Carols For Choirs 2: SATB: Vocal Score

For Advent Christmas & Epiphany for Mixed Voice Choirs-Noël! 3 is an exciting collection of Advent Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed-voice choirs from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. The contents range from the Baroque to the present: familiar settings of traditional and lesser-known carols through the ages to Howells Berkeley and Warlock and works by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett Paul Mealor John Tavener Francis Pott and Richard Allain. Mixed-voice choirs of all levels will enjoy these new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating original works for the Christmas season.

John Tavener's Ex Maria Virgine is a sequence of Christmas carols their emphasis on the Nativity and the Virgin Mary. Scored for SATB unaccompanied or with Organ the collection isrepresentative of the broad range of Tavener's choral writing. These carols may be performed as the full sequence or as individual pieces: carols such as Ding! Dong! Merrily on High and Unto Us is Born aSon to familiar texts made novel and exciting or Rocking a simple four-part setting sure to become a favourite with choirs of any accomplishment.

5 Carols Nr. 4-This wonderful title includes five fantastic Christmas carols to add to your choirs festive repertoire. Includes There is No Rose Out of Your Sleep That Younge Child Sweet was the Song Susanni. Arranged for SATB includes Piano accompaniment for rehearsal.As one of Britain’s most respected and versatile musicians Bennett produced over two hundred works for the concert hall and fifty scores for film and television as well as having been a writer and performer of jazz songs for fifty years.Studies with Boulez in the 1950s immersed him in the techniques of the European avant-garde though he subsequently developed his owndistinctive dramato-abstract style. In recent years he adopted an increasingly tonal idiom. He was knighted for Services to Music in 1998.

Paul Mealor's I Pray for Treble Voices SATB Chorus and Piano. This is the Vocal Score for this sublime choral work written by the renowned Welsh composer whose works have reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart as well as having been sung at the 2011 Royal Wedding. Featuring words and music composed by Paul Mealor this festive-themed carol is a beautiful work for choirs looking for a fresh addition to their Christmas repertoire. Including interpolations from favourite carols like 'Silent Night' and 'O Come All Ye Faithful' this truly has the makings of a modern classic.  Composed byMealor I Pray has a strong musical pedigree with the composer having written for the 2011 Royal Wedding and the Military Wives Choir whose rendition of 'Wherever You Are' shot to number one in the UK. This means he's no stranger to emotive works that capture the spirit of a nation combining poetic words with soaring melodies his songs are known to be some of the finest contemporary choral works around.

The Carol Singer's Carol is a song featured in The Manchester Carols a modernisation of the Christmas story with words by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and music by Sasha Johnson Manning. This piece is arranged for mixed voices piano and optional glockenspiel accompaniment.The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

and Epiphany for Mixed Voice Choirs-Noël! is an exciting Christmas collection for Mixed Voice Choirs selected and edited by David Hill. Featuring a beautiful selection of carols and festive pieces these traditional and modern pieces have been wonderfully arranged.    The contents range from the Renaissance to the present featuring some absolute Christmas sheet music favourites and some lesser-known pieces that will no doubt be a pleasant surprise for audiences. Numerous composers are represented in this here from the polyphony of Victoria and Byrd via Bach familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages and works by today'scomposers including Richard Rodney Bennett Judith Bingham John Tavener and Judith Weir make Noël! one of the best choices for choirs for Christmas sheet music.Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find new arrangements of favourite carols here as well as stimulating works for the Christmas and Advent periods from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. Whichever your choir chooses to perform all are guaranteed to impress audiences with their distillation of the Christmas spirit into some incredible music.    For Christmas carol sheet music look no further than Noël! for Mixed Voice Choirs. This great selection will be a joy to perform and an even bigger joy for your audiences to hear. They're fun and at times challenging but the beauty of these anthems and carols will absolutely herald in the festive spirit for performers and listeners alike.

Celebrated choral composers Bob Chilcott and Susan Knight have searched the globe for the most vibrant and exciting festive music representing a range of styles and cultures. This unique collection has it all - from a melismatic Armenian hymn to a percussive villancico from the Dominican Republic; a US spiritual to a Polish folk carol. The collection features: 31 pieces that are perfect for a wide range of SATB choirs New Christmas repertoire from all over the world Each piece in both English and its original language Pronunciation guides to help with singing the original texts Carols by popular andlittle-known composers This anthology not only offers a world of new and unusual music for your choir it also represents a fascinating glimpse into seasonal and musical traditions the world over.

Paperback-This expressive and tender carol from Sweden evokes the innocence of the new-born child. A version for upper voices is available in World Carols for Choirs (SSA). An orchestral accompaniment is available on hire.