The 1815 masterpiece 'Il Barbiere Di Siviglia' is widely considered the greatest of comic operas. The libretto of 'The Barber of Seville' was adapted by Cesore Sterbini from the first of a trilogy of plays by the French dramatistBeaumarchais considered highly subversive for their depiction of nobility as buffoons dependant on and manipulated by their wily servants. The plot involves the efforts o…

Par BASSANO GIOVANNI. Diminution sur Madonna mia gentil de Luca Marenzio Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) est d'abord employé à Rome, successivement au service de deux cardinaux. Il entre ensuite en 1588 à la cour de Florence, où il prend part aux intermèdes de la Pellegrina (1589), comme compositeur et comme chanteur, puis retourne à Rome où il meurt. Il laisse des livres de motets et de chansons sacrée…

Vocal score. Par LEDGER PHILIP. Ce livre présente 60 des meilleurs madrigaux pour SATB, choisi parmi les centaines de candidats possibles. Les grands compositeurs du genre sont représentés chacun par plusieurs madrigaux et les moindres chiffres par un ou plusieurs. / Date parution : 2013-07-20/ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Invocation was written for the Choir of The Queen’s College Oxford and represents the culmination of the composer’s time as a research fellow at the college when he worked closely with the choir. Phillip had long been a devotee of Edward Thomas’s evocative poem Adlestrop with its dreamy pastoral feel invoking the very essence of a sultry English country afternoon. It seemed a natural cho…

A selection of folk ballads from England Ireland Scotland and Wales.A ballad is the blending of words the beauty of melody tone rhythm and expression. They reflect the history of a people their legends religion love and work. British ballads are renouned for their verse melodic construction and for the enormous range of expression.1 The Lass of Richmond Hill is a poem by Leonard McNa…

Salieri, Antonio Prima la musica e poi le parole Divertimento teatrale in one act Details Edition no.: BA 8811-90 ISMN: 9790006542826 Editor: Betzwieser, Thomas / La Salvia, Adrian Arranger: Müller, Karl-Heinz / Schellevis, Hans Language(s) of work: German, Italian Language(s) of text: German, English Product format: Piano reduction, Urtext edition Comments: Replaces BA 7698-90 Binding: Paperbac…

Harmonische Fantasie über ein Thema von Tallis. Par KNOX GARTH. Thomas Tallis (1505–1585) was one of the great figures of English Renaissance music and the Third mode melody is probably his best known work, largely thanks to Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis. In the manner of an illuminated manuscript, I wanted to illuminate this fascinating theme in three ways: from behind …

'From the Beginning of the World was commissioned by the Cardinall’s Musick and premiered at Cadogan Hall on the 20th July 2015 in the first of the 2015 BBC Proms Chamber Music Concerts. The concert launched The Tallis Edition a new project by the ensemble with an aim to throw new light on Tallis’s work and part of the commission brief was that my new piece should be a homage to this…

Johannis Cantabrigiense-Nico Muhly's Third Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) is a work for SATB Choir and Organ Accompaniment. Commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John's College Cambridge it was first performed by St John's College Choir on 29th May 2016. A full performance lasts around 7.5 minutes. 'The American composer Nico Muhly has often spoken of his love of the early English c…

English composer John Bennet (c. 1575- c. 1614) wrote several madrigals in the style of Thomas Morley. This new edition for male voices is perfect for contest use.

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Par PITTS ANTONY. 'Adoro te' is a hauntingly atmospheric setting of text by Thomas Aquinas, which has been translated into English by Bishop James Woodford. It's beautiful simplicity and relative brevity makes it an ideal addition to a choral programme at any point in the liturgical year./ Feuillet / Choeur

Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer of symphonies chamber music opera choral music and film scores. At his death he left an unfinished Cello Concerto an opera Thomas the Rhymer and music for a Christmas play The First Nowell which was completed by his amanuensis Roy Douglas. The First Nowell has been here arranged for Male Voices specifically TBARB. In Nine Carols For Male Voic…