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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Christmas Cantata in eight movements
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1288208 By Bennett Rabiega. By Bennett Rabiega. Arranged by Bennett Rabiega. Advent,Christian,Chri...
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1288208 By Bennett Rabiega. By Bennett Rabiega. Arranged by Bennett Rabiega. Advent,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Religious. Score and Parts. 273 pages. Bennett A Rabiega #863238. Published by Bennett A Rabiega (A0.1288208). This is a Christmas cantata in 8 movements based on the classic hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and prophecy on the coming of the Messiah from the book of Isaiah. The piece is composed for SATB choir, soloists, and an orchestra of 1 Flute, 1 Soprano Saxophone, 1 Trumpet, 1 Trombone, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Drums). A reduced orchestration is available, as is a vocal score with piano accompaniment. This is the full orchestration, including the vocal score and all instrumental parts. 1) Prelude (instrumental) / 2) Interlude: A Shoot Will Come Out / 3) He Will Delight / 4) Interlude: Therefore, The Lord Himself / 5) Unto Us A Child Is Born / 6) Interlude: Of The Increase / 7) See, I Lay A Stone In Zion / 8) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Finale)
$249.95
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Christmas Cantata in eight movements
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Bennett Rabiega
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1288209 By Bennett Rabiega. By Bennett Rabiega. Arranged by Bennett Rabiega. Advent,Christian,Chri...
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1288209 By Bennett Rabiega. By Bennett Rabiega. Arranged by Bennett Rabiega. Advent,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Religious. Score and Parts. 188 pages. Bennett A Rabiega #863240. Published by Bennett A Rabiega (A0.1288209). This is a Christmas cantata in 8 movements based on the classic hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and prophecy on the coming of the Messiah from the book of Isaiah. The piece is composed for SATB choir, soloists, and a reduced orchestration for a C Instrument, a B-flat instrument, piano, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and drums. A full orchestration of the piece is also available, as is the vocal score with piano accompaniment. This reduced score contains the vocal score and individual instrumental parts. 1) Prelude (instrumental) / 2) Interlude: A Shoot Will Come Out / 3) He Will Delight / 4) Interlude: Therefore, The Lord Himself / 5) Unto Us A Child Is Born / 6) Interlude: Of The Increase / 7) See, I Lay A Stone In Zion / 8) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Finale)
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Fauré: Pavane Op. 50 for Piano Sextet
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Gabriel Faure
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.550171 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Holiday,Romantic Period,Standards....
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.550171 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Holiday,Romantic Period,Standards. 29 pages. Jmsgu3 #4597213. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.550171). Pavane * павана * パヴァーム* Παβάνε * פ×ב×× ×” * Gabriel Fauré, Op. 50. Duration ca. 5:10Gabriel Fauré's Pavane Op. 50 is a short work originally composed for piano in 1887 but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and chorus. The piece is a pavane, a slow processional court dance that took hold in Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries and which the aristocracy used as a showcase for fancy ball gowns and ceremonial feasts. The piece's stately pace, which lends the melody its halting grace, has much to do with its frequently cited calming effect. Although Fauré described the report as carefully crafted but not otherwise important, it has become one of his most famous and commonly performed works. The Pavane is a typically frank and straightforward piece of music by Fauré, and it is around seven minutes long. The restrained use of harmony creates a delightful air of subtlety and simplicity. The piece has been reused by other composers, such as Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte. The Pavane Op. 50 speaks directly to the heart in its calm and collected manner. Fauré's Pavane has been used in popular culture in various ways. The piece's melody is well-known worldwide for its frequent use in films, advertising, and sporting events like the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which the BBC covered using the Pavane. The piece has also been used in popular music, with pop artists like Eric Clapton and Jon Lord using Pavan-inspired themes in songs and instrumental compositions. The Pavane Op. 50 has been featured in several films, including The Conformist (1970), The Great Beauty (2013), and The King's Speech (2010). The piece has also been used in television shows like The Crown (2016). The Pavane Op. 50 has been arranged for various instruments, including guitar, harp, and cello. The piece's haunting musical qualities that percolate directly from the orchestra through the chorus in a straight line of solemnity and reverence have made it a standard part of the concert repertoire.
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Requiem-CV19 (10-minute musical presentation) (Vocal Quartet - (SATB)
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.628795 Composed by Stephen DeCesare. 20th Century,Contemporary,Film/TV,Opera. Score and parts. 43 ...
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.628795 Composed by Stephen DeCesare. 20th Century,Contemporary,Film/TV,Opera. Score and parts. 43 pages. Exultet Music #6230563. Published by Exultet Music (A0.628795). A ten-minute musical presentation about the pandemic that has swept the world over. First movement: Covid 19: starts off on New Year's Eve of 2019 and progresses into a more dramatic turn when the Covid 19 pandemic hit the world. Second movement: Mask/Anti-Mask: One of the hottest topics in today's headlines: To Mask or Not to Mask. This piece comes out as a canon on four viewpoints on the subject. Third Movement: The Lord Is My Shepherd: for all those lives that were lost due to the pandemic. Can be performed live or virtually. Scored for a Vocal Quartet (SATB), Timpani, Violin, Cymbals and Piano accompaniment. .
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Little Laser Lady for chamber orchestra
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580943 Composed by David Warin Solomons. Arranged by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts....
