SKU: WD.080689277238
UPC: 080689277238.
Mark McClure has skillfully combined two modern classics of the same name – one by Keith and Kristyn Getty and one by Shelley Johnson – that both capture the life-changing impact of the Cross of Calvary in our lives; this is choral music at its best.
SKU: WD.080689984327
UPC: 080689984327.
Mark McClure has skillfully combined two modern classics of the same name - one by Keith and Kristyn Getty and one by Shelley Johnson - that both capture the life-changing impact of the Cross of Calvary in our lives; this is choral music at its best.
SKU: HL.48180046
UPC: 888680845605. 9.5x12.5x0.02 inches.
Pierre Onfroy de Breville.
SKU: CA.1039805
ISBN 9790007251369. Key: D major. German/English. Text: J.P. Morgan; Friedrich Schiller.
Brahms' elegy Nanie op. 82, based on the poem by Friedrich von Schiller, was composed in 1880/81 following the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, whom Brahms greatly admired. In contrast with the poem, Brahms' Nanie ends full of hope: after earthly decline, beauty can live on in art. As in his Deutsches Requiem op. 45, in Nanie Brahms creates a musical connection between mourning and consolation in an incomparable way. Inspired by the model of classical Roman-Greek laments, the work adopts the classical verse form chosen by Schiller - surely alluding to Feuerbach's classically-inspired art.Scored for mixed chorus and orchestra, we are publishing the work in a modern Urtext edition. One or more harps can be used ad lib. The primary source is the first printed edition of 1881. The latest scholarly discoveries as well as practical requirements have been taken into consideration. Performance material is available on sale as well as a vocal score, based on Brahms's original vocal score, but in a revised performing version.
SKU: GI.G-018111
UPC: 641151125855.
Conforms to the official English and Spanish liturgical texts for the United States. Inspirada en las armonías y el contrapunto de la música clásica estilo barroco, pero utilizando un lenguaje musical moderno apropiado para una liturgia multicultural, Misa Luna está construida de una forma imaginative y versátil. Sus melodías son fáciles de aprender para una comunidad angloparlante, hispanohablante o bilingüe, y su círculo de acordes es simple para los guitarristas. Al ser acompañada por órgano y trompeta tanto por guitarra y percusión esta música bella elevará la dignidad de las celebraciones. Inspired by the harmonies and counterpoint of classical Baroque music, but using modern musical language appropriate for a multicultural liturgy, Misa Luna is imaginatively and versatilely built. Its melodies are easy to learn for an English-speaking, Spanish-speaking or bilingual community, and its chord circle is simple for guitarists. Whether accompanied by organ and trumpet or by guitar and percussion, this beautiful music will elevate the dignity of your celebrations. Coro a dos voces, cantor, y asamblea | Two-part choir, Cantor, and Assembly.
SKU: PE.EP14630
ISBN 9790014139254. German.
rw? 4 by Mark Andre is a contemporary work for four Mixed Choirs, Children's Choir, Large Ensemble and Electronics which is part of a four-part cycle. The word rw? (pronounced rúach) comes from Aramaic and covers a whole field of words: wind, breath, soul, spirit. In the Bible it stands for 'Holy Spirit'. In his cycle, the French composer and sound researcher Mark Andre makes this 'holy' breath concretely and existentially tangible. rw? 4 was commissioned by KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen funded by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. The complete cycle was first performed on 15 May 2022 at the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hannover by more than 200 singers and Ensemble Modern, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.
The full score is available for sale as part of the Peters Contemporary Library series. The performance material is available for rent. This product is Printed on Demand and may take several weeks to fulfill. Please order from your favorite retailer.
About Peters Contemporary Library
Mark AndreMilton BabbittDaniel BjarnasonEarle BrownJohn CageHenry CowellJames DillonJonathan DoveBrian FerneyhoughRoxanna PanufnikRebecca SaundersErkki-Sven TuurCharles Wuorinen These are just a few of the composers whose most adventurous scores are now available to purchase through the Peters Contemporary Library. A new global initiative of the Edition Peters Group, the Peters Contemporary Library is a project designed to put these bold 20th- and 21st-century works, once available only for rental, into the collections of libraries, performers, scholars, and conductors alike. Kicked off in 2016, the Peters Contemporary Library already contains many cutting-edge works and is constantly expanding. We are proud to offer these bold new scores for sale, for the first time ever, to modern musicians and students of music all around the world.
