SKU: AP.49664

UPC: 038081567518. English. Words by John Kendrick Bangs.

Choral educators agree, canon singing works! So, we're always on the lookout to expand our repertoire of rounds. Here's a truly unique minor-key canon on a mature (and musical) text with multi-age appeal. Easy to teach and satisfying to sing, it quickly stacks up to sound impressive. Practice or perform with the optional chamber music instrumentation SoundTrax. I have a song within my heart. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: WD.080689647178

UPC: 080689647178.

Songs have forever been at the heart of God’s Church. They help build our faith, tell of the rich, full, grace of our Savior, and speak of our devotion and allegiance to Him; songs express our thoughts and feelings and needs in a way that mere words never can. Songs allow us to lift our voice to declare that He alone is worthy of our praise, He alone is the one true God and King, and He alone has provided a way to salvation for a lost and dying world. The songs included in this new Word Music & Church Resources Choral Collection are Songs the Church Loves to Sing! Across decades, styles and sounds have changed, but the impact songs have on God’s people is undeniable and unmistakable. Through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, a lexicon of Christian songs took their place beside the time-honored hymns of the church, songs that became the voice of new generations of believers, songs that the church still loves to sing. This Choral Collection, arranged and orchestrated by Marty Parks, is a tribute to those songs. We hope and believe this church music resource will find its place in your church music library and will be used as a tool of outreach and ministry to proclaim your love and adoration for the Lord, giving voice to people everywhere; a voice with which to keep singing these Songs the Church Loves to Sing!

SKU: PE.EP71816A

ISBN 9790577020402. 420 x 297mm inches. English. Rumi Rumi; translation by Andrew Harvey.

Love Abide encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual devotion in a world populated by a rich diversity of faiths--all feeling, as deeply and as aesthetically, the compelling potency of music with love.

A rich offering on a theme of interfaith connectivity. The Japanese lullaby-inspired Zen Love Song and the title work Love Abide are totally absorbing.

BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars

With its outspoken positive approach, Love Abide is like a musical bouquet of healing herbs. Roxana Panufnuik's beautifully crafted music is inventive and truly enjoyable. The Colla Voce Singers produce singing of exceptional quality, with impressive control and a very good balance.

Remy Franck, www.pizzicato.lu, 5 stars

If I had to choose a 'glass-half-full' contemporary composer, then Roxanna Panufnik would be near the top of my list. Her Music exudes openness and inclusivity, and it is in the choral settings where hope and positivity - two words that lie at the heart of her work - are most keenly felt. ... much of her recent work can be seen to be built on the solid foundations laid down on this impressively varied and diverse collection. A music of hope in dark and troubled times.

Pwyll ap Sion, Gramophone Magazine.



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SKU: XC.UTP2403E

10.5 x 6.75 inches.

One Voice encourages listeners and vocalists alike to recognize the ripple effect an individual voice can have in this world. This lovely piece is a sweet way to introduce simple harmony in a partner song structure, while inspiring all to boldly share our hearts with one another. All it takes is One Voice, breaking through the silence, all it takes is One Voice singing loud and clear!.

SKU: PR.114418410

ISBN 9781491133644. UPC: 680160641932. 9 x 12 inches.

