SKU: CY.CC3040
ISBN 9790530110157. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus (Behold the Great Priest) comes from the early European tradition of plainchant. Bruckner's setting of the responsory, originally scored for eight-part mixed choir, organ and three trombones, brings certain medieval qualities to an otherwise Romantic-era composition. This transcription for 10-part brass choir is appropriate for intermediate level and above and attempts to retain the majesty, power, and beauty of the original piece. It should be approached as a choral piece: connected and fluid. The harmonic language is essentially triadic; great care should be taken in the tuning of each chord throughout the piece. Instrumentation is for: 3 Trumpets in B-flat, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones, Euphonium and Tuba. Listen to the live performance by a young group of musicians conducted by Dr. Paul Stevens, Professor of Horn at KU.
SKU: HL.49017921
ISBN 9790220131509. UPC: 884088567590. 8.25x11.75x0.062 inches. English.
Composed for the Alwinton and Holystone Church Choir near the composer's home in Northumberland, John Casken sets Christina Rossetti's In the bleak mid-winter - a poem popularised by Gustav Holts' setting of the same name for SATB choir and organ. A traditional carol based on the nativity it paints a vivid picture of the chill of winter and is ideal for choirs wishing to move away from the well-known whilst retaining an element of tradition. Constantly flowing organ lines create a sense of unease but this is uplifting music with subtle crescendos and powerful homophonic writing for the voices.
SKU: GI.WJMS1172
UPC: 785147017363. English. Text source: Traditional spiritual. Traditional Spiritual.
Stacey Gibbs' Li'l David for women's chorus is a tremendous creation by the well-loved arranger. This will be a great choice for more advanced women's choirs, but the way the two SSA choirs play off of one another is natural and achievable. Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series.
SKU: AP.46941
UPC: 038081535906. English. Traditional Spiritual.
A grandiose choral introduction travels through several keys to open this polished setting of the traditional spiritual, which soon breaks into a joyously brisk treatment featuring call-and-response between sections, terraced dynamic contrasts, and thick divisi textures. Fantastic a cappella writing for advanced choirs.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: CF.CM9573
ISBN 9781491153673. UPC: 680160911172. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. Key: Ab major. Latin. Traditional Latin.
O Magnum Mysterium?exemplifies quintessential Busto choral writing through varied textures and tempi with poignant harmonies all of which depict the sacred text O great mystery. For advanced mixed choirs and appropriate for any concert and festival setting.
SKU: GI.WW1771
UPC: 785147021568. English. Text source: Traditional spiritual. Traditional Spiritual.
This spiritual is full of joy, though it comes from a tumultous time. This arrangement uses rhythmic passages and complex harmonies at times to convey what it means to escape this life of toil. For more advanced choirs, this would make an excellent concert closer! Jason Max Ferdinand Choral Series.
SKU: CF.CM9511
ISBN 9781491146231. UPC: 680160903733. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.
Well-known composer Stacey V. Gibbs' arrangement of the beloved spiritual I Want Jesus to Walk With Me is a superb arrangement for TTBB choirs. Laden with emotion and ranges to suit advanced tenor-bass choirs, Gibbs' signature style shines through, making it a programming must. choirs, Gibbs' signature style shines through making this new arrangement a programming must.
SKU: HL.373786
ISBN 9781705149867. UPC: 196288016519. 6.75x10.5x0.631 inches.
Die Schöpfung is not only a decisive high point in Joseph Haydn's career as a composer, but also marks a turning point in the history of the oratorio in general. On the threshold of the 19th century, Haydn broke with the traditional dominance of arias, gave the chorus much greater importance and thus paved the way for a new “chororatorio†- one of the main pillars of the up-and-coming bourgeois concert life. The name SAM-Klang takes the three voice parts from the arrangements -- Soprano, Alto and Men -- and combines it with the Scandinavian and German words for “sound†to create the portmanteau word “sound together†or “harmony.†The series offers basic and advanced choral repertoire. In addition to new repertoire and new arrangements, you will also find essential parts of the classical German, Scandinavian, French and English SATB repertoire, carefully and considerately reworked for SAM. The arrangements retain the characteristic features of the original movements and have almost the same richness of timbre, resulting in works which sound nearly unchanged to an audience. Piano reductions of all choral movements facilitate rehearsal preparation. The arrangements offer development opportunities for all voice sections, bringing new life and new quality to SAM choir work. SAM-Klang enables youth choirs to gain access to classical choral literature and ensures that mixed choirs who face challenges in finding singers for all male voice parts continue to have access to well-loved repertoire.
SKU: HL.373819
ISBN 9781705149898. UPC: 196288016618. 6.75x9.25x0.146 inches.
The 29-year-old Franz Schubert composed his German Mass (D 872) in 1826 at the request of Johann Philipp Neumann, who also wrote the text with the original title “Songs for the celebration of the holy sacrifice of the Mass.†Its name derives from the the fact that - unlike most sacred works of the time - the German language is used. Its great popularity can be explained primarily by the straighforward and memorable music of Schubert; in addition, the German texts, in contrast to the traditional Latin Mass texts, focus on people with their earthly worries and needs, which certainly reflected Schubert's own religious convictions. The name SAM-Klang takes the three voice parts from the arrangements -- Soprano, Alto and Men -- and combines it with the Scandinavian and German words for “sound†to create the portmanteau word “sound together†or “harmony.†The series offers basic and advanced choral repertoire. In addition to new repertoire and new arrangements, you will also find essential parts of the classical German, Scandinavian, French and English SATB repertoire, carefully and considerately reworked for SAM. The arrangements retain the characteristic features of the original movements and have almost the same richness of timbre, resulting in works which sound nearly unchanged to an audience. Piano reductions of all choral movements facilitate rehearsal preparation. The arrangements offer development opportunities for all voice sections, bringing new life and new quality to SAM choir work. SAM-Klang enables youth choirs to gain access to classical choral literature and ensures that mixed choirs who face challenges in finding singers for all male voice parts continue to have access to well-loved repertoire.
SKU: GI.G-005873
UPC: 641151058733.
This exhilarating arrangement of the traditional spiritual is now available in octavo format. Its striking recording appears on the CD Spirituals from the Stoop by the Bay Ridge Band, featuring the arranger, Chris Vath, on piano. We're sure you'll agree that this challenging version will be well worth the effort. Share it with your serious choirs. Your advanced keyboard players will get a kick out of this one!
SKU: GI.WW1932
UPC: 785147038368. Latin. Text Source: Traditional Latin.
A shortened version of of Sandstrom's 2003 Gloria for advanced choirs. This is a beautiful soundscape that expresses glory to God.
