SKU: A0.1115461

Responsorial Psalm. USCCB-approved for Catholic and liturgical use. Verbatim Text on refrain and verses. Contemporary setting of Ps. 128, with Psalm Tone verses. Use for: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time A (ord33A) Thursday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time (I) (ord5ThI) Thursday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time (I) (ord9ThI) Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time (II) (ord21WeII) Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time (II) (ord30TuII) October 16*, optional: Memorial of St. Hedwig, Religious (optmem1016) Common Masses: Holy Men and Women Ritual Masses: Conferral of the Sacrament of Marriage Weddings *not on Sundays Use with Psalm Tone 5 or 6 in E Official Liturgical text: “Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Note: An extended version of this psalm setting is available from Light the Fire! Music for the Feast of the Holy Family ABC, since that refrain is actually Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Search sheet music sites for klosner 128 walk to find that. Sheet music available in Octavo complete package and in Soloist/Small Group formats. www.facebook.com/ltfmusic www.LTFMusic.com www.youtube.com/LighttheFireMusicKlosner.

SKU: A0.733226

The Day of Rest was commissioned for the Beth Abraham Youth Chorale, Dayton, Ohio, and its director, Hazzan Jerome B. Kopmar, by Dr. and Mrs. Michael Jaffe in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jaffe, Mrs. Albert Abrams, and in memory of Mr. Albert Abrams. It is a Sabbath service suitable for either concert or liturgical use.

Kol Adoshem bakoach,

Kol Adoshem bahadar,

Kol Adoshem shoveir ªrazim,

vay’shabeir Adoshem et ar’zei hal’vanon,

vayarkideim k’mo eigel,

l’vanon v’siryon k’mo ven r’eimim.

Kol Adoshem chotzeiv lahªvot eish,

Kol Adoshem yachil midbar,

Yachil Adoshem midbar kadeish,

Kol Adoshem y’choleil ayalot,

Vayech•sof y’arot,

Uv’heichalo kulo omeir kavod.

Adoshem lamabul yashav,

vayeishev Adoshem melech l’olam.

Adoshem oz l’amo yitein,

Adoshem y’vareich et amo vashalom.

The voice of the lord is powerful;

The voice of the lord is majestic.

The voice of the lord breaks cedars;

The lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes them leap like a calf;

Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice of the lord hews out flames of fire.

The voice of the lord makes the desert tremble;

the lord causes the desert of Kadësh to tremble.

The voice of the lord causes the oaks to whirl,

and strips the forests bare;

and in His Sanctuary, all proclaim His glory.

The lord was enthroned at the Flood;

the lord remains enthroned King forever.

The lord will give strength to His people;

the lord will bless His people with peace.

SKU: A0.1012752

Music and song composed by me

OF LIGHT AND SHADOW (A new year)

Lights that shine

On these days of mine

Shadows that kill

My enthusiasm but there is

A whole journey that has been written for me

Like a novel, its plot will unveil

Another year on me

And new days to be invented

Find out what will happen

It's a good reason to fight

The light will illuminate me

Or there will be new pain

Find out what will happen

It's a good reason to stay

And I always run so strong

For fear of falling

Maybe this year I will learn

How to do walk

And I never slow down my pace

Back I can not come back

Because I would meet myself

And inside me I should look

I will fill with light and shadow

This my eternal emptiness

That I can not placate

A thousand songs I will invent

If there will be someone who will want to listen

In connection with the world

singing of fairies, magicians, elves, witches and intrigues

always uncomfortable in my time

looking for a place, a role

in this year new

I know that nothing will change yet

Of light and shadow I will live

I steal from the moon her mysteries

I will give them to the sun

In exchange for the eternal heat in the heart

And like a witch burning at the stake

I fire, I melt

And born again

And the alignment of Jupiter in Pluto

The lunar eclipse gives me protection

I wish the night would go down fast

When my pain never finds peace

I wish the sun would shine forever

In every season, summer and winter

A new year here

Before me

I mess up his days

The gray of November

With the warmth of September

with lights and shadows I will confuse

I will steal the sun in June

and my Christmas will heat up

and the January ice

at Easter I will donate

I will confuse the night and the day

always mistress of my time

in that mirror I will look

happy with what I will see

and new trips and experiences

and emotions on the skin

I will live with joy and intensity

the light and the shadow that will come

how many smiles on my lips

will form new wrinkles

happy with my age

it's a nice finish line to be here

and how many tears again

will come down on my face

will be joy or pain

of light and shadow I will live

It will be a new year

of joys and sorrows

of light and shadow

of cold and heat ... ..