Stormy, Husky, Brawling takes its name from the 4th line of the poem Chicago, written by Carl Sandburg in 1916 when Chicago was the heart of the meatpacking and railroad industries. When bass trombonist Sun He commissioned Garrop, he mentioned a deep love for Chicago, adding, “I remember the first time I walked on the street in Chicago, by the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt, and how I felt the energy of this city almost brought my blood to a boil...” Those images inspired Garrop to write a piece that conveys the beating pulse of the city, as well as its grandeur.
Stormy, Husky, Brawling takes its name from the 4th line of the poem Chicago, written by the American poet Carl Sandburg. Dating from 1916, the city of Chicago at that time served as the heart of the meatpacking and railroad industries. The poem’s lines mingle the dark underbelly of the city:And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women                      and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.with immense pride felt by its inhabitants:        Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive          and course and strong and cunning.As a Chicagoan myself, I find much of Sandburg’s unabashed view of the city very appealing and still relevant over a hundred years later.When bass trombonist Sun He commissioned me for a solo trombone piece, he mentioned his deep love for Chicago. He wrote to me in an email:“I remember the first time I walked on the street in Chicago, by the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt, and how I felt the energy of this city almost brought my blood to a boil...”His words inspired me to write a piece that conveys the beating pulse of the city, as well as its grandeur. Carl Sandburg’s poem became the perfect inspiration to tell the story of the pride Sun He and I have for Chicago.Sun He has dedicated Stormy, Husky, Brawling to Jane Addams and the Hull House of Chicago. Ms. Addams (1860-1935) was a distinguished sociologist, social worker, philosopher, and author, who opened the Hull House in 1889. She provided many services to immigrant families at the Hull House, including kindergarten, day care, an employment bureau, and classes in English, citizenship, music, theater, and the arts.

SKU: ST.Y330

ISBN 9790220224904.

The words and music of Ruthie Thomas proclaim the power of Christ in our world, through a distinctive voice and vision blending African-Caribbean, jazz, soul and calypso styles. Singing in her father's Pentecostal Church was an important part of her childhood, preparing the ground for her vocation to offer the Lord's praises through her very special gifts as performer and songwriter. Her message flows from the heart, affirming the good tidings of faith and of the Bible as balm and inspiration for all believers.

SKU: GI.G-10226

SKU: PE.EP73595

ISBN 9790577021775. English.

Jonatha n Dove's Treasures in Heaven is a 6.5 minute work for organ and SATB choir which sets Matthew 6:19–21 from the Bible, a text that exhorts the reader to gather treasures in heaven rather than on earth since where the treasure is, there will also be our hearts. The energetic piece is driven from the organ part with the choir singing in rhythmic but homophonic blocks.

It was commissioned by Lord Crewe's Charity on the occasion of its tercentenary, in memory of the life and charitable foundation of Nathanial, Lord Crewe and premiered by the Choir of Durham Cathedral on 18 September 2021.

This edition (EP 73595) is the choral leaflet, which includes the organ part.

SKU: HL.379623

ISBN 9781705151334. UPC: 196288018094. 6.75x10.5x0.034 inches. Ephesians 3:17-18, I John 3:1, Romans 5:8.

Buoyant with hopefulness, this joyful anthem in 6/8 rises and falls in waves of assurance. A fluid accompaniment provides an impressionistic element as the refreshing images of sacred water flow freely from the anthem to the heart of the listener. Unison singing establishes confidence with pleasing harmonies adding their magic to the mix. This sacred selection is a welcome addition to music for baptisms or services of renewal.

SKU: WD.080689609237

UPC: 080689609237.

A popular CCM song from Matt Maher, the anthem What a Friend, is a great way to get your congregation clapping and singing in one accord! Tying in the old hymn of the same name, this anthem is exciting, fresh, and proclaims the Good News of Jesus’ faithfulness– East to West, our sins are gone! Forever and ever His heart is our home!

SKU: CY.CC3011

ISBN 9790530058312.

The composer's description of this fascinating, expressive and unique work:
I wrote this piece after being inspired by the poem 'Colours' by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, an older contemporary poet who was of Russian heritage [recently deceased]. This coincided - of course - with the loss of my 'heart's desire'. I wrote one melodic note for each syllable of the English translation of the text. I came up with the melody in the left hand of the piano with right hand playing chords/lines above it. I re-wrote the chordal parts for the guitar [my true instrument] with the idea of a low voice singing the words below the guitar part. It seems the melody was not singable! However, I did not want to change it- I thought the melody was exactly as it should be.
This work is about 3 minutes in length and appropriate for advanced performers.

SKU: ST.Y219

ISBN 9790220221415.

