Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.893950 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 17 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320915. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893950). Movement 2, Et exultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo (my spirit rejoices in God my savior) reflects the lyrics with a rhythmic meter of 3/4, emulating the Spanish folk dance of Sevilla, filled with energy, in which not only the choir, but also the trumpets and timpani have a very important role.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.893949 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Contemporary. 32 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320899. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893949). Music set to the poem 'THE BELLS by Edgar Allan Poe (public domain).Award nominated at the 2019 International Edgar Allan Poe Festival.  Baltimore, Maryland.1- Silver Bells2- Golden Bells3- Brazen Bells4- Iron BellsMore information about the composition, original poem, perusal score, and The making of 'The Bells' at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/the-bells.html

Vocal Solo,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.893955 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. 14 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320927. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893955). Movement seven, Et exaltavit humiles (and lifting up the lowly) gently elevates the humble with a dialogue between the contralto, trumpet and oboe, while strings provide a flowing accompaniment that blends a rhythmic pizzicato and legato lines.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.893959 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 18 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320937. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893959). Sicut Locutus is a highly rhythmic movement that blends into the final movement Gloria patri. Gloria filio, et spiritui sancto. Sicut erat in principio nunc et semper et in secula seculorum. Amen (Glory to the father, and to the son, and to the holy spirit, As it was in the beginning, both now, and always, and to ages of ages. Amen) which is created as a replica of the first movement Magnificat. This way the complete Magnificat closes a full circle using the thematic material presented in the first movement, returning to the familiar beginning as the lyrics sing as it was in the beginning, both now, and always, and to ages of ages. Amen (Sicut erat in principio nunc et semper et in secula seculorum. Amen).Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.893948 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. 18 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320913. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893948). The first movement Magnificat anima mea Dominum (My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord) builds its thematic material directly from the original gregorian chant.  It starts with a broad Magnificat statement by the choir, continued by an intimate call from the soprano soloist. A portion of the original gregorian chant is quoted by the choir in the center of the movement.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.893969 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Contemporary. Octavo. 12 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6331867. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893969). THE MUSIC OF DRIFTWOOD. For choir SATB and piano accompanimentSet to the poem of the same title, by Reed WhittemoreCommissioned by the College Park Arts Exchange.  â€‹Allison Hughes, Music DirectorPREMIERED DECEMBER 17, 2019.POEM:  THE MUSIC OF DRIFTWOOD.  by Reed WhittemoreThe music of driftwood? Yes. It comes from deep water And floats with the wind in the foam and is beached and bleached,Lying still for a movement or two, then floating fartherTo enter the mind’s many chambers, as Mozart perhaps,Or Bach, or whatever -it changes,But always I like it.I think that it could beThe music of poetry,                    true to the temper and pulseOf each flutelike, bassoonlike image that pads or fluttersWithin in the midnight recesses, yet true tooTo its own poor selfless self, bare yet bearingFrom way, way over yonder its theme of old blossomings:Temples in orchards, rites, supplications,                                    art.Information about how it was composed at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/the-music-of-driftwood.html

Vocal Solo,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.893957 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. 14 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320931. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893957). Suscepit Israel puerum suum recordatus misericordiae suae (He has come to the aid of his servant Israel, to remember his promise of mercy) A soprano solo that navigates among a warm accompaniment of strings, in a sweet, almost ethereal and timeless environment with a broad range of expression from both the soloist and the orchestra.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.893954 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 15 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320925. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893954). Fecit potentiam in brachio suo dispersit superbos mente cordis sui, deposit potentes de sede (He has shown strength with his arm and has scattered the proud in their conceit, casting down the mighty from their thrones). The music illustrates the lyrics, first alerted with three bell calls for attention, and the duet tenor and baritone proceed to present the statement with energetic yet angular singing lines, while the orchestra accompanies them with a scattered instrumentation in pizzicato, reflecting the image of the scattered crowds.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.893951 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary. Octavo. 16 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320919. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893951). Mov.3 Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae. Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent (He has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed) sets the lyrics on a gentle and humble dialogue between soprano and tenor, backed by the choir with the words Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Digital Download SKU: A0.893952 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Sacred. Octavo. 20 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320921. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893952). The very energetic fourth movement Omnes generationes qui potens est quia fecit mihi magna et sanctum nomen eius (the almighty has done great things for me and holy is his name, from generation to generation) has an intense orchestration filled with power and movement, in which the choir represents the past, present and then with the modulation to a higher key, the future generations.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html

Choral Choir,Choral (SAT) - Digital Download SKU: A0.893953 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. 17 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320923. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893953). The fifth movement, Et misericordia eius ad progenie in progenies timentibus eum (His mercy is from generation to generation, on those who fear him) starts with a bell call (piano) and literal quotation of the gregorian chant, followed by the singing of et misericordia by the trio soprano, alto and tenor, melting the melody in a warm harmonic progression with subtle unexpected resolutions. In the mean time the rest of the phrase is recited in the background.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html.

Vocal Solo,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.893956 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. 14 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320929. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893956). Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes (He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty) is a darker, dramatic description of the text, sung by the baritone fully wrapped up in dense strings that blend bitter and sweet harmonic turns, as illustration of the double statement filling the hungry and sending away the rich empty.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.893958 Composed by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 18 pages. Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal #6320933. Published by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal (A0.893958). Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros Abraham et semini eius in saecula (The promise made to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children for ever) Inspired in Bach’s Sicut Locutus but instead of creating motion through a fugue, this instance creates a driving pulse through the use of heavily syncopated theme.Demonstration recording available at:https://www.gabrielruizbernal.com/reference-recording.html