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)

The Manchester Carols is an inspired collaboration between composer Sasha Johnson Manning and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. A collection of 12 carols linked with a gentle entertaining narration which reshape and modernise the Christmas story. Its creators wanted to write something that is relevant to and reflects modern society and which acknowledges the fact that even though someone might not subscribe to the religion behind the Nativity story they can still appreciate it as an inspiring magical tale. The carols are for everyone believers or not. Duffy uses the Christmas story as a metaphor for human experience giving usup-close and personal insights into the central characters of the nativity – Mary Joseph a newborn baby and a ‘golden youth’ (aka the Angel Gabriel). As Duffy herself says: 'I think the story is wonderful. There’s a lot we can take from it on a human level even if we don’t take the divine element.' There are hints too of the darker grittier side of the Nativity story – refugees poverty giving birth on the road; and looking further forward there are hints of Jesus’ fate on the cross. These carols were written in Manchester in 2007 and first performed by children from several Manchester schools at The Royal Northern College of Music (and again in 2008). All of us who worked on them – librettist composer artist conductor teachers musicians and singers – live and work in that great city. And so these are and will forever be  The Manchester Carols'.

Celebrated choral composers Bob Chilcott and Susan Knight have searched the globe for the most vibrant and exciting festive music representing a range of styles and cultures. This unique collection has it all - from a melismatic Armenian hymn to a percussive villancico from the Dominican Republic; a US spiritual to a Polish folk carol. The collection features: 31 pieces that are perfect for a wide range of SATB choirs New Christmas repertoire from all over the world Each piece in both English and its original language Pronunciation guides to help with singing the original texts Carols by popular andlittle-known composers This anthology not only offers a world of new and unusual music for your choir it also represents a fascinating glimpse into seasonal and musical traditions the world over.

The Easiest Tune Book Of Christmas Carols is a splendid collection of twenty of the most popular and favourite Christmas carols in simple two-part harmony with fingering Guitar chords and lyrics.Eleanor Franklin Pike has compiled a fabulous collection of basic tunes with the easiest of arrangements suitable for young beginners. The left hand remains entirely in the five-finger position while the righthand plays the exact reproduction of the melodies transposed into the simplest keys. The Easiest Tune Book is perfect for young (or older) beginners of around grades 1 or 2 enabling them to easily play andlearn some of the most timeless carols of all time. Some of the best most enjoyable carols are included in this book such as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen O Come All Ye Faithful and SilentNight all expertly arranged by Franklin Pike. As well as including lyrics and Guitar chords what's really handy is some helpful fingering suggestions which allow anyone to progress really quickly not just withthese songs but with Piano playing in general. The Easiest Tune Book Of Christmas Carols is an old book but the content remains as fresh useful and beautiful as ever. It'stestament to the brilliant arrangements of universally-loved tunes that this book still inspires and instils the Christmas spirit in beginning pianists so many years after its original publication.

Par PITTS ANTONY. The Naxos Book of Carols is collection of both the very old and the very new. Commissioned by the leading international classical music label, Naxos, these twenty-four arrangements of traditional and original carols tell the Christmas story - from the hope of Advent and the message of the Angels, to the humble birth of the baby in Bethlehem and the coming of the King of kings. This collaboration between Naxos and Faber Music has brought this volume, containing all 24 carols in four narrative sequences, in new arrangements for SATB choir with minimum divisi. There is a good mix of accompanied and a capella (even the latter have optional accompaniments) and there is practical guidance on how the carols may be used by congregations, as well as choirs with varied resources. The original CD, performed by the award-winning choir Tonus Peregrinus and directed by the composer Antony Pitts, is included within the book making it incredible value for money. / Choral Music / Recueil / Voix Mixtes

SSA Collection-Everyone loves to sing Christmas carols! So make it simple with this easy-to-use collection containing 50 well-known carols arranged for SSA voices. Ideal for holiday sing-alongs community or family get-togethers or house-to-house singing. Includes: Angels We Have Heard on High - Deck the Hall - The First Noel - Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Joy to the World - O Come All Ye Faithful - Silent Night - The Twelve Days of Christmas - Up on the Housetop - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - What Child Is This? - and more.

This wonderful collection brings together seven well-loved carols all newly arranged by Mack Wilberg for low voice and piano. Featuring a range of Christmas texts including 'Bring a torch Jeannette Isabella' 'Deck the hall' and 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' it also offers two carols with alternative original foreign-language options (French and Catalan). With a delightful variety of musical styles and moods this volume is perfect for recitals services and concerts at Christmas time.Also available in a volume for high voice.

Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present.For over fifty years he has sung edited and composed carols each Christmas and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books but has a personality and purpose of its own.Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria France Germany Mexico Poland and the USA alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives the author includes seven new compositions of his own settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound.In addition to sample programmes and translations there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts churches and traditional Yuletide carolling.

Quelques-uns des morceaux les plus originaux de compositeurs contemporains de musique sacrée sont rassemblés ici, dans cette superbe collection. Ils sont plus particulièrement dirigés vers les directeurs de chorales qui cherchent à interpréter des morceaux spéciaux pour Noël. Dix-sept chants - dans des versions "a capella" et accompagné. Inclus entre autres "The Lamb" (Tavener), "I Sing Of A Maiden" (Berkeley), "The Holly And The Ivy" (Lutoslawski), "Jesus Christ The Apple Tree" (Poston) et "One Star At Last" (Maxwell Davies). / [Chester Book Of Carols] / Classique / Partition /

Favorite Christmas Songs and Carols Featuring Mickey Mouse and Friends-The piano/vocal/guitar arrangments in this collection correspond to Disney's CD release of the same name featuring these familiar Yuletide tunes: Away in a Manger Christmas Together Deck the Halls From All of Us to All of You Frosty the Snow Man Here Comes Santa Claus (Right down Santa Claus Lane) Here We Come A-Caroling Jingle Bells Jolly Old St. Nicholas Joy to the World O Christmas Tree Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Silent Night Sleigh Ride Sleigh Ride Through the Snow The Twelve Days of Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas.