Par BJORK. Björk Guðmundsdóttir is one of the key recording artists of the 21st century. Moving effortlessly between disciplines and genres so fluidly it would shame David Bowie, Björk has tackled neo-classical, showtunes, house, pop, indie as well as acting (winning best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her turn in Dancer In The Dark) and creating a visual template for her work that is sta…

Par CURNOW PAUL. Colorful lights, shining candles, sparkling bulbs, gifts beautifully wrapped and friends coming to visit. And with the friends come music, merry singing and joyous carols resounding through the house. When you think about and sing along to Good King Wenceslas and God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, you can scarcely sit still. Then when Jingle Bells is heard, it seems as though you shou…

Erinnerungen, Briefe und Kompositionen zum 80 geburtstag. Clytus Gottwald's importance for contemporary choral music can be measured by his outstanding achievements, including his founding of the Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, which he conducted for its entire existence of 30 years and with whom he gave numerous first performances of contemporary music. Contemporaries and musical companions relate sto…

Inspired by the traditional Sami 'yoik,? a very old vocal tradition among the Sami people of Scandinavia and Russia, this beautiful music was used in the Disney animated film Frozen. Now available in several voicings, all choirs can now enjoy these works that are infused with style and ethnic authenticity that will bring a wonderful and unique sound to your choral concert. / Choeur SA Et Piano

Meditation on 'O come, O come, Immanuel'. The Advent hymn we all know today as O Come, O Come, Immanuel was arranged in its modern form by Thomas Helmore and published in Hymnal Noted in 1856. Both the words and melody, however, predate this version by centuries. The tune, Veni Immanuel, is taken from a 15th century processional of French Franciscan nuns, part of the setting for the funeral hymn L…

for voice and piano. Par ROTA NINO. Between 1921 and 1938 Nino Rota composed twenty-one pieces for voice and piano, five of which he approved for printing. These early works made him known in the music world. The lyrics are of different origin: poems by the Indian Nobel Prize winner Tagore, a sonnet by Petrarch as well as a Tuscan folksong which was at the same time his last vocal chamber music wo…

Transcription Pour Flûte, Hautbois Ou Cor Anglais, Clarinette, Cor En Fa et Basson. Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE. Score + Parties. This volume enriches the wind quintet repertoire with a masterpiece of the most refined chamber music literature, composed in a valuable historical period which did not give birth to novel pieces of relevant importance for this kind of ensemble. The present version, which genera…

Par LINDE HANS-MARTIN. The four melodramas can be performed either as a suite or individually. The recorder ensemble may be employed solitically or as a group. It would be interesting to perform them by alternating ensemble / solo scoring [e. g. , by assigning high and more difficult parts to soloists and lower, simpler parts to the tutti ensemble]. In addition, it is also possible to combine my c…

Edizione critica di Italo Vescovo - Serenata M.S. 115-Terzetti M.S. 116. Par PAGANINI NICCOLO. Nicolò Paganini?s trios for strings and guitar make up a small but significant group of pieces consisting of five works of different lengths, formal structure and difficulty: the Serenata in F major M.S. 115, the Terzetto in A minor M.S. 116, the Serenata in C major M.S. 17, the Terzetto concertante in D…

Now solo instrumentalists can play play along with 14 intermediate-level tunes from Musicals like The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast. These books include CDs with orchestral accompaniment tracks.ABC (THRILLER - The Musical)Always Look on the Bright Side (SPAMALOT)Beauty And The Beast (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST)Belle (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST)Circle of Life (THE LION KING)Defying Grav…

Par WEIR JUDITH. Celebrate HM The Queen's 90th Birthday with your choir Sing Judith Weir's special new choral piece I Love All Beauteous Things Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir, has been commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral in London to write a piece for SATB choir and organ in celebration of HM The Queen's 90th birthday in 2016. The piece is now available from Chester Music, so that choir…

Johann Kuhnau, who preceded Johann Sebastian Bach as Thomas Cantor in Leipzig, left a wealth of works, including pivotal compositions for keyboard instruments. Now for the first time all of these works are appearing in one volume. Peter Wollny, an Early Music specialist, supervised the volume from a scholarly point of view. Ornaments that are no longer usual today have been explained so that espec…

Delightful 3-part harmonies have just the perfect touch of Western Swing in this Point of Grace tune that will put the cheer in everyone's Christmas! A fabulous selection for SSA choirs of all ages! / Choeur SSA