Musi c for two pianos is among the most satisfying of collaborative genres, and Rhian Samuel has caught its spirit of verve and playfulness in her new Serenade Duo. Repartee between the pianists drives this effervescent score from mysterious beginnings, in which the serenade alternates with fleet, toccata-like material, through crosstalk growing ever more boisterous until the serenade itself is heard in a singing statement 'molto rubato'. An up-tempo conclusion in a flurry of scales returns enigmatically to the mood of the opening. Serenade Duo is of just over five minutes' duration, and was premiered by Dimitris Barydis and Petros Moschos on 13 February 2005 at the Purcell Room.

SKU: FG.55011-604-7

ISBN 9790550116047.

Ann- Elise Hannikainen (1946-2012) was born in Hanko, Southern Finland, but lived mainly abroad, her father working as diplomat. Her grandfather's father was P.J. Hannikainen, the head of a prominent Finnish musical family. Ann-Elise's attraction to music was first found at age of five, when her family, then living in Warsaw, bought a grand piano. Hannikainen started to study piano playing at the Sibelius Academy in 1967, but rheumatoid arthritis prevented her from pursuing a carrier as a concert pianist. In 1972 she moved to Madrid and started to study composition with Ernesto Halffter Ercriche, a student of Manuel de Falla. Hannikainen advanced quickly in her career, and her piano concerto was premiered in Helsinki Festival in 1976. Her composing style evolved into luminous melodies, free atonal harmonies and improvisatory forms. Chachara (1980) is her first composition for solo instrument and piano, and it was also Hannikainen's last work to be premiered during her lifetime. The flute has the main role shifting between virtuosic and bel canto modes. The window of love, a distinct section of tonal harmony and singing melody was typical in many of Hannikainen's compositions. In Chachara this confession of love is heard in the middle of the piece (Molto moderato). In January 1981 Chachara was recognized in Barcelona with the first prize in the competition for young composers.

SKU: P2.30124

Composer Lori F. Ardovino says, Sessionography: A description of various musical sessions. This piece for solo bass clarinet is in three movements. The first movement, King Super 20, is inspired by the artistry of Charlie Parker. The fast improvisatory runs represent his virtuosic technique. A quasi 'walking bass' can be heard between the sudden bursts of notes. The title of this work is the brand of saxophone that Parker mainly played. Composition No. 2 is inspired by the free jazz style of Anthony Braxton. His music is free improvisation based and named by Braxton 'creative music'. Extended techniques such as flutter tonguing and singing while playing add to the creative process and the flavor of Braxton's style. The name comes from similar titles for works by Braxton. The final movement, Just Groovin', is what Miles Davis' composition Move was dubbed by jazz critics. This movement is inspired by the rhythmic style and free improvisation style of this bebop tune..

SKU: WD.080689528170

UPC: 080689528170.

Si ng Christmas!, created by David Wise, with vocal arrangements adapted for Unison/2-Part choirs by David Wise and Sarah Huffman, is sure to bring a joy-filled Christmas celebration to your choir and congregation. Christmas is synonymous with music, and Christmas carols are a well-loved, common theme shared by believers everywhere. This new musical from The Very Simply Word Series is a Christmas carol-driven musical, featuring some of everyone's most beloved songs of the season, all highlighted by heartwarming narration designed to create a perfect setting for both enjoying and singing together your favorite carols, as you Sing Christmas!!

SKU: BP.BP122

James Weldon Johnson.

Winner of Honorable Mention in the 2020 King's Singers New Music Prize, Marianne Forman's sparkling music sets James Weldon Johnson's text about singing through adversity: ...and if the way grows darker still, shadowed by Sorrow's somber wing, with glad defiance in my throat, I pierce the darkness with a note, and sing..., ...no nights are dark, no days are long, while in my heart there swells a song, and I can sing. Deeply encouraging, and suitable for a variety of performance situations, especially as choirs work through the events of 2020. Also available for SATB.