtle, yet dramatic work, the instruments begin the journey with distinct, contrasting musical personalities, which gradually begin to coalesce, though not without surprise twists along the road.
Being commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival to create a new work for the major milestone of its 50th anniversary was both an honor and a special delight. My choice of the flute, viola, and harp combination for this composition was reached quickly and almost instinctively, motivated not only because I relished the thought of composing for an instrumental ensemble I had not previously written for, but also because something about its color palette reminded me of the image I have of Santa Fe as a sun-drenched city of warm hues, a thriving arts scene, and a spirit of relaxed tolerance.In All Roads Leading I treat the instruments intermittently as three distinct characters who have their own individual “voices” and musical materials, while at other times they coalesce into a single, more unified entity. In the sections expressive of the instruments’ individual “souls”� ��as I like to call them—the music ranges from the songful, to the impassioned, but also the volatile. In contrast, where all three instruments act as a single entity, the music tends to be highly rhythmic, sometimes dance-like, even angular, and spiky.As the work progresses, the boundaries between these contrasting approaches become deliberately blurrier and more intertwined, perhaps reminding one of a tale with various twists and turns in the plot. And although eschewing a formal recapitulation, various motivic threads as well as emotive “states” are eventually brought full circle, as if to fulfill an intended role that crystallizes only as All Roads Leading plays out its full journey. Simultaneously with the general unwinding and relaxation that is reached nearthe end, a mutation of an earlier more threatening element appears at the very closing of the work, perhaps a reminder that the unknown always lies ahead.

By Elizabeth Alexander. For Men's Chorus (TTBB choir a cappella). Collegiate Repertoire, Community Chorus, Concert Music. Courage, Hardship, Sacred (Worship and Praise), Choral. Moderately Advanced. Octavo. Text language: English. Duration 6 minutes. Published by Seafarer Press

Complete Lyrics for 200 Songs. Lyric Library. Size 6x9 inches. 228 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Choral (Studiotrax CD)

SKU: HL.35029680

(from Season of Wonders). Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee Sacred. Anthem, Christmas Sacred, Christmas/Advent Sacred, Concert, Epiphany, General Worship, Sacred. CD. Duration 195 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.35029680).

UPC: 884088994389. 5.0x5.0x0.185 inches. Joseph M. Martin/Cecil Frances Alexander.

Uses: Epiphany, Christmas, Concert Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2, Matthew 2:9, Isaiah 60:1-3, Revelation 22:16 This classic Epiphany poem is dressed in exquisite new music, bringing the warmth of the Christmas star and the journey of the seekers to life. A lonely melody in minor tells the story with restraint while touching harmonies bring a mysterious quality to the piece. Ending with a final moment of commitment to bring our gifts to the King, this is essential for post-Christmas observances.

The Journey (An Official Theme of the NCAA) by Alan Silvestri. Arranged by Jay Bocook. Score and Parts. Limited Edition Marching Band. Grade 4. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Heather Sorenson. Brookfield Christmas Choral. Advent, Sacred. Octavo. 20 pages. Published by Brookfield Press

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program. This edition: 2016 edition. Theory. Celebrate Theory. Book. 96 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company (FH.TCT06).

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 80 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 80 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 128 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 96 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 88 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 112 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

2016 edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Theory. Book. 80 pages. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company

For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord chart. Gospel and worship. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 295 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

(The Traveling Insect). By Brad Ciechomski. Concert Band. Concert Band; Part(s); Score; SmartMusic. Alfred Concert Band. Grade 3. 276 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(The Traveling Insect). By Brad Ciechomski. Concert Band. Concert Band; Score. Alfred Concert Band. Grade 3. 20 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Thames Journey by Nigel Hess (1953-). Concert Band. For Wind Band. Masterworks; Part(s); Score; Wind Band. Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band Series. 20th Century; Masterwork. Published by Faber Music

Recorder - Intermediate

SKU: MB.30963

Saddle-stitched, Solos and Duets. British Isles. Book. 44 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30963. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30963).

ISBN 9781513468204. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This exceptional collection of 41 truly beautiful airs and ballads from the British Isles offers both well-known tunes by the prolific blind Irish harpist, Turlough Oâ??Carolan and rarely heard melodies by anonymous composers; all have stood the test of time. Arranged for soprano or tenor recorder, these include Oâ??Carolanâ??s classically influenced â??Lord Inchiquinâ? and â??Eleanor Plunkettâ? as well as â??O Gentle Doveâ? and â??Cuckoo Dearâ?â?? both examples of the strong tradition of song in Wales. Among other tunes, the haunting modal melodies of â??The Dark Slender Boyâ? and â??Enchanted Valleyâ? express the melancholic heart and soul of the British Isles.

