Dix chansons pour les voix des enfants, des magnétoscopes et ensemble de Orff, conçu pour prendre les enfants en voyage englobant quatre modes, quatre pays et huit siècles, à commencer par les troubadours de la France médiévale et dont le point culminant avec les paramètres de textes de poètes du XXe siècle Eleanor Farjeon et Sara Teesdale. Les arrangements sont conçus pour passer avec succès de la salle de classe dans une situation de performance. / Voix Et Orff-Instruments

Songs Without Words is a set of three short pieces each inspired by a classic twentieth century poem. There is an underlying theme of 'School'.1. School BellThe music urgently moves forward within an anxiously breathless waltz lest we be late for school. Originally inspired by Eleanor Farjeon's famous poem 'Nine O'clock Bell' where pupils hustle and bustle to school in the morning: Some of them scurrying others not worrying Carelessly trudging or anxiously hurrying.2. A Blitz of a BoyWith an affectionate nod to Charles Causley's sad tale about 'Timothy Winters' who 'hasn't heard of the welfare state'. He sleeps ona sack on the kitchen floor and they say there aren't boys like him anymore.Although the music is laden with pathos there is insuppressible energy too portraying that lovable 'Blitz of a Boy'! 3. A Lesson You'll Never Forget!Roger McGough's black poem 'The Lesson' was the catalyst for this piece. The teacher (and later even the headmaster) set upon a notoriously rowdy class with various lethal weapons systematically murdering all the pupils! He picked on a boy who was shouting and throttled him then and there then garrotted the girl behind him (the one with grotty hair). The baroque style recitative passages represent the school 'establishment' and are contrasted ludicrously with savage harmonic 'stabs' and terrifyingly anxious 'chase scenes' around the class room; this poem is not for the squeamish!

A beautiful arrangement of the Besançon carol with words by Eleanor Farjeon suitable for all mixed-voice choirs at Advent.

In a far land upon a day where never snow did fall Three kings went riding on the way bearing presents all.For SA voices.The beautiful poetry of Eleanor Farjeon provides the perfect canvas for Philip Lawson's musical talents. Simply stunning!Performance Time: Approx. 3:15

Seven short songs for Unison voices or solo ovice and Piano accompaniment. They are imaginative songs with beautiful melodies. Trevor Hold has set classic and traditional texts by poets such as Tennyson Eleanor Farjeon and James Reeves. Overall though these seven songs written in 1967 are a delight to sing play and hear.

This joyful arrangement of “People Look East” uniquely highlights each verse with changes in tone timbre and texture. The organ and choir work in a symbiotic fashion to bring forth varied harmonies colors andsounds that the text evokes. A wonderfully festive Advent piece for SAB voices – particularly great for smaller choirs.

Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present.For over fifty years he has sung edited and composed carols each Christmas and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books but has a personality and purpose of its own.Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria France Germany Mexico Poland and the USA alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives the author includes seven new compositions of his own settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound.In addition to sample programmes and translations there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts churches and traditional Yuletide carolling.