Ding! Dong! Merrily on High

Many of the old hymns have great sometimes stunning messages. Michael Hurley feels that sometimes the “antiquated” melody and/or harmony can get in the way of these important words. He has embarked upon an ongoingproject to create fresh new music for these grand expressions of faith. He has definitely accomplished that with this arrangement! Higher Ground is lively and upbeat with exciting harmonies and catchy syncopation.“Pressing on the upward way” is no problem with this uplifting choral. The melody soars as the mood of the text climbs higher adding a great high soprano descant on the final verse “I want to scale the utmostheight and catch a gleam of glory bright!” A wonderful orchestration or accompaniment CD is available taking this spirited octavo to new heights...to Higher Ground!

17 Celebrated Wedding Songs-Seventeen celebrated Wedding songs for High Voice with Piano accompaniment collected and edited by Bernard Taylor. Intended for those who intend to play an active part in deciding the music played on their special day. Includes 'One Hand One Heart' and 'Schubert's 'Ave Maria'. This collection is also available for Low Voice (search for Catalogue Number GS32929).

A collection of movie hits wonderfully arranged for intermediate and advanced level string quartets. Perfect for high school, university, and professional quartets! The optional bass parts also allow for use in the high school, university or community orchestra. Just the thing to read through at wedding receptions, parties, and other events. / Quatuor A Cordes

There is no rose of such virtue is an anonymous mediaeval text, already well known through beautiful settings by Britten (in his Ceremony of Carols), John Joubert and others. The poem is 'macaronic' (it presents a verse in English, followed by a varying Latin refrain). This new version follows the illustrious examples above by remaining strophic and presenting broadly the same music in a succession of slightly different guises. The first verse is a straightforward four-part setting, the second gives the melody to the tenors and surrounds them with hushed, wordless writing for the other parts, and the third explores a freely canonic relationship between the tenor and soprano lines before carrying the previous verse-endings to a higher, more exalted pitch and mood. The fourth verse then expands its texture in a free climactic passage evoking the songs of praise sung by the angels. This subsides towards the final verse, where the texture of the music attenuates again to four parts, and canonic writing (based on the first four notes of the original melody) permeates all of them. This slightly extended statement leads to a hushed final cadence. Francis Pott (b. 1957) began musical life as a chorister at New College, Oxford. He held open music scholarships at Winchester College and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he studied composition with Robin Holloway and Hugh Wood while pursuing piano studies privately in London with the distinguished British artist, Hamish Milne. Throughout the 1990s Francis was John Bennett Lecturer in Music at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and a lay clerk in the Choir of Winchester Cathedral. In 2001 he became Head of London College of Music, University of West London, later leading research across the University's Faculty of Arts and acceding in 2007 to its first Chair in Composition. Francis Pott has become recognised particularly for his sacred choral and organ music. This has been performed in concert and on radio in over three dozen countries worldwide, published by four major UK houses and released extensively on CD. Winner of four national composition awards, in 1997 he received first prize in the piano solo section of the S. S. Prokofiev Composing Competition, Moscow. In 2006 and 2011 he was a nominated finalist in the BASCA/BBC Annual Composer Awards. In summer 2012 he was winner of the international composing competition of the Cheltenham Festival, which sought new piano variations on the arioso song Bist du bei mir, well known in the arrangement by J. S. Bach. Francis lives with his wife and two children on the outskirts of Winchester. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Favorite Wedding Classics for Solo Singers features arrangements of nine beloved masterworks representing a wide variety of eras and styles, and some of history's best-loved composers. This inspired collection includes solo arrangements of popular favorites not found previously in other wedding collections. It offers information about each composer and his work, as well as foreign language pronunciation guides. Four songs include optional trumpet or flute obbligato (parts included). Available in both medium high and medium low voicings, with or without CD recordings of the accompaniments.

A variety of songs for different types of weddings including standards in special arrangements for singer and Piano accompaniment. Ideal for all singers who perform at weddings with or without an accompanist.