A few of these songs have taken on a life of their own in modern times. â??Bonny at Mornâ?, a popular traditional tune of northern England and Scotland, was arranged for soprano voice and harp by the 20th century British composer, Benjamin Britten. â??The Skye Boat Songâ? originally recounted Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuartâ??s journey to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the historic Battle of Culloden. Later, the song evolved into a lilting lullaby and was more recently used as the theme song for the popular Outlander television series.

Departing slightly from recorder notation practice, author Marcia Diehl has judiciously arranged these melodies complete with spare slur markings to aid the amateur player in authentically and musically rendering these tunes.

SKU: BR.EB-9387

Composed by Christian Mason. Edition Breitkopf. New music (post-2000); Music post-1945. Set of parts. Composed 2019. Duration 20'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9387. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9387).

ISBN 9790004188576. 0 x 0 inches.

Commissione d by the Kolner Philharmonie (KolnMusik) for the non bthvn projekt 2020 and the Cite de la musique / Philharmonie de Paris Dedicated to Arditti Quartet Each movement of this quartet explores a single state, its lights and its shadows. Each movement, you could say, is a moment . And these moments could last for more or less time without compromising their essential nature. The processes could be extended or compressed, repeated or reversed, but the core ideas - if they are ideas, but maybe they are simply experiences? - are what they are. Despite this, the precise sequence of movements matters a great deal. Heard together they do articulate some kind of linear narrative, maybe even a metaphorical journey (albeit a circular one where the arrival might, who knows, prove to be a new departure). One situation gives way to another and instrumental relationships within the quartet vary, but ultimately the imaginative impulse behind the piece preferences states of unity. Whether or not this unity is expressed texturally - sometimes literal unisons pervade, but not always - there is generally a sense that even seemingly diverse aspects relate to a fundamental condition of concord: a conscious limitation in the pitch structure to spectral emanations of the root notes E-flat and C. At the opening this is unambiguously audible in the perpetual alternation of these two notes in the low cello register. Later the two spectra are woven into a micro-tonal 'double-spectral-mode' (derived from the first 24 partials of the C and E-flat fundamentals), which defines the subtle melodic inflection of the second movement, and the never-quite-chromatic ascending scales of the third. For now this feels like a rich source of melodic possibility, so far only just glimpsed... And why the insistence on E-flat? Probably by way of historical anecdote. Apparently Karl Holz (a member of the Schuppanzigh Quartet) said to Beethoven: We performed your Quartet in E-flat Op. 127 in his [Weber's] honour; he found the Adagio too long; but I told him: Beethoven also has a longer feeling and a longer imagination than anyone standing or not standing today. - Since then, even Linke (another member of the quartet) can no longer stand him: we cannot forgive him for this. Listening again to Op. 127, in light of these comments, I was struck by the opening moment: the unfolding of an E-flat 7th chord over the course of a few bars. Every time I hear it I find myself wishing that Beethoven would have lingered longer there, without resolution or progression, just enjoying that sonority. And maybe - why not? - tune the 7th naturally. And what would it be to stretch that moment into an entire piece? What would Weber think of that?! In the end I was not so extreme in my self-limitation, and other concerns took over, but it was from these thoughts that the composition process began... Lastly, about the title: it comes from a book called 'The Clock of the Long Now' by Stewart Brand, published at the turn of the millennium. It's about the creation of a thousand-year clock to embody the aspiration to thinking in terms of longer time-spans than are presently habitual. If the music of Beethoven embodied a 'longer' feeling and imagination than some of his contemporaries were able to appreciate, what is our relation to time now? Longer or shorter? Maybe it depends who you ask... It's probably more extreme in both directions: attention spans might be diminishing in the digital world, but conversely there is an awareness of distant pasts and potential futures which would have been inconceivable at the time of Beethoven. In any case, the interesting thing is to ponder how societal conditions, assumptions and expectations might - whether consciously or unconsciously - influence the time of art, for listeners and creators alike. And what if time is running out? (Christian Mason)

World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, January 14, 2020.

Composed by Christian Mason. World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, January 14, 2020. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9377. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel