Anthems Old And New Vol.2

& Epiphany for Mixed Voice Choirs Vol. 2-Noël 2 is an exciting collection of Advent Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed voice choirs which follows on from the highly acclaimed Noël! Volume 1 (Catalogue No. NOV310800). The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: from Byrd and Sweelinck via Bach familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages to Howells and Leighton and work by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett Eric Whitacre John Tavener Tarik O'Regan and Richard Allain.Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmasseason from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional.Selected and edited by David Hill Choral Advisor to Novello Chief Conductor of the BBC singers Musical Director of The Bach Choir Chief Conductor of The Southern Sinfonia and Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Southampton in 2002 in recognition of his Services to Music.'Noël was a welcome addition to the Christmas list for decent standard choirs; Noël 2 adds even more to the repertoire in a handy volume...The main enticements are some fantastic new arrangements of old favourites a number of works previously only available in single sheets (Whitacre's Lux Arumque among others) and some fantastic new surprises. Adrian Peacock's Venite Gaudete is a wonderfully original and vibrant setting Richard Rodney Bennet's I Wonder as I Wander is both reflective and effective and there are plenty more.Some of the pieces here will challenge your choir but there's a vast amount to get the Christmas inspiration flowing.' - Jonathan Wikeley Music Teacher November 2009

This second book of anthems by Bob Chilcott assembles pieces in a wonderful range of styles and moods. The anthems have been carefully selected to be both approachable to a wide range of choirs and appropriate to the needs of today's liturgy. An indispensable addition to any choir's library.

Three favourite examples of English church music. Purcell's Voluntary On The Doxology (THE OLD 100th) Stainer's 'God So Loved The World' from THE CRUCIFIXION and Wesley's 'Lead Me Lord'.

A two-volume collection of short anthems from the Novello Choral Programme representing five hundred years of church music all suitable for SATB chorus with Organ.Familiar and long-established works are represented alongside many lesser-known and more recent works by composers such as Douglas Guest Philip Rose and Ralph Allwood. Many of the pieces are ideal as Introits and Anthems for general church use whilst other have a more specific intended function within the liturgical calendar. However all are well suited to both devotional and concert performance.The works here are short ranging from straight-forward to technically challenging and more exciting. As a whole the collection features an overwhelming number of choices for choirs of all different sizes and abilities.

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Sacred Music Part 2 Nine Anthems-Nine Anthems with Strings. Purcell Society Edition No.14.

More Than Hymns is a new two-volume collection of anthems for mixed voice choirs featuring extended arrangements of existing hymn tunes together with original anthem-style settings of the texts of several well known hymns. Of the seventeen works in this second volume seven are published here for the first time including new pieces by composers of today: John Barnard Indra Hughes Stephen Jackson Bryan Kelly Barry Rose and Gavin Williams. The texts cover many seasons of the church's year - Advent Lent Passiontide Easter Communion Evensong and more.