SKU: HL.14001954
ISBN 9788759873595. Danish.
Antiphony Rag for 2 Pianos was composed by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen in 1993.
SKU: SU.50015840
Duration: 10 1/2 min. Parts available on rental..Copyright 1980. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: LO.70-2146S
ISBN 9780787763541.
Cars on Cooman's organ music is widely played by organists throughout the world, and this collection of hymn-based and original works provides varied and characteristic selections for service-playing or concert use. The pieces range from the lushly meditative Sarabande in modum benedictionem to the delightful Rondino on I Love to Tell the Story to the glorious Come, Creator Spirit. These works are sure to become favorites with organists and congregations alike.
SKU: PR.41641205L
UPC: 680160535316. 11 x 14 inches.
During the 1993-96 seasons, Chen Yi had a three-year residency in San Francisco through Meet The Composer’s New Residencies program, simultaneously serving the Women’s Philharmonic, Chanticleer, and the Aptos Creative Arts Program. GE XU (ANTIPHONY) was commissioned by the Women’s Philharmonic as part of this residence, and the work is inspired by the vividly competitive antiphonal singing of the Zhuang minority and folk dancing tune of the Yi minority in Southern China. GE XU (ANTIPHONY) is included on the New Albion CD “The Music of Chen Yi.â€.
SKU: HL.49044857
ISBN 9790001154444. UPC: 841886026537. 7.5x10.75 inches. Latin.
Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, born in Poland in 1988, already is one of the acclaimed choral composers of our time and has been awarded numerous prizes at national and international composition competitions, as e.g. in 2014 for his 'Miserere mei Deus, miserere mei', a musical setting of Psalm 56 for eight-part mixed a-cappella choir. It is the effective antiphony between female and male voices, four-part homophonic passages including four bars for two solo sopranos, rich dynamic nuances, staggered entries of the voices in imitation, and sound elements to be performed in an individual loop-like manner that make this sacred choral work special. For this work, the young composer was awarded the 3rd prize at the Composition Competition Musica Sacra.
SKU: PR.312416820
UPC: 680160050376. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Chen Yi’s most performed and most beloved choral music is a series of 10 Chinese folk songs adapted for S.A.T.B. Chorus (published in 3 volumes: 312-41731, 312-41732, 312-41733). This special version is a setting of the familiar collection, adapted for children’s chorus and strings.Remembering when I studied composition in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, I learned to sing hundreds of Chinese folk songs collected from more than twenty provinces and fifty ethnic groups, and went to countryside to collect original folk music every year. I got to know that the folk songs are a mirror of people’s daily lives, their thoughts and sentiments, local customs and manners. They are sung in regional dialects and use the idioms of everyday speech with their particular intonations, accents and cadences. This correlation between speech and music distinguishes folk songs of one region from another. I learned all songs by heart and sang them back in the exams every week. They melted in my blood and became my natural music language. The more I walk into the music life,the more I treasure the rich culture I have learned from my homeland. When I became the Composer-in-Residence of Chanticleer and was invited to write the first work for its concert program, as well as another version for its Singing-In-The-Schools program, I decided to introduce A Set of Chinese Folk Songs to my American audiences, and add a new flavor to Chanticleer’srich repertoire. The work includes ten folk songs, taken from eight provinces (Anhui, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Shanxi, Taiwan, Sinkiang, Jiangsu and Guizhou) and five ethnic groups (Han, Hasake, Uighur, Miao and Yi). I arranged them for choirs (men’s or children’s chorus) with various combinations in voices, to be sung mostly in Chinese, some in English.  From the mysterious mountain songs originally sung in the open air with high and long notes that can carry over great distances, the sweet and delicate melodies of young love compared with nature, the humorous antiphony by little children, and the lively dancing tune by villagers, you may get an idea of various music styles in Chinese folk songs according to geographic, ethnic and linguistic differences, and appreciate the beauty of the Chinese folk music. The pure choir sound and the sophisticated singing by Chanticleer, in terms of pitches, language and musical expressions, really attract and inspire me to create some more new works in the years to come. In thisedition of A Set of Chinese Folk Songs for standard SATB mixed choir (with piano rehearsal score), I divided these ten songs into three volumes. They are Fengyang Song, The Flowing Stream, Guessing, Thinking of My Darling, Mayila, Jasmine Flower, Riding on a Mule, Awariguli, Diu Diu Deng, andMountain Song and Dancing Tune.—Chen Yi.
SKU: PR.UE033943
ISBN 9783702476564. UPC: 803452073673.
