Audi Filia was written for the celebrations for St Cecilia’s Day in Rome in October 1720. It was originally part of a much larger mass setting for the event which is considered to be one of the finest pieces of music to survive from the Baroque era. This movement intended for the gradual is one of the more popular sections and is often performed as a stand-alone piece. It is scored for 2 Oboes Strings Organ and Soprano solo.Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) was an Italian composer in the Baroque style who mostly wrote for choral groups. He is best remembered for his operas and oratorios but he also wrote several hundred chambercantatas for solo Voice.

Warm-ups for Successful Performance-Handel's Messiah: Warm-Ups For Successful Performance has been specially designed to help choirs who are preparing to sing Handel's Messiah. This valuable resource is a must for every choral director responsible for guiding the performance of this cherished yet challenging work. The book is available as a Director's Score or Singer's Edition and each is broken into three sections: Part I provides an introduction to preparing Messiah and highlights Baroque performance practice and ideals practical considerations for the performance and other helpful information. Part II includes warm-ups for 20choruses. Part III includes appendices with a historical context of Messiah primary sources supporting Baroque style and expression and a recommended reading list. The Director's Score includes the full text and warm-ups with Piano accompaniments along with a code for accessing downloadable singer parts online. The Singer's Edition includes a handy folder-sized print edition of the vocal warm-ups.

The magnificent interweaving of harmonies and dialogue-like Voices in Handel’s For Unto Us A Child Is Born make it a perfect addition to the festive choral repertoire. German-born British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel originally composed this piece in 1741 for the English-language oratorio Messiah which eventually became one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music. As the last song of Scene 3 of Part I of the oratorio which addresses Isaiah's specific prophecy about the virgin birth of a Messiah For Unto Us A Child Is Born tells the news of Christmas thebirth of a son in Isaiah’s words as found in the Scripture (Isaiah 9:6). The delicate familiar theme is introduced by the Sopranos and taken up by their counter-voices the Tenors later the same dialog is given over to the Altos and Basses. The tutti culminates in 'Wonderful' 'Counselor' 'The Mighty God' 'The Everlasting Father' and 'The Prince of Peace'. As an individual piece this song arranged for SATB Voices with Piano accompaniment is perfect for Christian settings especially during the Christmas season.

Missa Cellensis Hob.XXII:8 'Mass for Mariazell'Urtext: J. Haydn Werke Henle Verlag Score containing alsoMissa brevis Sti Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass) (Hob.XXII:7)Missa in Tempore Belli (Pauken Mass) (Hob.XXII:9)Missa Sti Bernardi von Offida (Heilig Mass) (Hob.XXII:10)Appendix: Inter alia the version of the Gloria from (Hob.XXII:7) from Michael HaydnIn March 1781 one of Haydn’s friends Anton Liebe a member of an old and distinguished Austrian military family was raised to the nobility. He seems to have asked his friend Joseph Haydn to write a festive “thankoffering” in the form of a Mass for the famous pilgrimage church of Mariazell in Styria. Haydn began the work in 1782 and recently the original parts to the Missa Cellensis were found in the organ loft of the splendid baroque church at Mariazell.Haydn’s “Mariazellermesse” has always been one of his most popular works. The “Volkstümlichkeit” (which one might translate as “down to-earthiness”) the miraculous fusion of polyphonic forms with the language and form of the Vienna classical school – note that the Kyrie is in sonata form with shortened recapitulation and coda – the brilliant orchestration to which the trumpets and drums contribute so much festive joyousness: all these have won the hearts of audiences everywhere whenever the Mass was given.- Urtext from Joseph Haydn Werke- Full score parts and vocal score available for sale

Sight-singing is important in the development of independent musicianship. The music in this collection will aid in the development of this skill but also be interesting enough to motivate the singer and be substantive enough to be useful in a variety of performance applications.Song categories include Patriotic Christmas Folk Song Renaissance and Baroque Part Songs and Spirituals. All songs will stand alone as a cappella settings. Several songs also have optional Piano accompaniments. Sight-reading or analysis tips are included for each selection.

Vivaldi's Kyrie RV 587 (BA 8950) is scored for two choirs and two groups of stringed instruments. The date of its composition remains unclear. It is a purely a Choral work without solo passages.Today the ?Gloria? RV 589 (BA 7674) is one of Vivaldi?s best-known compositions and one of the most frequently performed sacred Vocal works from the Baroque period. Vivaldi wrote the ?Gloria? as a self-contained work in the style of a concertante mass. However it was probably also performed within church services. The scoring of the solo voices (SSA) suggests that the work was written during his period atthe Ospedale della Piet around 1716. In the twelve movements of the ?Gloria? Vivaldi displays the whole range of his mastery from festive sublime outer movements to tender transparently scored solo passages.Both works can be performed independently but can also be combined as a kind of short mass. Although the authenticity of the autograph manuscript score is beyond doubt these new editions contain some re-evaluations in phrasing and performance practice which go beyond what other editions have to offer. The Piano reductions are straightforward clearly presented and preserve the character of the works.- Attractive choral pieces which can be combined to form a short mass.- Informative foreword (Ger/Eng).

In writing Elijah Mendelssohn paid musical tribute to his two musical heroes Bach and Handel to which he added his own lyricism and Orchestral colour blending in Elijah elements of the Baroque and his own early Romanticism. He set the scenes of the prophet Elijah’s life in the most dramatic terms. While the oratorio immediately gained enormous popularity it has not retained the same frequency of performance in modern times though its power and beauty are undiminished.This sheet music includes thorough historical notes.