Three Traditional Spirituals

This traditional spiritual is set in an easy gospel swing with three partner-style melodies that all combine in the final chorus for an audience-pleasing finish! Super easy to learn and lots of fun to sing it's great for choirsof all levels! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA TBB 2-Part Combo parts (tpt 1-2 tsx tbn gtr b dm) ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:40.

This traditional spiritual is set in an easy gospel swing with three partner-style melodies that all combine in the final chorus for an audience-pleasing finish! Super easy to learn and lots of fun to sing it's great for choirsof all levels! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA TBB 2-Part Combo parts (tpt 1-2 tsx tbn gtr b dm) ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:40.

Snowy hilltops, timeless family traditions, and the warmth of a hearth---the atmosphere of a Smoky Mountain Christmas is captured in this arrangement of three traditional Appalachian carols arranged by Andrew Dabcyznski. The simple modal melodies of 'Star of the East' and 'Babe of Bethlehem' are passed throughout the orchestra, before concluding with the stirring spiritual 'Rise Up Shepherd and Follow.' The keys, meters, and bowings are all playable by second-year string students, but intermediate and advanced students also will find this to be a satisfying holiday concert piece. (3:30) / Orchestre A Cordes

A walking bass line, built on the blues scale, hints at jazz in the introduction of this fantastically fun arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Each of three verses develops further as the piece grows to its exciting final chords. An acoustic or electric bass part is included in the publication. / Choeur SSA

A walking bass line, built on the blues scale, hints at jazz in the introduction of this fantastically fun arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Each of three verses develops further as the piece grows to its exciting final chords. An acoustic or electric bass part is included in the publication. / Choeur SAB

A walking bass line, built on the blues scale, hints at jazz in the introduction of this fantastically fun arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Each of three verses develops further as the piece grows to its exciting final chords. An acoustic or electric bass part is included in the publication. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options clearly explained throughout enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With carols for Advent Christmas New Year and Epiphany and a fabulous range of accessible quality material this is a must-have collection for all choirs at Christmas. 56 flexibly scored carols Suitable for mixed choirs upper-voice choirs choirs with few men unison choirs small choirs and all other groups New flexible arrangements of traditional carols and modern favourites Brandnew carols written specially for the collection Variety of composers including Kerry Andrew Malcolm Archer Alan Bullard Bob Chilcott Stephen Cleobury Cecilia McDowall John Rutter Mack Wilberg and David Willcocks Wide range of material from Medieval to the present day and including wassails gallery carols world carols and spirituals Accessible keyboard accompaniments suitable for Organ (with or without pedals) or Piano

This outstanding collection of 90 carols offers a balanced mixture of accompanied and unaccompanied items which will appeal immediately to conductors, singers and audiences alike. Mostly for mixed voices, it includes 16 carols and a further 39 arrangements published here for the first time. From Gabrielli to Judith Weir, medieval melodies to spirituals, the range of styles covers a wide spectrum of tastes. Conductors will welcome the availability of optional orchestral material available on hire for 24 of the carols, to allow for performances without organ. This major issue of carols is edited by William Llewellyn, a well established figure in the world of choral music. / Chant Et Piano

Traditional Latin-Movement three from Hyo-Won Woo's Gloria 'Cum Sancto Spiritu' combines western musical concepts with the traditional Korean musical scale and rhythmic patterns. An incredibly dynamic setting of this well-known Latin text. This work for unaccompanied SATB choir is part of the Hak-Won Yoon Choral Series.

Discovery Level 1-Enjoy a fresh treatment of this well-known African-American spiritual with its driving syncopated rhythms lively instrumental track and vocal call-and-responses. Written for three parts it may be sung in any combination ofvoices. The singers and audience will have great fun with this one! Discovery Level 1. Available separately: 3-Part Any Combination VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:50.

Rudolph: three favourite Christmas songs skilfully arranged by Alexander L?Estrange to offer a unique twist on the originals.  Get in the groove with our ?Take Five?-feel arrangement of all-time classic Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer; have your dancing shoes ready for a quirky take on Santa Claus is Coming to Town with its mix of swing and waltz rhythms; and bring any yuletide concert to a festive close with traditional favourite We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The arrangements form part of the Choral Basics Series  which has been carefully designed to providerewarding varied repertoire for beginner choirs. Perfect for singers of all ages the series offers attractive idiomatic arrangements for SA and SA/Men choirs with carefully considered vocal ranges and straightforward piano accompaniments that support the singers. Embracing world music spirituals folk song pop classics hit shows and original pieces this series offers everything a budding choir could wish for.

It's Never Too Late To Play Christmas gives players the chance to explore their favourite Christmas songs in jazzy easy-to-play arrangements. The pieces are suitable for those who have learnt for approximately one year or have reached Level 14 of the It's Never Too Late To Play Piano tutor by Pam Wedgwood. The pieces are gently progressive gradually extending players' technique through playing pieces they love!Contents: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Cahn/Styne) We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Traditional) Past Three O'Clock (Traditional) In Dulci Jubilo (Traditional) White Christmas (Berlin) Il EstNe Le Divin Enfant (Traditional) Coventry Carol Traditional) Ding Dong Merrily On High (Arbeau) Walking In The Air (Blake) In The Bleak Midwinter (Holst) Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Coots/Gillespie) Quem Pastores Laudavere (Traditional) Christmas Song (Wells/Torme) The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy (Spiritual) Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) Silent Night (Gruber) Winter Wonderland (Duet) (Smith/Bernard)

Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from the composer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with sonic effects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova)/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

This collection contains something for everyone...a bluesy spiritual gentle lullabies concert pieces lush settings of old favorites and even a medley of secular titles. Mark Hayes's style is unlike any other. Given to mood and style shifts one moment the carol is traditional the next it's in the style of Mozart and the next it's in the style of Chopin. Some easy some not so easy but all are exciting. Contents include: We Three Kings: I Wonder as I Wander: Rise Up Shepherds and Follow: O Little Town of Bethlehem: Masters in this Hall: Manger Medley and four more. Highly recommended!