SKU: HL.129784
UPC: 888680019181. 5x5 inches. John Parker/Robert Sterling.
Uses: Holy Week, Good FridayScripture: Matthew 27:45-50; Luke 23:44-48The shadows of Holy Week fall deeply in this choral portrait of grace. With poignant starkness, this moment in the journey of Christ is given voice, and the results are a profoundly emotional experience of worship. The music is not difficult yet there are layers of meaning to uncover as you prepare the piece for presentation. Music and message are marvelously bound together in this sensitive offering. Score and Parts (ob, vc, handbells/2 oct.) available as a digital download.
SKU: PR.11640976S
UPC: 680160682768. Das Stundenbuch.
This cycle of orchestral songs sets four poems from an early collection by Rilke entitled Das Stundenbuch, or in English, Book of Hours. Although the title refers to a medieval book of prayers for the various times of day and seasons of the liturgical year, Rilke's texts occupy a position some distance from conventional piety. There is a melancholy to the spirituality expressed here, which speaks of an experience of God that is fragmentary, imperfect, and unattainable. The solitude evoked in the second song (as layers of busy activity are gradually peeled away) offers some solace, but the third song is very dark and fierce, filled with a desperate, even manic desire for God. The last song returns to the mood of the first, but now in a global rather than individual context. This song, like the set as a whole, speaks of our world's brokenness, yet strives to stammer fragments of God's name.
SKU: PR.11640976L
UPC: 680160682775. Das Stundenbuch.
SKU: HL.109764
UPC: 884088859664. 8.5x11 inches. John Parker/Robert Sterling.
John Parker and Robert Sterling have created this meaningful and flexible work in celebration of Holy Week and Easter. You will find the individual pieces within this collection appropriate for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, or they may be presented as a complete work for any Holy Week service.• Small instrumental ensemble adds interest and color.• Complete narration included to enhance the presentation.• Pieces are usable as stand-alone anthems. Available separately: SATB, Preview CD, ChoirTrax CD, CD 10-Pak, Preview Pak. Instrumental Score and Parts (fl, ob, hn, vc, perc, timp, glock, handbells) available as a Printed Edition. Duration: ca. 20:00.
SKU: WD.080689053085
UPC: 080689053085.
David Hamilton's dramatic melody and Deborah Craig-Claar's poetic lyrics paint a powerful portrait of the final hours of Christ's earthly life, making Day of Darkness a moving addition to any Good Friday or Tenebrae service.
SKU: WD.080689923326
UPC: 080689923326.
SKU: HL.49045014
ISBN 9790001202114. 9.0x12.0 inches.
The Belgian composer Nicholas Lens presents extremely varied etudes, exercises and simple phrases with wonderfully telling titles from poetry and everyday world for children and adults. For the most part the studies are tonal and simple and have no constructed line. They are not based on any educational concept but leave the musical dramatization to the pupils and teachers: 'Notes and rhythms are just notes and rhythms, they do not have that many rules, they do not have any pretension, they are just tools for you to use to express what you want to share'.
