SKU: A0.742702

This is a wide, sweeping and pastoral arrangement of this timeless hymn arranged in a John Barry (Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa) sort of style.

Highly praised and incredibly gifted arranger and orchestrator Jim Gray asked Jeff Anderson to create an arrangement for The Nashville Praise Symphony. The Nashville Praise Symphony (NPS) is an auditioned orchestral group under the direction of Camp Kirkland.

After NPS performed this arrangement for a season, Jeff is excited to now make this arrangement available for purchase. Designed for full orchestra, this beautiful, peaceful arrangement would serve perfectly as an offertory or set-up for a message/sermon.

Instrumentation is:

Flute 1 & 2

Oboe

Clarinet 1 & 2

Bassoon

Bass Clarinet

Trumpet 1-3

Horn 1 & 2

Trombone 1-3

Tuba

Harp

Percussion 1 & 2

Timpani

Violin 1 & 2

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Written Out Piano

Substitution parts:

Alto Sax 1 & 2 (Horn 1 & 2)

Tenor Sax 1 & 2 (Trombone 1 & 2)

Bari Sax (Tuba)

String Synth 1 (Violins-Viola)

String Synth 2 (Viola-Cello)

String Synth 3 (Cello-Double Bass)

String Synth 4 (String Reduction)

SKU: C7.CGOR1249

UPC: 749193016879.

Prior to his death, Johnnie Carl was the orchestra conductor, arranger, and orchestrator for the Crystal Cathedral Television Ministries of Robert Schuller. A Song of Peace is one of Carl's most triumphant achievements. Based on Jean Sibelius's symphonic poem Finlandia, A Song of Peace speaks of the glory of God's creation and the hope that God's work may abound throughout the nation. Written for SATB choir with organ accompaniment, brass and percussion, or full orchestra, this piece will be an outstanding addition to church services, festival choirs, school concerts, or patriotic events. Instrumentation: 3 Fl, 2 Ob, 3 Cl, 2 Bsn, 3 Tpt, 4 Hn, 3 Tbn, Tuba, Harp, Organ or Pno, Timp, Perc, Strings.

SKU: A0.1008422

I would rather call this opus by Saint-Saens The Frenchman in Morocco.
It is known that composer S-S traveled a lot during his rather long and productive life. Despite the obvious oriental flavor of the thematic material in this work, one can clearly feel the western cut, the clarity of the form and the recognizability of the techniques characteristic of classical music. In my transcription, I have not tried to imitate his transparent and always convincing orchestrations. This music itself led me on the path of creating a picture from the Arab world.

SKU: A0.742401

The four orchestral suites (called ouvertures by their author), BWV 1066–1069 are four suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. The name ouverture refers only in part to the opening movement in the style of the French overture, in which a majestic opening section in relatively slow dotted-note rhythm in duple meter is followed by a fast fugal section, then rounded off with a short recapitulation of the opening music. More broadly, the term was used in Baroque Germany for a suite of dance-pieces in French Baroque style preceded by such an ouverture. This genre was extremely popular in Germany during Bach's day, and he showed far less interest in it than was usual: Robin Stowell writes that Telemann's 135 surviving examples [represent] only a fraction of those he is known to have written;[1] Christoph Graupner left 85; and Johann Friedrich Fasch left almost 100. Bach did write several other ouverture (suites) for solo instruments, notably the Cello Suite no. 5, BWV 1011, which also exists in the autograph Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995, the Keyboard Partita no. 4 in D, BWV 828, and the Overture in the French style, BWV 831 for keyboard. The two keyboard works are among the few Bach published, and he prepared the lute suite for a Monsieur Schouster, presumably for a fee, so all three may attest to the form's popularity.

Scholars believe that Bach did not conceive of the four orchestral suites as a set (in the way he conceived of the Brandenburg Concertos), since the sources are various, as detailed below.

The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis catalogue includes a fifth suite, BWV 1070 in G minor. However, this work is highly unlikely to have been composed by J. S. Bach. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral_suites_(Bach)

SKU: A0.726167

Colossus is the only Finale you’re going to need this year! This bold new concert piece is set to traditional Latin text for SAB Choir and Full Orchestra and will have your audience on their feet by the end of your concert! Robust and climatic melodic lines and roof-raising orchestration make this piece ideal for Choirs and Orchestras of all sizes and large public performances.

