Recorder From The Beginning: Christmas Songbook: Descant Recorder: Mixed

Containing seventeen Christmas carols this book enables beginners Recorder players to perform simplified arrangements of popular festive repertoire either on their own using the various accompaniment options to provide the full original melody or alongside singers and more advanced players.Complete with a CD of backing tracks and access to free downloadable Piano accompaniments (available at www.hybridpublications.com) both of whichincorporate the original melody line this book provides the ideal resource for teachers and parents looking to enable recorder players of all standards to join the celebrations of the season.John Pitts' hugelysuccessful Recorder from the Beginning teaching scheme is ideal for all teachers with its straignforward easy-to-follow approach and its attractive collections of well-known and original tunes.

Selections From Recorder Fun-Eight timeless Christmas classics as presented in Disney movies arranged for very beginning Recorder players. Includes: Away in a Manger • Deck the Halls • From All of Us to All of You • Frosty the Snow Man • Jolly Old St. Nicholas • O Christmas Tree • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer • We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Pupil's Book-A unique collection of trios for different combinations of recorders: 2 descants and treble descant and 2 trebles descant treble and tenor. This selection features a wide range of well-known arrangements including spirituals Latin American dances classical favourites and a Christmas medley plus original pieces by John Pitts. The Pupil's Book contains the recorder parts and chord symbols; the Teacher's Book provides optional piano accompaniment forall the pieces.

Teacher's Book-A unique collection of trios for different combinations of recorders: 2 descants and treble descant and 2 trebles descant treble and tenor. This selection features a wide range of well-known arrangements including spirituals Latin American dances classical favourites and a Christmas medley plus original pieces by John Pitts. The Pupil's Book contains the recorder parts and chord symbols; the Teacher's Book provides optional piano accompaniment forall the pieces.

Par WHITBOURN JAMES. This glorious collection of beautiful choral music by composer James Whitbourn includes fifteen short works drawn from his oeuvre from the first few years of the 21st century. Many of his greatest compositions are included in The Choral Collection, with many of the pieces working perfectly for seasonal performances, while also reflecting the many fruitful collaborations of Whitbourn's distinguished career. All works are arranged for SATB Choir. James Whitbourn has become renowned throughout the world for his acclaimed compositions and settings of numerous texts. He has been described as truly original and an innovator of contemporary British choral music, collaborating with people like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The former appears here, as A Prayer Of Desmond Tutu, a setting of one of the Archbishop's prayers. His arrangements and compositions for the King's College Choir have been universally critically acclaimed, with A Great And Mighty Wonder, Nunc Dimittis and Were You There? representing these hugely popular collaborations. Whitbourn has also had a very close relationship with the BBC since his beginnings as a composer, working with them on three pieces within The Choral Collection. Eternal Rest and Give Us The Wings Of Faith were both composed specifically for television broadcast, the former (in its orchestral form) was played for the funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002. His longest work, for which he is most famous, is a setting of text from'the Diary of Anne Frank'. There Is No Speech Or Language comes from this work, taking its text from other sources, but that still maintain the beauty and tragedy of the wider piece. The Choral Collection of fifteen compositions by James Whitbourn is full of beautiful, haunting, uplifting and inspiring melodies for SATB Choir and Organ Accompaniment from one of the most treasured British choral composers. The brilliant choice of texts throughout is matched only by the sheer compositional skill of Whitbourn in evoking the emotions of the words in the musical form. Also included are suggestions for seasonal song use, a list of recordings, and fascinating song notes written by Whitbourn himself. The joy of choral singing is nowhere more evident than in a work by James Whitbourn, and performances of any piece within this collection is sure to be remembered for a long time to come./ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Orgue

Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. 72 Solo Cantatas for Voice, Melodic Instrument and Basso continuo. Advent & Christmas - Medium Voice. When Telemann issued his first annual cycle of printed cantatas, Der Harmonische Gottesdienst (Hamburg, 1725-6), he was already one of the leading cantata composers of his time. Thanks to their brevity and their simple scoring, the 72 solo cantatas have remained very popular to the present day. These editions (BA 5891 through to BA 5896) divide the annual cycle into cantatas for high voice and cantatas for medium voice. Each series spreads the works over three volumes accompanied by separate parts forsolo instrument and continuo. The cantatas follow the order of the liturgical year, beginning with the Christmas season and continuing with Easter and Trinity. Being practically minded, Telemann arranged the ambitus of the Vocal parts so that the cantatas for medium voice are ‘also suitable for an ordinary alto or bass’. Similarly, the solo instruments are suitable for Violin, Oboe, Recorder or Flute. - Interesting solo cantatas for use in church services. - Urtext from the Telemann Edition. - Separate parts for instrument and continuo./ Répertoire / Voix Moyennes