Flute Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Flute,Bass Flute - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1278790

Composed by William Ross (1762-1791). Arranged by James Pybus. Celtic,Chamber,Folk,Irish,Multicultural,Wedding,World. 18 pages. James Pybus #870356. Published by James Pybus (A0.1278790).

The Skye Boat Song is a late 19th-century Scottish song adaptation of a Gaelic song composed c.1782 by William Ross, entitled Cuachag nan Craobh (Cuckoo of the Tree). In the original song, the composer laments to a cuckoo that his unrequited love, Lady Marion Ross, is rejecting him. The 19th-century English lyrics instead evoked the journey of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Benbecula to the Isle of Skye as he evaded capture by government soldiers after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. It is often played as a slow lullaby or waltz. It entered the modern folk canon in the twentieth century with versions by Paul Robeson, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Roger Whittaker, Tori Amos, and many others. Bear McCreary adapted the song as the opening theme music of the 2014 TV series Outlander, sung by Raya Yarbrough, changing the text of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (1892) to Lass to fit the story.
This arrangement for SSAB or SSSB Flute Quartet is suitable for a wide variety of performance and concert settings. The duration is 4:13. Contact me at james.pybus56@gmail.com.

Composed by Robert Robinson. Arranged by Ralph Raymond Hays. Concert, Contemporary, Easter, Sacred, Wedding. 6 pages. Ralph Raymond Hays #6017787. Published by Ralph Raymond Hays

Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1136050

By Budapest Scoring. By Robert Lowry. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. Classical,Spiritual. Full Performance. Duration 263. David Warin Solomons #736075. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1136050).

Variations on the hymn by Robert Lowry. The variations include various melismas and Scotch Snaps and also a section in minor mode. Words of the original hymn: Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angel feet have trod, With its crystal tide forever Flowing by the throne of God? Refrain: Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river; Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God. On the margin of the river, Washing up its silver spray, We will talk and worship ever, All the happy golden day. Ere we reach the shining river, Lay we every burden down; Grace our spirits will deliver, And provide a robe and crown. At the smiling of the river, Mirror of the Savior’s face, Saints, whom death will never sever, Lift their songs of saving grace. Soon we’ll reach the silver river, Soon our pilgrimage will cease; Soon our happy hearts will quiver With the melody of peace. Performed by Anita Szabó Ildikó Szabady Iza Nagy Boglárka Dávid.