SKU: PR.362034230
ISBN 9781598069556. UPC: 680160624225. Letter inches. English.
When the Texas Choral Consort asked Welcher to write a short prologue to Haydn's The Creation, his first reaction was that Haydn already presents Chaos in his introductory movement. As he thought about it, Welcher began envisioning a truer void to precede Haydn's depiction of Chaos within the scope of 18th-century classical style - quoting some of Haydn's themes and showing human voices and inhuman sounds in a kind of pre-creation melange of color, mood, and atmosphere. Welcher accepted this challenge with the proviso that his prologue would lead directly into Haydn's masterpiece without stopping, and certainly without applause in between. Scored for mixed chorus and Haydn's instrumentation, Without Form and Void is a dramatically fresh yet pragmatic enhancement to deepen any performance of Haydn's The Creation. Orchestral score and parts are available on rental.When Brent Baldwin asked me to consider writing a short prologue to THE CREATION, my first response was “Why?” THE CREATION already contains a prologue; it’s called “Representation of Chaos”, and it’s Haydn’s way of showing the formless universe. How could a new piece do anything but get in the way? But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. The Age of Enlightenment’s idea of “Chaos” was just extended chromaticism, no more than Bach used (in fact, Bach went further).Perhaps there might be a way to use the full resources of the modern orchestra (or at least, a Haydn-sized orchestra) and the modern chorus to really present a cosmic soup of unborn musical atoms, just waiting for Haydn’s sure touch to animate them. Perhaps it could even quote some of Haydn’s themes before he knew them himself, and also show human voices and inhuman sounds in a kind of pre-creation mélange of color, mood, and atmosphere. So I accepted the challenge, with the proviso that my new piece not be treated as some kind of “overture”, but would instead be allowed to lead directly into Haydn’s masterpiece without stopping, and certainly without applause. I crafted this five minute piece to begin with a kind of “music of the spheres” universe-hum, created by tuned wine glasses and violin harmonics. The chorus enters very soon after, with the opening words of Genesis whispered simultaneously in as many languages as can be found in a chorus. The first two minutes of my work are all about unborn human voices and unfocused planetary sounds, gradually becoming more and more “coherent” until we finally hear actual pitches, melodies, and words. Three of Haydn’s melodies will be heard, to be specific, but not in the way he will present them an hour from now. It’s almost as if we are listening inside the womb of the universe, looking for a faint heartbeat of worlds, animals, and people to come. At the end of the piece, the chorus finally finds its voice with a single word: “God!”, and the orchestra finally finds its own pulse as well. The unstoppable desire for birth must now be answered, and it is----by Haydn’s marvelous oratorio. I am not a religious man in any traditional sense. Neither was Haydn, nor Mozart, nor Beethoven. But all of them, as well as I, share in what is now called a humanistic view of how things came to be, how life in its many forms developed on this planet, and how Man became the recorder of history. The gospel according to John begins with a parody of Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” I love that phrase, and it’s in that spirit that I offer my humble “opener” to the finest work of one of the greatest composers Western music has ever known. My piece is not supposed to sound like Haydn. It’s supposed to sound like a giant palette, on which a composer in 1798 might find more outrageous colors than his era would permit…but which, I hope, he would have been delighted to hear.
SKU: PE.EP14504
ISBN 9790014136536. German.
rw? 2 by Mark Andre is a contemporary work for Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble which is part of a four-part cycle. The word rw? (pronounced rúach) comes from Aramaic and covers a whole field of words: wind, breath, soul, spirit. In the Bible it stands for 'Holy Spirit'. In his cycle, the French composer and sound researcher Mark Andre makes this 'holy' breath concretely and existentially tangible. rw? 2 was commissioned by Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart and was first performed on 12 June 2020 in Stuttgart by Gaechinger Cantorey. The complete cycle was first performed on 15 May 2022 at the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hannover by more than 200 singers and Ensemble Modern, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.
