Traditional: Lord of the Sea: Concert Band: Score & Parts

Les trois mélodies de cette suite de chants de marin sont extraites de la très célèbre Fantasia on British Sea Songs de Sir Henry Wood. Farewell and Adieu (1796) relate le voyage retour de marins anglais en provenance d?Espagne. The Saucy Arethusa raconte l?histoire de la frégate HMS Arethusa entrée dans la légende par son duel contre la frégate française La Belle Poule en juin 1778. Quant au pétillant The Sailor?s Hornpipe il est considéré comme un chant national par les Irlandais les Écossais et les Anglais. Hisse et ho !

This exclusive collection brings together 12 of Nico Muhly?s sacred works for mixed-voice choir. These vivacious fresh and dramatic pieces will make an impact whether in the church or in the concert hall and range from the intimate Lord keep us modest when we claim to the effervescent Bright Star Carol alongside service music such as Muhly?s Third Service. All are accessible to learn and offer choirs a new slant on contemporary choral music at its very best.  'Choral music has always been at the emotional core of my musical output. Even when I?m writing large-scale orchestral works (or indeed chamber music) I alwaysfind myself returning to techniques and textures I?ve greedily stolen from centuries of music from Tye to Howells early and recent. I try to design my own choral music primarily for use in worship where the measure of the success of the piece is if it helps guide the listeners? ears upwards and elsewhere as sacred architecture and the various rituals of the church themselves are meant to do. The specificity of music heard only in certain seasons is for me an important and thrilling element of the choral tradition: a Beethoven Symphony is welcome at any point in the year but an anthem for Candlemas works only then at a certain time of day and on a certain day of the year. With this functional spirit at the heart of the compositional process I hope that the music collected here makes equal sense in a concert setting. These works range from ordinaries of the mass to hymns to motets and represent a decade and a half of output.' - Nico Muhly

. . . for Choirs Collections-Anthems for all of the Church's seasons. This book is a uniquely accessible and comprehensive musical/liturgical resource for use in Church services and concerts and throughout the church's year. Suitable for SATB choirs of all sizes and abilities this book:contains a superb selection of 50 pieces covering the Principal festivals: The Epiphany The Presentation of Christ in the Temple The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary Ascension Day Pentecost Trinity Sunday and All Saints' Day;provides an excellent and varied choice of pieces for each Feast suitable for many years of use;champions new approachable and unjustly neglectedrepertoire spanning all periods and traditions whilst avoiding widely available or difficult music;includes many previously unpublished or newly commissioned anthems arrangements and editions by important composer and church musicians;contains a useful liturgical introduction;represents unrivalled variety and fabulous value for money.