SKU: KU.GM-1972
ISBN 9790206208775.
SKU: HL.14013440
ISBN 9788759870259. 12.0x16.5x0.52 inches. International (more than one language).
Work for Orchestra composed in 1977.
SKU: BP.HB190
Arranged for one or two handbell choirs - 4-6 octaves - with organ and optional congregation. Level 2+. ODE TO JOY.
SKU: HL.14043752
ISBN 9788759818831. 11.0x14.5x1.1 inches.
The critically acclaimed 'scenic symphony (antiphony)' Sol Gar Op, Sol Gar Ned (The sun rises and the sun sets) by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen for singers, musicians, actors and dancers. Text by Ursula Andkjaer Olsen & Ecclesiastes / The Song of Solomon. Premiered in Copenhagen, February 2015.
SKU: PR.312419090
ISBN 9781491135778. UPC: 680160687848. English, Hebrew.
In Stacy Garrop’s inspired hands, divisi mixed chorus provides a rich palette of texture and color. Her setting intermingles three versions of the Hebrew folk tune, taking artistic advantage of contrasts between solo and tutti, homophony and grand antiphony, divisi men and divisi women, and the gradual braiding and unbraiding of Hebrew and English texts. LO YISA GOY is the explicitly anti-war Scriptural text better-known in its English translation that begins, “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares... nation shall not lift up a sword against nation.â€.When Jonathan Miller asked me to write two pieces for Chicago a cappella, I knew right away that I wanted to choose two songs from my own past.The first piece, Hava Nagila, is a celebratory song full of joy. I wanted the second work to contrast the first, and to this end, I chose the somber text of Lo Yisa Goy, a prayer for peace. I remember singing this song as a young child in Hebrew school and synagogue, always in context (at least in my congregation) of praying for the state of Israel. I think we’re at a particular point in which people in a lot of different nations could use such a prayer. For this reason, you’ll hear the words in both Hebrew and English.In my research of previous versions of the melody, I discovered three variants for the tune, all of which I have incorporated into my piece.
SKU: HL.14042705
ISBN 9788759828328. English.
Octopus has been beautifully composed by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen for Organ, two Players and assistant(s). Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen is most famously known for his award winning composition from the Nordic Council in 1980 Symphony, Antiphony.
SKU: LO.SHB65
UPC: 000308001167.
The effect of two bell choirs from a single four octave set! 39 bells are skillfully divided between two groups of ringers positioned in remote locations. This novel composition utilizes both antiphonal and full-ensemble ringing - guaranteed to evoke favorable response!
SKU: C4.9790902260442
ISBN 9790902260442. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.
This charming and ebullient carol setting will bring a smile to both choir and audience alike! It was written for a Christmas concert given by Australian vocal ensemble Sydney Antiphony.
SKU: PR.114417130
ISBN 9781491110409. UPC: 680160626687. 9x12 inches.
A recipient of the New Music USA 2013 Live Music For Dance Award commissioning grant, Not Alone is inspired by the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai's poem Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow. The premiere was given on April 26, 2014 by the PRISM Quartet with the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, which commissioned the work to celebrate its 25th Anniversary NYC Season. From the Program Note by Matthew Levy (The PRISM Quartet), Not Alone (2014) is an interdisciplinary work...but it stands alone in a chamber music setting. The work spans a stunning range of textures, from introspective solos for each of the four saxophones to majestic hyper-active gestures. The PRISM Quartet recorded Not Alone for a 2017 release on XAS Records titled Paradigm Lost. But we're excited for a wider community of saxophonists to embrace the work, and share it with their own audiences. Not Alone is published together with Happy Birthday to PRISM, a brief miniature that Chen Yi wrote for the quartet's 20th anniversary celebration in 2004. For advanced performers.______________ ___________Text from the scanned back cover:NOT ALONE for Saxophone QuartetHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRISM for Saxophone QuartetNot Alone is a 14-minute saxophone quartet and dance score inspired by the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai’s “Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow.†The expansively-textured sax quartet matches the exploratory and dramatic movements and gestures in the dance. NOT ALONE was commissioned by the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company which premiered the work in collaboration with the PRISM Quartet. Also included in this publication is Chen Yi’s fascinating take on “Happy Birthday to You,†composed in celebration of Prism’s 25th anniversary season.A recipient of the New Music USA 2013 Live Music For Dance Award commissioning grant, Not Alone is inspiredby the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai’s poem “Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow.