Congregation, SATB choir, 2 trumpets, and organ, with optional timpani - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.60-9761-E Composed by Jeremy J. Bankson. 21st Century, Creation/Nature, Music. Instrument parts. 15 pages. MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music #60-9761-E. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music (MQ.60-9761-E). English.This concertato was commissioned by ArtsPlymouth for the choir and congregation of Plymouth Church, UCC, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Both the standard text ( Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven ) and a 20th-century text by Jane Parker Huber ( God, Creation's Great Designer ) are provided. A brief introduction, two verses, an interlude, verse three is choir only, interlude/key change and a fourth verse with descanting sopranos. For SATB, two trumpets, and organ, with optional timpani. Two reproducible congregational parts are provided, one for each text.Instrumental Parts include: 2 Trumpets in C and Bb, Timpani.

SATB choir unaccompanied - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8355-E Composed by David Evan Thomas. 21st Century. 10 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8355-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8355-E). English.Forever Toward You was commissioned by Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in honor of Claire Colliander. The text is a translation of a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) from The Book of Monastic Life. Rilke’s poem speaks of a desire to encounter the Creator—the You in the title of this composition—and of the necessity for doing so through action, not thought alone. The tempo of the music alternates between those ideas of activity (Allegro energico, Buoyant) and reflection (Poco andante, Molto moderat), giving this three minute piece quite a bit of variety and interest. Duration: 3:00.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.778383 Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Thomas R. Vozzella. Baroque,Renaissance,Sacred,Standards. 8 pages. Thomas R. Vozzella #6234743. Published by Thomas R. Vozzella (A0.778383). Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) composed Adoramus te, Christe the year the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock (1620). He was an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque periods of music history.After the loss of his wife and subsequent years of depression, Monteverdi found his own renaissance in the Basilica of Venice as their music director. He invented opera and poured himself into church music, eventually becoming a member of a monastic order after surviving the plague. His exquisite small pieces were a great part of his complete works. As he aged, they reflected his journey through the stages of faith.