Prayer To A Guardian Angel is a work by Patrick Hawes for SSAATTBarB Choir and Violoncello. This is the Vocal Score. Featured on Hawes' album 'Angel' this song reflects the thoughts and feelings of a human as they pray to their guardian angel in times of need. 

This is a different approach to the excitement and anticipation of Advent. Written in a distinctive jazz style this anthem will be a favorite and a wonderful change of pace from the usual. The flute really adds to the tonalambience and with a light rhythm session this really takes off. Cool!

With a text adapted from a traditional Czech carol this tender work alternates between a gentle 4/4 and more spirited 6/8. The well-crafted vocal parts are quite accessible making this selection especially good for developing choirs or smaller ensembles. Available separately: SATB SAB SSA. Duration: ca. 2:30.

for SAATB-A delightful and reflective collection of Preces And Responses a cappella SAATB choir by Renaissance composer John Holmes (d. 1629). This work is part of the Novello Early Church Music Series whose general editor is Watkins Shaw.

Composer's Notes:This piece written during the winter months of 2000-2001 consists of one movement Allegro con fuoco in which an old score is revisited raided and ravished by its composer. The earlier music hadbeen written in the mid-fifties for a stage work Maratona di Danza and for its maker the director Luchino Visconti.Elements from the older piece reappear on and off like shadows under the surface of new ones like more orless vague memories images of young people suffering pain and despair in their struggle for survival in a barbaric pitiless modern world.My new composition is a kind of concerto for very large symphony orchestra an étude onconstant and often rapid musical changes of mood and colours built on a variety of rhythmic figures incessantly and brutally pushing the music ahead. Sometimes it is as though voices are weeping sometimes crying out loud withpain with anxiety under the cold hearted pressure of an overwhelming violence. Hans Werner Henze Commissioned on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of das neue werk Hamburg. Premiered on 29th June 2001. Duration 15minutes.

Edited by Barry Rose. An excellent compilation of twenty-four anthems for Mixed Voice Choirs featuring texts taken from the Psalms featuring new works and performing editions published for the first time. The anthology spans four centuries and includes material by many of the greatest composers of English choral music including William Harris Herbert Howells Samuel Sebastian Wesley and Bernard Rose.

Jan Sanborn's artful touch is evident in this collection featuring rich arrangements of classic hymns. Includes: Blessed Assurance ? Hiding in Thee ? Like a River Glorious ? When Peace Like a River ? The LordIs My Shepherd ? Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us ? Lead Me Lord ? and 5 more. These pieces are perfect as peaceful preludes offertories or postludes.

This setting is unlike any other version of Amazing Grace with a gospel style that features both 4/4 and 3/4 time. The vocal parts are not difficult making it an excellent setting for junior high and smaller church choirs. Available: SATB TTBB. Performance Time: Approx. 3:35.