Also available for SAB Choir and Keyboard and as an instrumental for Full Orchestra. 

Includes Conductor Score, Choral Score and Instrumental Parts. Additional Vocal scores are available from this site and www.paulbarkermusic.com

Professional Accompaniment MP3 is available from this site and directly from www.paulbarkermusic.com

Duration: 3:15
Level: Intermediate/Advanced (UK Grade 5+ & USA 2+)
Occasion: Concert - Festivals - Competitions - Concert Finale - Celebration
Orchestration: SAB Choir - Full Orchestra - Keyboard

SKU: A0.725136

Adoramus Te is our new spectacular Finale fused with an intriguing mixture of Latin and English text. This bold new concert piece is scored for SAB Choir and Full Orchestra, Piano and Percussion and will have your audience on their feet by the end of your performance! Memorable and dramatic melodic lines, driving rhythms and roof-raising orchestration make this piece ideal for choirs and orchestras of all sizes and large public performances.

Also available for SAB Choir and Piano and as an instrumental for both String and Full Orchestra.

Includes Conductor Score, Choral Score and Instrumental Parts. Additional Vocal scores are available from this site and www.paulbarkermusic.com

Professional Accompaniment MP3 is available from this site and directly from www.paulbarkermusic.com

​Duration: 2:40
Level: Intermediate/Advanced (UK Grade 6+ & USA 3+) Occasion: Concert - Festivals - Competitions - Concert Finale - Celebration Orchestration: SAB Choir - Full Orchestra - Piano - Percussion (SAB & Piano Version also available)

SKU: A0.861959

Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz (score – symphony orchestra) MO164A

Score (parts available)

Music by Mark O’Connor

86 pages – 33:00 minutes in length

Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz

For Large Symphony Orchestra

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Composed and orchestrated by Mark O’Connor

1st Movement: Brass Fanfare: Wide Open Spaces

2nd Movement: New World Fanciful Dance

3rd Movement: Different Paths Towards Home

4th Movement: Open Plains Hoedown

5th Movement: Soaring Eagle, Setting Sun

6th Movement: Theme: Splendid Horizons

Note: Any movement or combination of the movements can be singled out or re-organized for performance. Most any order of movements is acceptable. Suggestions for consideration included I., II., III., and IV., all recommended as stand alone pieces. Most an order of movements is acceptable. The composition was designed for maximum flexibility. Three or four movements combine to make a shorter variation Symphony.

What is American Classical music? This CD contains Mark O'Connor's latest orchestral works: Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz(2006) and Concerto No. 6 Old Brass (2003). Sony Classical//BMG label director Gilbert Hetherwick explains; Dvorak and Copland painted symphonic landscapes using melodies inspired by the Americana tradition, and Mark O'Connor actually comes from that tradition itself. He's lived it every day of his life. And you hear it in every note of his Americana Symphony. For the majority of his solo career, O'Connor has dedicated himself to composing for orchestra: he has written six full-length concertos, several orchestral suites and string orchestra compositions, and most recently his first Symphony.

David Wallace, Juilliard School faculty member and Senior Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, comments on the overall characteristics of O'Connor's music: The Americana Symphony combines historical narrative with classical and folk variation principles. The Symphony contains instrumental virtuosity, rhythmic drive, poignant lyricism, and probing counterpoint. With the Americana Symphony, Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: How do you write the great American Symphony?

William Intrilligator, artistic director of the Dubuque Symphony, conducted one of the first performances of the Americana Symphony: Very few pieces of new music have the same emotional and visceral effect as this Symphony, he writes. It has such power and beauty, and these traits are expressed in original ways that are pure O'Connor and truly American.

Marin Alsop, artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and this recording's conductor of the Americana Symphony, calls the Symphony simply A hit!

Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.

Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connor

using Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006 - 2007

Composed by Mark O’Connor

Commissioned by: Cabrillo Music Festival and Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, Imperial Symphony, Reading Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Youngstown Youth Symphony.

Can be heard on Americana Symphony! OMAC Records

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop