The Flemish School For 4 Voices-The volumes of this expanding series are devoted to a wide range of sacred renaissance motets with Latin texts and contain a mixture of well known and unfamiliar pieces some of which are published for the first time.Allappear in completely new editions by Anthony G. Petti.
My Song Is Love Unknown is a wonderful sacred work set for a solo quartet of singers and SATB choir and is based on John Ireland's well-loved hymn-tune Love Unknown. Alexander L'Estrange expertly takes fragments of Ireland's melody developing interweaving and re-harmonising them to create a powerful ethereal sound-world that perfectly reflects the poem's themes of love sorrow passion death…
For SATB unaccompanied.Let nothing trouble you is a striking and atmospheric setting of a prayer by the Spanish mystic St Teresa of Ãvila. This work is both comforting and meditative reflecting the mood of the text and the music adds a beautifully haunting quality through the use of a murmuring two-note motif widely arching melodies and reflective imitation. Commissioned by The Genesis Foun…
(from The Phantom of the Opera)-The powerful and dramatic song from The Phantom of the Opera in a brilliant a cappella setting! For unaccompanied SATB choir. Performance Time: 4:50.
Be quiet be still listen and hear far away a voice is calling this is the translation of this original work that evokes the wonder and beauty of the country of South Africa. The gentle declaration of the text with subtle movement background drum and rich harmony portray the dignity and culture of the music and the people.
Arvo Pärt's Morning Star composed for mixed choir SATB a cappella. Morning Star is a prayer by the English monk Saint Bede set to music by Arvo Pärt for a mixed a cappella choir.
Coldplay's biggest hit to date this pop juggernaut manages to marry sweeping melodies with repetitive textures reminiscent of Steve Reich or Philip Glass-esque minimalism. The rich overlapping vocal lines split into as many as nine different parts at times (in addition to the tenor solo) but the repeating patterns keep it from being challenging.
This barbershop-esque setting of Bristol-born author Charlotte Cory's text is for SATB Choir and two Speakers (one male one female). This cheerful work has been recorded by the BBC Singers with speakers Eleanor Bron andThe Archers actor Charles Collingwood.
Yale Glee Club Series-Using the sturdy but lilting Shaker tune Jeffrey Douma has crafted a beautiful a cappella setting appropriate for any good high school or college choir. With a text that is as important today as it was when it waswritten Wherever I am called whatever I can do shall be done in the name of the good and true this can be a powerful learning experience for all involved.
Vocal coach and choral director Mark De-Lisser who has edited and arranged the highly acclaimed Sing Out! series here turns his attention to the a cappella repertoire with five uplifting songs for SATB choir in this sixth pop repertoire book in the series.As before these songs have each been selected for their positive lyrics and heart-warming feel making them ideal to teach to adults and chi…
Create a moment of magic in concert with Fantine's famous song of broken dreams from the hit musical Les Misérables in a mesmerizing a cappella setting. Available separately: SATB SSAA TTBB. Duration: ca. 3:20.
Wrth dd r a thân is a work by Paul Mealor for Unaccompanied SATB Choir commissioned by the National Assembly for Wales to mark the Royal Opening of the Fifth National Assembly for Wales by HM The Queen. First performed at The Senedd Cardiff Bay the piece features lyrics in English and Welsh and lasts around 2.5 minutes.
The Star Has Come by Roderick Williams for SATB unaccompanied.The star has come is an illustrative and imaginative setting of a poem by Robert Seatter. In response to the evocative text Williams uses portamenti techniques to create musical imagery and explores cross-rhythms chromatic harmony and energetic dynamics in an ever-changing texture.
The Great Doxology-Slavosloviye Velikoye (The Great Doxology) is a work by Sergei Rachmaninoff for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. From the 'All-Night Vigil ' this is the Vocal Score featuring a pronunciation guide and an explanation of the transliteration and translation. The lyrics are in the original and a phonetic transliteration.
He Carried Me Away In The Spirit for mixed SATB chorus a cappella was written for the choir Commotio and their conductor Matthew Berry.This motet is a companion to the short unaccompanied motet PureRiver Of Water Of Life both with texts from the final chapters of Revelation. If performed together He Carried Me Away In The Spirit should be sung first and can segue into Pure River Of Water OfLif…
Vocal coach and choral director Mark De-Lisser who has edited and arranged the highly acclaimed Sing Out! series here turns his attention to the a cappella repertoire with five uplifting songs for SATB choir in this sixth pop repertoire book in the series.As before these songs have each been selected for their positive lyrics and heart-warming feel making them ideal to teach to adults and chi…
