Merry Christmas To You-Music by Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by Roy Ringwald. Version for TTBB Choir (Men's Voices) and Piano.

Chestnuts Roasting on an open Fire. Par TORME MEL / WELLS ROBERT. Full divisi choral textures and rich harmonies are the hallmark of this a cappella edition of this Christmas classic arranged by Jerry Rubino. This setting will enhance any holiday program! / Date parution : 2007-04-20/ Feuillet / Voix Mixtes

The Christmas Song composé par Mel Torme et Robert Wells au cours d'une chaude journée de l'été 1946 est un des plus célèbres noëls de tous les temps. Les paroles descriptives illustrent des ambiances traditionnelles de Noël : les marrons grillés au feu de bois l'air vif qui pique le nez etc. Nat King Cole a été le premier à enregistrer cette chanson en 1947. Elle est devenue instantanément un classique du répertoire de Noël.

A classic from the golden age of the show tune, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is a soulful and sophisticated number originally written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach for the musical Roberta . Over the years the song has been covered by Bryan Ferry, Jerry Garcia, and was a 1958 chart topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic for doo wop group, The Platters. With a deep dynamic range and rich, floating harmonies, this luxurious choral arrangement by Chris Hussey for SAB chorus with piano accompaniment, is a beautifully re-imagined new take on a timeless song. Full of engrossing tension and dramatic relief that swells up through thick, complex chords and a memorable lead line, this is a must perform piece for amateur-intermediate choirs. / Sab Et Piano

This is the full score of Herbert Howells' 1950 composition Hymnus Paradisi for Soprano and Tenor Soli SATB chorus and orchestra. Now available for the first time in print this score has been prepared from the known sources revised and edited with critical commentary and includes a preface by Paul Spicer and introductory notes by Sir David Willcocks. Four of the choral movements (II-V) are settings of Latin and English texts. These are drawn from the Psalms and the 'Miss pro defunctis' the book of Common Prayer and are immemorial reflections upon the transient griefs and indestructible hopes of mankind. All are appropriate to the mood and purpose ofa Requiem. Movement VI is a setting of lines from the Salisbury Diurnal used here in the translation by Dr G. H. Palmer appearing at the end of Robert Bridges' Anthology The Spirit of Man. The first performance was at the Three Choirs Festival at Gloucester on 7th September 1950 which the composer conducted. The Bach Choir gave the first London performance early in 1951 and recorded the work in 1970 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Sir David Willcocks.

Noël 2 is an exciting collection of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed voice choirs, which follows on from the highly acclaimed Noël! Volume 1 (Catalogue No. NOV310800). The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: from Byrd and Sweelinck, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages to Howells and Leighton, and work by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Eric Whitacre, John Tavener Tarik O'Regan and Richard Allain. Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. Selected and edited by David Hill, Choral Advisor to Novello, Chief Conductor of the BBC singers, Musical Director of The Bach Choir, Chief Conductor of The Southern Sinfonia and Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Southampton in 2002 in recognition of his Services to Music. 'Noël was a welcome addition to the Christmas list for decent standard choirs - Noël 2 adds even more to the repertoire in a handy volume... The main enticements are some fantastic new arrangements of old favourites, a number of works previously only available in single sheets (Whitacre's Lux Arumque among others) and some fantastic new surprises. Adrian Peacock's Venite, Gaudete is a wonderfully original and vibrant setting, Richard Rodney Bennet's I Wonder as I Wander is both reflective and effective, and there are plenty more. Some of the pieces here will challenge your choir, but there's a vast amount to get the Christmas inspiration flowing. ' - Jonathan Wikeley, Music Teacher November 2009 '?an outstanding resource for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany ' Andrew Stewart, Choir and amp - Organ November/December 2010 Noel! 2 Interview With David Hill by Musicroom / Choeur SATB Et Orgue (Ou Piano)

Madrigal for SSATB poem by Robert Wever. Composed for Sir Frederick Bridge and members of the Madrigal Society. Piano part included for practice use.

Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable for use throughout the year. The evening canticles are given due space with seventeen settings including those by Byrd Gibbons Purcell Walmisley Stanford Noble Howells Walton and Tippett. Also included are settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate Deo alongside seven settings of the Preces and Responses and two additional early Lord's Prayers. The selection is completed with three supplementary items: a set of previously unpublished Psalm chants byHowells John Sanders's Good Friday Reproaches and a written-out Order for Compline.Robert King has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscripts or printed sources. Playable keyboard reductions have been added for the majority of unaccompanied items.

Malcolm Arnold's one act ballet score Homage To The Queen was commissioned in 1953 by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden to celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ballet was conceived and choreographed by Frederick Ashton with designs by Oliver Messel and was danced by the full company of the Sadler's Wells Ballet with an illustrious cast that comprised Nadia Nerina as Queen of the Earth Violetta Elvin as Queen of the Waters Beryl Grey as Queen of Fire and Margot Fonteyn as Queen of the Air. The conductor of the ROH orchestra was Robert Irving. Homage to the Queen was first performed on the night of the coronation 2June1953.One of the towering musical figures of the 20th century Sir Malcolm Arnold has a remarkable catalogue of major concert works to his credit including nine symphonies seven ballets two operas one musical over twenty concertos two string quartets and music for brass band and wind band. He has also written over 132 film scores and among these are some of the finest works ever composed for the medium: Bridge On The River Kwai Inn Of The Sixth Happiness Hobson's Choice Whistle Down The Wind and David Copperfield.

Bernard BraleyThis volume covers the lives of George Herbert the seventeenth century religious poet and parson; Edward Plumptre the nineteenth century educationalist and theologian who became Dean of Wells Cathedral; Robert Bridges medical man precentor in a village church Poet Laureate and eccentric; and Fred Pratt Green who took up hymnwriting seriously at an age when many retire and whose twentieth century hymns are now sung across the world.Hymnwriters 3 ''has . . . . a classical and appropriate cover featuring an organ and bench with portraits of hymnologists. Also the near-magazine format featuring side-bars boxed sections photos and drawings and anumber of different typefaces make it a really top-class production. This also has impressive indices: Index of Persons Index of Place Names General Index and lastly Index of Tunes. Anybody interested in the hymnology/poetry of all the people covered in this finely produced book should add it to their library.'' (Librarians' Christian Fellowship Newsletter)ISBN 0 85249 789 X

In this well-known hymn Herbert Howells sets a text by Robert Bridges to a hymn tune of his own composition creating a hymn which has become a firm favourite all over the world. The first three verses do not stray from Howells' original setting but John Rutter reharmonizes Verses 4 and 5 and adds a descant to the final verse which was approved by Howells himself.

A classic from the golden age of the show tune, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is a soulful and sophisticated number originally written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach for the musical Roberta. Over the years the song has been covered by Bryan Ferry, Jerry Garcia, and was a 1958 chart topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic for doo wop group, The Platters . With a deep dynamic range and rich, floating harmonies, this luxurious choral arrangement by Christopher Hussey for SATB chorus with Piano accompaniment, is a beautifully re-imagined new take on a timeless song. Full of engrossing tension and dramatic relief that swells up through thick, complex chords and a memorable lead line, this is a must perform piece for amateur-intermediate choirs. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire'...Let your group shine with Paul Jennings' tasty setting of this lush holiday ballad. A proven winner.

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire-One of most iconic holiday tunes of all time The Christmas Song is treated here in a masterfully constructed setting featuring a flugelhorn soloist. Set in a traditional ballad style Marks arrangement features tasteful accompaniment figures creative harmonies and brief spots of double-time swing in the solo section.