Format : Score and Parts
SKU: HL.146638
UPC: 888680070991. 9.0x12.0x0.21 inches. Arr. Carolyn Hamlin/Richard Nichols.
Carolyn Hamlin has created a thrilling new setting for this Thanksgiving hymn. Richard Nichols has arranged brass parts that work with the organ in a number of different configurations. Solo trumpet and Organ, but also Brass Quintet, Trio - all work to make this setting one of the most useful and celebratory.
SKU: MN.56-0017
UPC: 688670220180. English, German.
Setting both English and German texts, Sure of the Sky, Sure of the Sun ââ¬â Des Himmels sicher, der Sonne sicher is a haunting and moving reflection on the futility of war.àThe 5-minute piece for SATB choir and brass was premiered at one of the UKââ¬â¢s three main World War I centenary commemoration events on August 4, 2014. It was launched by the London Symphony Chorus, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor and Coldstream Guards, at a twilight event attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, and a number of world leaders, all gathered together in the tiny woodland cemetery of St Symphorien near Mons, Belgium ââ¬â the resting place for the first and last British, and the last Commonwealth, soldiers to die on the Western Front.The texts are ââ¬ÅMay, 1915ââ¬Â by Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) and ââ¬ÅTo a Missing Friendââ¬Â by Goldfeld, a German Jewish soldier killed in action, the poem was discovered by Jewish military historian, Peter C Appelbaum. Duration: 5:00Instrumental Parts include: B-flat Cornet, B-flat Flugelhorn, E-flat Tenor Horn/French Horn in F, Euphonium, Tubaà.
