Par BURNETTE SONNY. Cliff Palace Ghost Dance is the first movement from the 'Stone Suite,' arranged for Alto Flute and Piano. The 'Stone Suite' is a four movement work for solo flute and flute choir, commissioned by Dr. Chris Potter, in which the soloist is to perform on a different flute for each movement. This work is inspired by the Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, located in southwest…

Director Stageright and Music Director Highnote are busy leading the final rehearsals for the annual Christmas pageant and holding a few last-minute auditions. Will they be able to find just the right trio to play the three wise men? Will Harold and the Angel Choir make their entrances on time? Appropriate for both schools and churches, the score of this simple-to-stage production features traditi…

Commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Guildford to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral, The Holy Spirit sets a text by the poet and novelist Evelyn Underhill with masterful word-painting. Although there is some organ accompaniment, most of the work is a cappella with varying moods and textures to reflect the highly descriptive text. Contrasting with the gentle ope…

Here's an energetic, full-sounding number with plenty of repetition for young and beginning choirs. And what a text: 'We are carriers of the light, come to shatter the darkness.' It can be used as a concert opener any time or year. Another fine Jerry Estes work for young and developing choirs. Featured on the new staging DVD/Video 'On the Stage!' (DVD #23037, Video #23129). / 3 Parties Mixtes

Arrangement: Marsh Lin. Par MARSH LIN. If you are looking for straightforward and rewarding repertoire for your beginner choir, then you need look no further than Choral Basics the perfect series for singers of all ages. The Simple 3-part choral arrangements for soprano, alto and a combined part for men's voices make the series perfect for choirs with a dearth of males or whose male singers have u…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. German/English Urtext Edition, edited A. Oppermann. The oratorio The Creation represents not only a crucial point in Joseph Haydn's compositional output, but at the same time, marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the oratorio. At the turn of the 19th century, Haydn broke with the traditional dominance of the arias, giving the chorus a distinctly greater sig…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. A ballad for children's voices and (largely) percussion orchestra setting a long narrative poem by Bertolt Brecht, telling the tragic story of a band of orphaned children lost in the snowy wastes of war-time Polland./ Répertoire / Chorale

Faure's Requiem, op. 48, is his only large-scale sacred composition and certainly his most important essay in the genre. Already popular with audiences during his lifetime, its success continues to this day. For this new edition, Yves Castagnet, titular organist of the choir organ at Notre Dame in Paris and deeply rooted in the French tradition of organ-playing, has transposed the orchestral setti…

Nach Worten Der Heiligen Schrift. Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. Since its first complete performance in 1868 in the Cathedral of Bremen, Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem is, without question, one of the key works in the history of the oratorio. The reputation of the work is based not only on its unusually concentrated musical structure, but also on the original conception of the text: Brahms assembled import…

Arrangeur: Jonathan Wikeley. Par SIFFRE LABI. (Something Inside) So Strong is a powerful song of hope and strength in adversity and is British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre's biggest hit to date. Written as an anti-apartheid anthem for South Africa in 1987, the lyrics are applicable to all who wish to rise up from their oppression. The strong message is encapsulated here in rich harmonies for SATB…

The 'organ plus brass? series presents original works and arrangements for organ and brass choir specially tailored to meet the needs of amateur ensembles and non-professional organists. The pieces may be played by any constellation of brass ensemble.Volume IV contains arrangements of church music by Charles Villiers Stanford, both chorale-based and freely composed. The original works for choir an…

The 'organ plus brass? series presents original works and arrangements for organ and brass choir specially tailored to meet the needs of amateur ensembles and non-professional organists. The pieces may be played by any constellation of brass ensemble.Volume IV contains arrangements of church music by Charles Villiers Stanford, both chorale-based and freely composed. The original works for choir an…

The 'organ plus brass? series presents original works and arrangements for organ and brass choir specially tailored to meet the needs of amateur ensembles and non-professional organists. The pieces may be played by any constellation of brass ensemble.Volume IV contains arrangements of church music by Charles Villiers Stanford, both chorale-based and freely composed. The original works for choir an…

HYMN OF PRAISE INSTRUMENTATION : SOLOISTS, MIXED CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA VERSION : STUDY SCORE CONTENU : PREFACE - VORWORT - EDITORIAL NOTES - SYMPHONIE NR. 2: - 1. SINFONIA - 2. CHOR: ALLES WAS ODEM HAT/ALL MEN, ALL THINGS - SOPRAN-SOLO UND FRAUENCHOR: LOBE DEN HERRN/PRAISE THOU THE LORD - 3. TENOR-SOLO: SAGET ES...ER ZÄHLET UNSRE THRÄNEN/SING YE PRAISE...HE COUNTETH ALL YOUR SORROWS - 4. CHOR: SA…