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580943 Composed by David Warin Solomons. Arranged by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts. 27 pages. David Warin Solomons #2028843. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580943). This is from a suite of pieces written variously for recorder orchestra and for chamber orchestra The five movements are: 1 Meinau Rag 2 An Amble round Mercury 3 Pretty How Town 4 Landscape before sunrise 5 Little Laser Lady Each movement has its own story and reflects various places where the composer has lived or poems that have inspired him: Meinau Rag was written in honour of his 8 month stay in La Meinau, a suburb of Strasbourg, while teaching English at the nearby Hotellery School - it was one of several ragtimes, a style he experimented with on the guitar at that time. An Amble round Mercury refers to the pond and associated statue of Mercury in the centre of Tom Quad at his college, Christ Church Oxford. The ostinato theme is one that he has used on many pieces and was originally written to accompany a setting from the Book of Elijah - and in that day thou shalt say O Lord - in his college days. Pretty How Town, a perky and rhythmically complex piece, is based on the poem - anyone lived in a pretty how town by e.e.cummings. The more laid back Landscape before sunrise is based on a setting of many ways in which the world says Goodnight and is inspired by the view from the composer's 18th floor flat in Aldgate East overlooking a multicultural population. The rhythms of the original song Goodnight follow the phrases in each language: Good Night, buona notte, gute Nacht, kali nykhta, oyasumi nasai, nos da...etc Little Laser Lady, an upbeat end to the suite, is based on a poem by a friend of the composer, whose girlfriend (and wife to be) would always visit him in her Laser (a make of car in Australia) (She is the sun in the afternoon, she is the night's familiar, she comes on a beam of yellow gold light......) The orchestration is: Piccolo [except in the 4th movement], 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Clarinet, Bassoon and string orchestra including double bass. The pdf file contains the score and separate parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview. Also available: all the scores together under the title Sweet 4 chamber orchestra.
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An amble round Mercury for chamber orchestra
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580941 Composed by David Warin Solomons. Arranged by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts....
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580941 Composed by David Warin Solomons. Arranged by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts. 23 pages. David Warin Solomons #2028841. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580941). This is from a suite of pieces written variously for recorder orchestra and for chamber orchestra The five movements are: 1 Meinau Rag 2 An Amble round Mercury 3 Pretty How Town 4 Landscape before sunrise 5 Little Laser Lady Each movement has its own story and reflects various places where the composer has lived or poems that have inspired him: Meinau Rag was written in honour of his 8 month stay in La Meinau, a suburb of Strasbourg, while teaching English at the nearby Hotellery School - it was one of several ragtimes, a style he experimented with on the guitar at that time. An Amble round Mercury refers to the pond and associated statue of Mercury in the centre of Tom Quad at his college, Christ Church Oxford. The ostinato theme is one that he has used on many pieces and was originally written to accompany a setting from the Book of Elijah - and in that day thou shalt say O Lord - in his college days. Pretty How Town, a perky and rhythmically complex piece, is based on the poem - anyone lived in a pretty how town by e.e.cummings. The more laid back Landscape before sunrise is based on a setting of many ways in which the world says Goodnight and is inspired by the view from the composer's 18th floor flat in Aldgate East overlooking a multicultural population. The rhythms of the original song Goodnight follow the phrases in each language: Good Night, buona notte, gute Nacht, kali nykhta, oyasumi nasai, nos da...etc Little Laser Lady, an upbeat end to the suite, is based on a poem by a friend of the composer, whose girlfriend (and wife to be) would always visit him in her Laser (a make of car in Australia) (She is the sun in the afternoon, she is the night's familiar, she comes on a beam of yellow gold light......) The orchestration is: Piccolo [except in the 4th movement], 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Clarinet, Bassoon and string orchestra including double bass. The pdf file contains the score and separate parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview. Also available: all the scores together under the title Sweet 4 chamber orchestra.
$15.00
Landscape before sunrise for chamber orchestra
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580942 Composed by David Warin Solomons. Arranged by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts....
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580942 Composed by David Warin Solomons. Arranged by Colin Bayliss. 20th Century. Score and parts. 15 pages. David Warin Solomons #2028849. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580942). This is from a suite of pieces written variously for recorder orchestra and for chamber orchestra The five movements are: 1 Meinau Rag 2 An Amble round Mercury 3 Pretty How Town 4 Landscape before sunrise 5 Little Laser Lady Each movement has its own story and reflects various places where the composer has lived or poems that have inspired him: Meinau Rag was written in honour of his 8 month stay in La Meinau, a suburb of Strasbourg, while teaching English at the nearby Hotellery School - it was one of several ragtimes, a style he experimented with on the guitar at that time. An Amble round Mercury refers to the pond and associated statue of Mercury in the centre of Tom Quad at his college, Christ Church Oxford. The ostinato theme is one that he has used on many pieces and was originally written to accompany a setting from the Book of Elijah - and in that day thou shalt say O Lord - in his college days. Pretty How Town, a perky and rhythmically complex piece, is based on the poem - anyone lived in a pretty how town by e.e.cummings. The more laid back Landscape before sunrise is based on a setting of many ways in which the world says Goodnight and is inspired by the view from the composer's 18th floor flat in Aldgate East overlooking a multicultural population. The rhythms of the original song Goodnight follow the phrases in each language: Good Night, buona notte, gute Nacht, kali nykhta, oyasumi nasai, nos da...etc Little Laser Lady, an upbeat end to the suite, is based on a poem by a friend of the composer, whose girlfriend (and wife to be) would always visit him in her Laser (a make of car in Australia) (She is the sun in the afternoon, she is the night's familiar, she comes on a beam of yellow gold light......) The orchestration is: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Clarinet, Bassoon and string orchestra including double bass. The pdf file contains the score and separate parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview. Also available: all the scores together under the title Sweet 4 chamber orchestra.
$15.00
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