Reflections from composer Jameson Marvin on a love that is quiet and secure as a result of a life well lived and well loved. And even after many years together the excitement of a love that can still grow is captured inthe musical writing.
Vocal score for Alex Patterson's Lead Kindly Light for SATB unaccompanied.Alex Patterson is a Northern Irish-born composer and conductor based in Nottingham. He is Director of Music at Nottingham Cathedral and conducts many community groups in the region.
In Summertime On Bredon is a poem written by A. E. Housman in 1896 and which formed part of his famous work A Shropshire Lad which itself gained in popularity during the First World War. Set here for SATB unaccompanied.
Taken from Songs Between The Soul And The Bridegroom.Canciones entre el alma y el esposo is a poem consisting of forty verses. Having previously set two sections of it as separate a cappella choruses andone for two countertenors and strings I've long wanted to make a complete setting of the work and by arranging the countertenor piece for a cappella chorus and setting the remaining verses as two…
Commissioned by Jerry Johnson and VocalEssence in memory of JoAnn Catherine Johnson First perfomed on 7th December 2008 at the VocalEssence ‘Welcome Christmas’ concert. For SATB unaccompanied chorus.Includes a Piano part in the score for rehearsal purposes.
Three Pieces for Unaccompanied SATB Choir-The Light We Cast presents three works for unaccompanied SATB choir by BAFTA-winning composer Jessica Curry. Including The Light We Cast from the soundtrack of the acclaimed video game Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture; So Let Us Melt from the mysterious virtual reality game; and Kiss the Bairns from The Durham Hymns a beautiful setting of a specially c…
This gentle Christmas lullaby is lovingly set for unaccompanied mixed voices. The expressive choral textures will create a moment of tender reflection in concert or worship settings. Duration: ca. 1:45.
Written for unaccompanied SATB choir. The composer writes The Open Secret is a hadith or traditional saying of the Prophet Mohammad attributed to Ali Ibn Abi Talib. The profundity of this hadith moved me to makethis setting for SATB choir. The music is intended to be used in a Christian context to promote an understanding of the depth and beauty of Islam.
Folk Song-A witty and enjoyable arrangement for SATB unaccompanied of this humorous English folk-song which has been the 'encore' in many choral concerts.
All you need for your perfect Proms finale concert-Boosey & Hawkes new Concerts for Choirs series is an innovative approach to concert planning for choirs. Each volume contains a wealth of material to help the choral director assemble a concert programme – all from one volume. The anthology draws on the vast Boosey and Hawkes archive and also includes many specially-composed or newly-arrange…
POD-A Poison Tree is a work by composer Julian Marshall for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. A setting of a poem by William Blake from his 'Songs of Experience' a full performance lasts around 2 minutes.
Motet Pour Les Fêtes Solennelles-In 1936 Poulenc began creating the more sombre austere tones of religion after returning to his Catholic faith including Exultate Deo a motet for SATB a cappella.Poulenc’s setting of the Psalm 81 Exultate Deo ‘Sing aloud unto the Lord’ is both reverent and vivid and his harmonic tricks are used to dramatic ends.
The sacred a cappella choral works by Johannes Brahms are amongst the most important Romantic works in the genre. This edition is based on reliable sources which include autograph manuscripts engraver?s copies and first editions.The collection contains the 7 Marienlieder Op 22 Two Motets Op 29 Three Sacred Choruses for female voices Op 37 Two Motets Op 74 Fest- und Gedenksprüche Op 109 and t…
Nico Muhly's Three Moon Songs is a work for Unaccompanied SATB Choir lasting around 9 minutes. Each song sets a poem from Symbolist poet Albert Giraud's 'Pierrot Lunaire' translated by Gregory C. Richter.
Christina Rosetti (1830-1894)-An evocative work for mixed choirs by Daniel Elder. This love poem is set expertly with a mixture of homophonic and polyphonic writing that provides rich texture throughout. The work features fresh harmonies and care has been taken to make each individual part interesting. A great selection for good high school choirs and above.
Bernard Hughes' Psalm 56 for unaccompanied SATB choir. This work was the winner of the Elysian Singers Composition Competition in celebration of the choir's 30th anniversary. It was premiered on 15 October 2016 at St. James's Church Piccadilly London by the Elysian Singers conducted by Sam Laughton. Duration: approx. 3 1/2 minutes. 'It opens with a lively but gritty Dorian melody that the comp…