SKU: HL.49045962
Famous catchy tunes of classical instrumental music have been rearranged for four-part mixed choir in the pop, swing, rock and Latinstyles. This express transfer from the 'serious' world of the original versions into the 'more modern' genres makes us smile - not least due to the not-so-serious texts. Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Haydn, even Beethoven: Would they have smiled too? You bet! Content text: The Quattro Stagioni-Song (Antonio Vivaldi: Violinkonzert op. 8) Siciliano Bossa Nova (J. S. Bach: Siziliano aus der Flotensonate BWV 1031) Our Little Nightmusic (W. A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 525) The Alla Turca (W. A. Mozart: Alla Turca, 3. Satz aus der Klaviersonate KV 331) Fate of Beethoven (L. van Beethoven: 5. Symphonie op. 67) Elisa's Dedication (L. van Beethoven: Fur Elise) John the Bastian (J.S. Bach) Kettledrum Song (J. Haydn).
SKU: HL.49045282
ISBN 9781495078996. UPC: 888680651473. 9.0x12.0x0.138 inches. English.
Prayer is one of the composer's most original and sophisticated works. The typical African-American church service seems to be a source for this piece with its interplay of sections and colors, yet the work in form and rhythmic choices is clearly 'classical' and never breaks out into easy imitations of, for example, gospel music.The work opens with the choir singing the spiritual 'My Lord, What a Mornin'' in octaves, sung flat-out a cappella, as might happen in church. The instrumental section following this opening feels very much like a thoughtful response by the congregation. Instruments seem to behave like individual churchgoers, colorfully dressed and answering various episodes with individual thoughts. As for any fears that the mighty organ might drown out the proceedings, Singleton puts that to rest by employing it almost like another choir or section of the choir. The trumpet soloist does not blast us into heaven, it tends to sing and, we find out later, is preparing us for the spiritual 'Where Shall I Be When the Firs' Trumpet Soun'?' Even the tenor soloist behaves much like just another (but still important) instrument.The composer has chosen to not only feature spirituals, but also to set a poetic text called A Christian Prayer, whose main message, almost like some modern-day Kyrie, calls out 'save us teach us ' and extols the importance of humility and the defeat of violence. Singleton has always been a composer who has simultaneously answered the call to carry out what he feels is his duty to his fellow humans while using the finest of his art to do so, and Prayer finds him at the top of his game.- Carman Moore.
SKU: HL.49046375
ISBN 9781540084590. UPC: 840126908251.
Peter Gabriel's 1992 Gospel Ballad; as performed by Vocal Line. A new choral series that sets a new standard: Familiar traditionals are replaced by legendary pop and jazz classics, the arrangers - among them Jens Johansen, Bertrand Groger, Oliver Gies, Thierry Lalo, Dylan Bell - rank among the great figures of the European choral scene, and the book comes along in an absolutely choir-friendly format: as a handy, modern separate edition at an affordable price - a valuable addition for all jazz, pop and gospel ensembles looking to add new pieces to their repertoire. further editions: Straighten up and Fly right / Smells Like Teen Spirit / African Call / Blues on Sunday / As.
SKU: HL.49046123
Twelve choir and piano movements for the Christmas season: classics such as Jingle Bells and Silent Night, as well as unknown international Christmas carols. The individual arrangements can be used flexibly; they work in three-part mixed, but also in one or two voices, with piano accompaniment or a cappella. At the same time, the individual pieces are designed so differently that they are suitable for joint use in concert. With modern and popular harmony and varied rhythm, this Christmas collection is ideal for young choirs.
SKU: HL.291300
UPC: 888680926588. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches. II Corinthians 9:15, Luke 2:11, Luke 2:14.
Christmastime is a modern Christmas carol that has quickly become part of the standard holiday songbook. Dancing joyfully between a neoclassical vibe and a light jazz pop idiom, this piece pushes all the right buttons for a happy holiday moment in your concerts or worship services. The text celebrates bells and the inclusion of Ding Dong! Merrily on High adds a special sparkle. Present with piano only or full orchestra, or with the optional handbell part to open this anthem to even more possibilities! Yes! Score and Parts (fl 1-2/pic, ob, cl 1-2, bn, hn 1-2, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2, btbn, timp, perc, chm, glock, harpsi/syn, hp, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download. Part for Handbells (3-5 oct.) also available as a digital download.
