Earth And Sky: Vocal: Vocal Score

This is a collection of 25 original songs themed on the elements: Earth Sea and Sky. The original idea was conceived for a cluster of primary schools in Devon who were embarking on a 'Planet Earth' whole school project. As a result the Sea songs are aimed at Years 1 and 2 Years 3 and 4 tackle the Earth songs and Years 5 and 6 have the Sky songs. Although conceived as a whole school project Earth Sea and Sky works equally as well as a song book to dip in and out of.The songs are written with a sensitivity for the range and skills of the age group they are designed for and any part writing is optional allowing even lessconfident choirs to get involved and get singing. This is a wonderful follow on from Junior songscape building on Lin Marsh's well established and much loved classroom singing resouces.

...excitement ...wide-eyed fear ...a calm stillness way up in the sky ...the distant noise of aeroplane engines ...and a final fall to earth. Paul Hart's piece follows in the colorful footsteps of Cartoon Circus Ring CarnabyStreet and Sunrise - descriptive and brilliantly scored.

Commissioned by John Storgårds Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.Dedicated to the composers daughter Malan.Preface / Programme note:From the Edda verse 31Three roots there are that three ways runNeath the ash-tree Yggdrasil;Neath the first lives Hel neath the second the frost-giants Neath the last are the lands of men.The idea behind the Symphony is the story of Yggdrasil “The Tree of Life” from the Old Norse mythology. TheAsh-treereaches all the way into the sky and has three roots each growing into three different places. One rootgrows into the “Land of Hel” (Hel is the goddess of Hell) called “Helheim” another into the “Land of Frost-Giants” called “Jotunheim” and one root grows into the “Land of men” called “Asgard”. And the Ash-treereaches into the sky. In the crown of the tree lives a squirrel which moves fast around the tree and spreadsgossip both between the three roots and between three roots and the crown of the tree.The Edda is a large collection of Old Norse poems collected in the 12th Century by the Icelandic poet andhistorian Snorri Sturluson. Sunleif Rasmussen March 2015

from Christmas Sequence op. 95-This carol was commissioned in 2002 by King’s College Cambridge for their famous service of Nine Lessons and Carols. It tells the start of the familiar Christmas story: Gabriel's Annunciation; praise to the Virgin before she too sings 'my soul doth magnify the Lord'; the shepherds a-watching their flocks by night; the angelic chorus in the sky; the fusion of celestial and earthy around the crib holding the baby who is also 'Lord of Time & Space'.   The text is from a variety of sources: anonymous carols of the 15th 16th & 17th centuries Edmund Bolton (1611 'Sweet music sweeter far...') the Gloria from the Mass and a couple of lines fromwell-loved Anglican hymns.   Selected for the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Encore’ project this carol will offer some challenge to intermediate choirs but will add some originality to a carol service or Christmas concert.

Budget Books, the sensational value for money series presents Classic Rock, arranged for PVG. 73 Songs, including Badge, Some Sail Away, Don't Fear the Reaper, Dream On, Faithfully, Paperbakc Writer, Takin' Care of Business, You Really Got Me. / Variétés / Partition /

Using the Forest Green tune Carol St. John and Ellen Foncannon have drafted a song that celebrates the beauty of the horizon. Including obbligatos from a violin and a flute this lovely piece calls us to appreciate the beautythat comes to us each day. For young voices and treble choirs of any age.