Par GAYE MARVIN / LONGFIELD ROBERT (Arr.). Though initially written over 50 years ago, Marvin Gaye's plea for peace and understanding is a message that still resonates strongly and needs to be heard. This arrangement for string orchestra by Robert Longfield maintains the original's easy cool and RandB rhythms in a format that allows modern-day students to find a way to bring some loving here today…

for string quartet. Par VASKS PETERIS. In 2013, Peteris Vasks set Mother Teresa’s peace prayer “The fruit of silence is prayer” for the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The piece is for mixed choir however the versions for piano quintet and string quartet now make this musical expression of Mother Teresa's words accessible to two traditional genres of chamber music without the help of a choir. /…

Par BULLA STEPHEN. This gentle, pastorale-style composition portrays the pastel colours of the Arizona desert. It was at dusk that the composer’s inspiration for the piece came, as the quiet atmosphere and distant mountain ranges created a sense of peace and tranquillity. In this piece’s middle section you may sense the calm, slow-riding cowhand returning to the ranch after a long day’s work / Niv…

19 piano/vocal/guitar selections from the soundtrack to the much-buzzed-about musical pastiche episode of Fox Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer that aired in November of 2001. Features a plot synopsis, full-color photos, and these songs: Theme from Buffy the Vampire Slayer · Coda · Dawn's Ballet · Dawn's Lament · I'll Never Tell · The Mustard · Rest in Peace · Something to Sing About · more. / M…

Toutes les chansons de l'album ayant marqué le comeback d'Eurythmics, arrangées pour piano et voix, avec les paroles complètes et les symboles d'accord de guitare. / Divers / 72 pages / Partition

Bert Transcribed - The Bert Jansch Songbook, Volume 2 contient 30 chansons du légendaire guitariste et auteur-compositeur-interprète Bert Jansch. Chaque chanson a été méticuleusement transcrite et annotée par une équipe internationale d'experts de Jansch afin de couvrir tous les aspects du style et de la technique révolutionnaires de Bert. Pour ce volume, ils ont également eu la chance de pouvoir …

Par SPARKE PHILIP. In Letter from Home Philip Sparke portrays the many feelings and emotions that a letter from home can evoke. This intimate work opens with a gentle woodwind melody, which gradually becomes more confused as new emotions are introduced. Finally resignation sets in, but a sense of peace and balance is restored with the final chorale. In this emotional work Philip Sparke truly captu…

Par RUTTER JOHN. for SATB and organ This superb Latin mass setting for choir and organ demonstrates the composer's strong melodic sense and innate feeling for the sound of choral worship. The atmospheric Kyrie leads to a Gloria that contrasts vibrantly rhythmic passages with smoother, expressive sections. The mysterious harmonies of the Sanctus pave the way for a tender Benedictus, and the Agnus D…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. It is interesting to recall that Handel wrote Messiah, his most famous work whilst at the lowest point of his career, suffereing from fianantial hardship and depression. It was only composing that distracted him from this misery. In He Shall Feed His Flock, based on texts of Isaiah and Matthew, we hear praise for the peace that the Messiah has br…

Choral edition - Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter & Ordinary Time. Par ALONSO TONY. Created with the same care and vision as the best-selling The Lyric Psalter, The Lyric Gospel Acclamations is a two-volume collection containing lyric settings of every Gospel Acclamation verse from the Lectionary for Mass for Sundays, Solemnities, and Feasts. The all-around accessibility of this collection stands o…

This frenetic assortment of familiar chorale melodies by Martin Luther was composed to mark the celebrations of Luther's music (and the 800th anniversary of the choir of St Thomas in Leipzig) in 2012. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott [A mighty fortress is our God] appears as a powerful ritornello theme, elaborated with tender lyricism just before the end. A chorale setting of Verleih uns Frieden gnäd…

Par DE HAAN JAN. Inspiration was commissioned by the Solothurnischer Kanotonal Musikverband in Switzerland in 1993. The composition begins with an A-theme written in a Phrygian tonality and, after an enormous climax, moves on into a quicker B-section, characterized by the use of wide interval jumps. Then follows the development in which both themes return individually and together. Peace and quiet…

An exceptional song of brotherhood skillfully arranged by Jay Althouse. Opens with an optional alto solo and builds with strong choral writing, closing with a soft, final statement of the title. Use it as an inspirational piece the year 'round, including graduation. If you liked 'Let There Be Peace On Earth,' you'll love HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE IS MY BROTHER. / 2 Parties Mixtes

Par FOGGITT PETER. A tour de force of choral energy and expertise in rhythmic precision, this is aerial music, fleet and vibrant as voices proclaim Martin Luther's vision of universal peace above a torrent of cascading Organ scales. The brightness of the Lydian mode matches this joyful proclamation, intoned chant-like in bold, clear intervals recalling the sounds both of medieval music and its ref…