SKU: CA.970280
ISBN 9790007089832. Language: German. Text: Gerhardt, Paul. Text: Paul Gerhardt.
Score available separately - see item CA.970200.
SKU: AP.49657
UPC: 038081567440. English.
Here's a cute, quick (two-minute) rendition of the Michael Bublé hit. Heartfelt lyrics recognize that despite living in crazy times, a special person in your life makes it worthwhile. No solo or vocal percussion required---this contemporary a cappella arrangement covers the tune with the choir and incorporates aspirated chk's as built-in rhythm. Additionally, doom's in the lowest voice part layout a supportive bass line, and a catchy La la refrain stays in the ear long after the final cutoff. Equally effective with large groups or small ensembles.
About Alfred Pop Choral Series
The Alfred Pop Series features outstanding arrangements of songs from the popular music genre. These publications provide exciting, contemporary, and educationally-sound arrangements for singers of all ages, from elementary through high school, to college and adult choirs.
SKU: AP.48506
UPC: 038081553290. English.
Contemporary a cappella groups will love this stadium-rocking anthem that has been called a feel-good jam with positive and empowering lyrics. This hard-hitting Imagine Dragons' single climbed to the top of the charts across the globe. A solid choice that will motivate today's singers.
SKU: HL.49044382
ISBN 9790220135286. 8.25x11.75x0.063 inches. English.
This Easter anthem by British composer John Casken is an expert example of contemporary choral writing and would be ideal for amateur choirs looking for exciting new repertoire.
SKU: HL.48024222
7.0x10.0x0.094 inches.
These Three Songs of Love were commissioned by Exultate Singers and first performed on 14 February 2015 at St George's Bristol. The three texts (Clare, Yeats and McCrae) represent various moods of love, from the thrill of its first appearance and the mini death which this involves, through the devotion felt towards the beloved even if they are unaware of it, to the distant memories evoked by a return to an old haunt. The florid and expressive music is tied very closely to the words, with rich harmonies and clever counterpoint alongside homophonic passages. The songs will present a mild challenge to intermediate choirs, but they are sure to be pleasing to both singers and audiences and an excellent addition to the contemporary repertoire. Content: *First Love *Though you are in your shining days & The Cloths of Heaven *Then and Now.
SKU: HL.49019492
ISBN 9790001192699. 7.75x11.0x0.039 inches. German.
Heinrich Poos is not the first composer inspired by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's poem 'Die Auferstehung', as even Gustav Mahler had already used these verses in the fifth movement of his Second Symphony 'Auferstehung'. Mahler was inspired to use a choral movement at the end of his symphony at the funeral of the conductor Hans von Bülow where a choir sang a chorale based on said text by Klopstock. Heinrich Poos wrote his deeply moving choral piece in remembrance of the organist Hubert Schoonbrodt.
SKU: AP.50142
UPC: 038081573120. English.
This inspirational song provides a powerful anchor for a concert or year-long theme. A light rhythmic groove and a contemporary tune support lyrics that encourage us to laugh often and look for the beauty in everyday life. Search YouTube for the father/daughter duet cover that inspired this heartwarming arrangement. Download the free cello part and create a truly memorable performance. Great for graduations or end-of-year occasions.
SKU: AP.46744
UPC: 038081531991. English. Words adapted from poems by Sir Richard Fanshawe; Francis Beaumont; music; new words; by Jay Althouse.
Practical, timeless advice abounds in this jaunty contemporary choral with texts lifted from Renaissance-era poetry and a translation of ancient verse. The opening melody winds around the tonic triad before the B section breaks into colorful contemporary harmony in a chorale setting. Light, yet legit.
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: ST.Y280
ISBN 9790220223051.
1. Age and Youth (words by William Shakespeare) 2. Sun and Shadow (words by Thomas Campion) For amateur SATB chorus with divisions, Opposites by Rhian Samuel pairs a well-known poem by Shakespeare with a less familiar one by his contemporary, the lute-song composer Thomas Campion. In Shakespeare's much anthologised 'Crabbed Age and Youth' the decay of the former and vigour of the latter inspire contrasts of texture, register and dynamics to make a simple yet effective form culminating in the defiant tutti of 'Age, I do defy thee!' A meditation on the fruitless pursuit of passion, Campion's 'Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow' alternates a lilting refrain with dueting soprano and alto, and tenor and bass. Lasting around ten minutes, the two items would make an attractive and complementary element in any programme that explored the richness of English verse in choral song, whether in classical, romantic or contemporary repertoire.
SKU: HL.49044871
ISBN 9790220117527. UPC: 841886025936. 8.25x11.75x0.05 inches. English.
A beautiful work of contemporary polyphony in which shifting textures create momentary dissonance. An alluring melody passes between the voice parts. This work can be performed alone or as a pair with Charm me Asleep.
SKU: HL.14043287
8.25x11.75x0.085 inches.
John Tavener 's Coplas , composed in 1970, for unaccompanied SATB Choir. ' Coplas is a short anthem for voices and tape. It belongs to a much larger work called 'Last Rites' which I have been thinking about for about a year. It is based on the mystical idea of St. John of the Cross which obsesses me - the more I live the more I must die. Hence the deliberately static nature of Coplas. In once sense Coplas is a prolonged decoration of the 'et sepultus est' cadence from the Crucifixus in Bach's Mass in B minor. In another sense I think of it not so much as my music but a way of listening to Bach's music. ' - John Tavener.
