PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Virga Jesse

A cappella,SATB choir

SKU: GI.G-005834

Composed by Brett C Ballard. Christmas, Epiphany, Advent 4 Year A. Tune Name: Graduale Romanum. Sacred. Octavo. GIA Publications #005834. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-005834).

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The striking choral writing will instantly touch you in this succinct and moving interpretation of Virga Jesse Floruit (The rod of Jesse has blossomed) by Kentucky composer Brett Ballard. The haunting opening choral statement in E-minor seamlessly leads to an unmetered unison chant section in G mixolydian mode. An ingenious two-subject canon follows in a musical dialogue between the higher voices and the lower voices in B-flat minor. The two choral closing statements bring us back to the original tonality and musically paint the phrase ima summis . . . (reconciling in himself the lowest with the highest). The work concludes as calmly as it began. Quite a journey in thirty measures!

By Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Arranged by Barrail Benoit. Saxophone quartet. For 1 Soprano Saxophone, 1 Alto Saxophone, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone. Classical, Chamber Music. Grade 3. Score and set of parts. 16 pages (score); 35 pages (parts). Published by FLEX Editions

Christmas Motets by John Rutter (1945-). For SATB choir accompanied and a cappella. Mixed Voices. Oxford Choral Classics Collections. Sacred. Vocal score. 128 pages. Published by Oxford University Press

By Mansfield University Concert Choir. By Various. For chorus. Mark Records. DVD. Duration 69:02. Published by Mark Custom Music

By Archer and Cleobury. For Choral Collection: Mixed Choir. Published by Oxford University Press.

SKU: CA.1002600

Composed by Johann Schelle. Edited by Arne Thielemann. Weihnachtl. Einlagesatze Zum Magnificat. Sacred vocal music, Christmas. Full score. 24 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 10.026/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1002600).

ISBN 9790007186869.

In the period around 1700, numerous settings of the Magnificat were performed in the main Leipzig churches. Works by composers such as J. Kuhnau and G. P. Telemann survive; however, the best-known examples are undoubtedly the Magnificat BWV 243 and 243a by J. S. Bach, the 'extra' movements for the latter which exist in Bach's own hand. Following a long-established Leipzig tradition, the vocal settings of Vom Himmel hoch, Freut euch und jubiliert, Gloria in excelsis and Virga Jesse floruit (known as the Kindl-Wiegen) could be inserted between the verses of the Magnificat at Christmas. Some of these are scored for festive forces. These extra movements in C major published here for the first time, and attributed to Johann Schelle, can be performed either together with a Magnificat setting in a suitable key (e.g. by Kuhnau, Telemann) or independently.

Composed by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Chamber Music. Music for Multiple Trombones. Sacred, Romantic. Duration 5:00. Published by Wimbledon/Trigram Music Inc. (WT.W1120).