Monica Bergo

SKU: A0.869183

Instrumentation:
2 Flutes, piccolo
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons
2 French Horns in F
2 Trumpets in Bb
3 Trombones
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion 1: triangle, claves, tom-toms, cow-bells
Percussion 2: snare drum, bass drum
1st Violin
2nd Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass

This is a transposed score.

Program note:
My love affair with the city of Rome dates back to the year 1986-87 when I spent just under eleven months at the American Academy in Rome on a Rome Prize Fellowship. During that Fellowship year I was very much inspired by the beauty and culture of the Eternal City, which resulted in a number of works that continue to resonate with me: Twenty-nine Fireflies Book II for solo piano; Concertino for trumpet, timpani and strings; Apples … six dreams by Richard Kenney; String Quartet No 5 … Four Birthdays; and Chôrinhos … opus 38.

Since 1997 my wife, Kristin Beckwith, and I have returned to the American Academy in Rome almost every year. I would compose in the morning and then my wife and I would go to our usual haunt at Bar G. for cappuccini and cornetti. And then we’d go to the local bakery and street markets and buy stuff for lunch. In the afternoon we would wander into the city to go shopping and sight-seeing. In the evenings we would dine at one of our favorite local trattorias. Life could not be better in Rome.

Musically speaking, several important works in my portfolio had their beginnings during these sojourns at the Academy , among them Yo Picasso, Flauta Carioca, Mass for the Holy Year 2000, Symphony No. 5 … Utopia Parkway, Twenty-nine Fireflies Books IV & V, and Piano Concerto … Mozartiana.

Just before the 2008 recession, clarinetist extraordinaire Jonathan Cohler asked me to write a symphony for the inaugural concert of a new orchestra he was planning to create. I came up with Symphony No. 7 … Roman Holidays, my give back to the city of Rome – a compendium of favorite places that continue to live in my thoughts and musings. Although the work is heard in four movements, it is actually divided into seven sections, as in the seven hills of Rome.

1. Prelude: Fontana Paola and the panoramic view of the city of Rome from that vantage point.
2. First interlude: La Befana festivities at Piazza Navona. The Protestant Cemetery in Testaccio at night under a full moon.
3. Second interlude: Fontana delle Tartughe in the Jewish Ghetto. Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne at the Galleria Borghese.
4. Third interlude: Bernini’s Beata Ludovica Albertoni in Trastevere. The Spanish Steps and the view of Rome from the French Academy at Villa Medici.

NB: Unfortunately, thanks to the recession, Roman Holidays never saw the light of day. This year (2013) I decided to revisit the work, which lay dormant for 5 five years, and saw that it could use a little tweaking. The new version is essentially the same, musically speaking. I reduced the orchestration a bit (two horns instead of four, and two trumpets instead of three) and added more heft to the lower brass. I completely rewrote the tune for the floating foreign ghosts at the Protestant Cemetery. I also shortened the work by about three minutes by cutting some repeats.

Enjoy!!!

Audio link: https://thomasoboelee.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-no-7-roman-holidays-2008-rev-2013

Video link: https://youtu.be/1DlzEOUmH54

SKU: AX.00-PC-0017418_TX1

UPC: 038081515915.

For the night is God's cathedral and the stars visit in dreams of fireflies. Let this arrangement from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra repertoire add a bit of holiday spice to your winter concert. This piece can be more authentically performed by adding the optional electric violin and electric guitar but can be played by concert band alone. Driving and energetic, just as you'd expect! (2:30).

SKU: AX.00-PC-0017418_BBC1

UPC: 038081515915.

For the night is God's cathedral and the stars visit in dreams of fireflies. Let this arrangement from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra repertoire add a bit of holiday spice to your winter concert. This piece can be more authentically performed by adding the optional electric violin and electric guitar but can be played by concert band alone. Driving and energetic, just as you'd expect! (2:30).