†The premierewas given on April 26, 2014 by the PRISM Quartet with the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, which commissioned thework to celebrate its 25th Anniversary NYC Season. Program Note by composer Chen YiThe original inspiration for this work for both the choreographer and the composer came from the Tang Dynasty poem - Alone Under the Moon by Li Bai. The poem describes the poet being alone in a garden. The moon and his shadow became his companions that night. The choreographer brings this idea to modern life in an urban setting. She created a series of “mindscapes†which are the result of the exploration of the different mental and physical states of being alone.Through self-examination, the choreographer raises the question: are we ever really alone? Our physical being may be standing by itself, but what about our introspective self? When we are still, we let our thoughts pass by like flowing water. If we could engage with our shadows, what would it be like?Program Note by Matthew Levy, The PRISM QuartetThe PRISM Quartet has commissioned a great many composers since our founding days in 1984. Chen Yi is among ahandful of our very favorites, and one to whom we’ve returned time and time again. Her music is powerful, expansive,intimate, and draws connections between Eastern and Western, ancient and modern traditions in a voice all her own.Chen Yi has written or adapted four works for the PRISM Quartet. She penned a wonderful miniature called HappyBirth day to PRISM to celebrate the ensemble’s 20th anniversary back in 2004 (Dedication, Innova Recordings).We subsequently commissioned her to compose Septet (2008) for Erhu, Pipa, Percussion, and Saxophone Quartet(2008), premiered and recorded with the New York ensemble Music From China (Antiphony, Innova Recordings 2010).In 2015, the PRISM Quartet performed and recorded (XAS Records) a new version of her saxophone quartet concerto,BA YIN, with the University of Missouri-Kansas City Wind Ensemble under the baton of Steven Davis (originally writtenfor the Rascher Quartet and scored for saxophones and string orchestra.).Finally, Not Alone (2014) is an interdisciplinary work written for the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company with the PRISMQuartet, but it stands alone in a chamber music setting. The work spans a stunning range of textures, from introspectivesolos for each of the four saxophones to majestic hyper-active gestures. The PRISM Quartet recorded Not Alonefor a 2017 release on XAS Records titled Paradigm Lost. But we’re excited for a wider community of saxophonists toembrace the work, and share it with their own audiences.In his liner notes for the recording, WNYC’s John Schaefer writes: “As with much of her music, Chen employs percussiveeffects and glissandi; in Chinese music these are not considered “extended techniques†or special effects, but animportant part of the performer’s arsenal. Here, they help create the twilit mood of the opening moments. The piecesoon becomes more dramatic, suggesting the arrival of the drinker’s companions (real or imagined) and his or herincreasingly garrulous outbursts. Passages of consonance and discord can easily be heard as companionable singingand bouts of drunken argument. The piece bustles along on a kind of restless energy, until, finally, that restlessnesssubsides, giving way to a gently humorous ending where a short falling phrase signals the drinker falling asleep.â€.
SKU: GI.G-CD-992
For many years, GIA has published some of the finest arrangements for brass ensembles. Deo Gratias offers quartets, antiphonal trumpet duos, trumpets with handbells, and other configurations—and for a variety of seasons and occasions. Whether it’s a transcription of a Renaissance motet, a fantasie on a beloved German hymn, or something triumphant for Christmas or Easter, if you’re in need of a piece for your group, you just might find what you’re looking for here. Of course, the performances on Deo Gratias make it a great choice as a gift for anyone—including yourself! CONTENTS: Lift High the Cross, TUCKER (G-6572) • Two Renaissance Motets, Vol. 1, trans. EVANS (G-6796) • Two Renaissance Motets, Vol. 1, trans. EVANS (G-6796) • O Come, O Come Emmanuel, arr. TUCKER (G-6568) • People Look East, arr. TUCKER (G-6570) • Chorale from Christmas Oratorio, arr. TUCKER (G-6516) • Two Renaissance Motets, Vol. 2, trans. and ed. EVANS (G-6797) • Two Renaissance Motets, Vol. 2, arr. EVANS (G-6797) • This Joyful Eastertide, arr. EVANS (G-6798) • Immortal , Invisible, God Only Wise, arr. KELLERMEYER (G-7928) • Fantasie on “Ein’ Feste Burg,†arr. EVANS (G-6799) • Sing a New Song to the Lord, arr. HENDERSON (G-5676) • Psallite II: Two Dances, arr. HYSLOP (G-5743) • Deo Gratias, Fantasy on the Plainchant, PROULX (G-6869) • Antiphony, PROULX (G-4457) • All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name, arr. EVANOVICH (G-8077).