Young Men's Edition Volume 2 25 Songs from 19 Musicals-Contemporary Musical Theatre For Teens is a four-volume series providing a giant resource of songs from the musicals that appeal to the young singer.This second volume for men contains 25 songs from 19 musicals including Breaking Free (High School Musical) Mama Says (Footloose) Proud Of Your Boy (Aladdin) What You Own (Rent) I Wanna Be A Producer (The Producers) and more.

You may already know 'Praise to the Lord the Almighty ' arranged by Craig Phillips. This is a wonderful setting that was in an earlier organ book released by Broadman Press. We have revised this book by adding three new titles including “Aria ” “Lift High the Cross ” and “Savior of the Nations Come ” together with nine selections from the previously released book. There's a real zing and genuine energy in Phillips'settings.

For Flute (doubling Piccolo) Clarinet in B flat* Very large Tam-Tam (sounding from a high gallery) and Choir (SSATTBB).* Notated in C in the score. 'According to Hindu Cosmology welive at the end of a cycle the Kali Yuga the Dark Age. There are two important sayings of Christ that should accompany his disciples always during these challenging times. The first is ?The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against my Church? (Matthew 16 v. 18); and the second ?I am with you always unto the end of the world? (Matthew 28 v. 20). These sayings form the basis of this work which falls into two main sections each with the same structure and with linked material. Each section begins with Kali Yuga which I havetried to represent in a chaotic unstructured way in contrast to the cosmic Cries of Humanity to Christ (Kyrie eleison - Lord have mercy) and Christ?s responses from Saint Matthew?s Gospel.The work ends with a serene?Coda? of the sacred monosyllable ?OM? representing the peace and beatitude of God?s presence. The intermingling of Christianity and Hinduism is an important simile for our times; in the same way early Christianity did nothesitate to incorporate Jewish and Greek thought.' - John Tavener

Ensemble parts from the work for Flute (doubling Piccolo) Clarinet in B flat* Very large Tam-Tam (sounding from a high gallery) and Choir (SSATTBB).* Notated in C in the score. 'According to Hindu Cosmology we live at the end of a cycle the Kali Yuga the Dark Age. There are two important sayings of Christ that should accompany his disciples always during these challengingtimes. The first is ?The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against my Church? (Matthew 16 v. 18); and the second ?I am with you always unto the end of theworld? (Matthew 28 v. 20). These sayings form the basis of this work which falls into two main sections each with the same structure and with linkedmaterial. Each section begins with Kali Yuga which I have tried to represent in a chaotic unstructured way in contrast to the cosmic Cries of Humanity to Christ (Kyrie eleison - Lord have mercy) and Christ?s responses fromSaint Matthew?s Gospel.The work ends with a serene ?Coda? of the sacred monosyllable ?OM? representing the peace and beatitude of God?s presence. The intermingling of Christianity and Hinduism is an important simile forour times; in the same way early Christianity did not hesitate to incorporate Jewish and Greek thought.' - John Tavener

7 Songs-This fine album contains 7 songs for high voice and keyboard composed by Henry Purcell and edited by Michael Tippet and Walter Bergmann. Titles are: The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation An Epithalamium (Wedding Song) Sweeter Than Roses 'Twas Within A Furlong Of Edinborough Town Music For A While If Music Be The Food Of Love and Rondo (I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly).

Par . This progressive method, written by Ralph Allwood and Andrew Morris, provides a carefully paced approach to the sight reading requirements of Trinity Singing exams at Grade 6 to Grade 8, for high voice. For each grade there are ten lessons, each with a clear area of focus, featuring a wide range of classical genres. Stage-appropriate sight reading tips, both general and specific to the voice, are given along the way. Official Trinity specimen sight singing tests conclude each grade section. By the time the student has completed the ten lessons they should be well prepared to cope with the demands of these tests. / Date parution : 2023-03-11/ Etude / Voix Haute et Piano