Hope Has Come: SATB: Vocal Score

Come To The Fair a quartet arrangement for SATB and Piano. Lyrics by Helen Taylor.

Arranged for SATB here are five all-time classic Christmas songs with a warm and nostalgic feeling. O Holy Night and Silent Night both originated in 19th century Europe while Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas was introduced by Judy Garland in a 1944 Hollywood musical. Silver Bells was a 1950 Livingston-Evans pop hit but surely the most famous of them all is Irving Berlin’s White Christmas the 1940 song for which its composer had high hopes the moment he completed it. Conceived as a nostalgic number White Christmas was a slow starter but went on to become a huge success and formany the ultimate Christmas song. These arrangements lend themselves to being performed separately or in seamless succession for a Classic Christmas recital audiences will love.

from Journey of Promises-From the highly successful cantata Journey of Promises comes this joyful advent proclamation “Arise and Shine! Your Light Has Come!” based on scripture from the prophecy of Isaiah. Joseph Martin's adaptationof these hopeful words is set to the popular English tune “Sussex Carol.” Brant Adams has provided a luscious orchestration that is a spectacular option for churches with instrumental resources.

A plaintive flute obbligato sets up a feeling of starkness and loneliness in this moving song of anticipation; but the melancholy sense of longing breaks into triumphant strains of hope and rejoicing. This emotional new Adventoffering from the team of Price and Besig is accessible to choirs of any size. Come Emmanuel Come is a lovely way to begin the season of waiting and wonder.

Anna R. Matthews writes: 'Frederick Niven's poem tells the story of Christmas in 1914. On Christmas Day a truce was spontaneously enacted by the two sides fighting in Flanders in World War One. This was five months into the war which until this point many in Britain had confidently believed would be over by that time. When the two sides lay down their weapons in the name of humanity and met in the middle of no-man's-land they would not have realised the bloodshed that was to come as the war dragged on for a further four years - a conflict so atrocious that it came to be known as 'the war to end all wars'.This carol conveys the unknowing innocence of thosemen and the joy of Christmas yet explores the sinister context in which they met and the future which was to come. Ultimately the events of the 1914 Christmas truce came to symbolise the universality of hope and peace at Christmas. This carol brings this message into the twenty-first century.' Anna R. Matthews is a composer living in Exeter England. Born in Devon Anna studied music at Durham University where she was awarded the Rosalind Dickinson Prize. She enjoys working with some of today's most talented and creative ensembles: from Psappha to EXAUDI and from cathedral choirs to youth ensembles. Her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and she has been a featured new music composer in Choir & Organ magazine. Anna was a finalist in the 2011 King James Bible Composition Awards and is a 2013/24 Arts Council England fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme. She is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

The anticipation and longing for Messiah is captured in this engaging new choral. Singable harmonies and a memorable melody move the worshipper from hope to joy and give the choir an opportunity to be messengers of the cominglight. The optional oboe obbligato adds a plaintive and mysterious quality to this Advent choral. Spread the joy of the coming of the Messiah with “When Emmanuel Has Come”

This Hal Hopson classic is appropriate for services where 'love' is the theme and is especially useful for weddings. The familiar words are a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13 and the haunting tune is based on the traditional English melody O WALY WALY. The SAB voicing String Quartet setting and Performance/Accompaniment CD are new for this year (2012). The String Quartet setting can be for strings only or used as an accompaniment for the choral settings or the vocal solo but not for the TTBB version which is in the Key of C. String Parts come in the two keys A

SATB w/opt. Handbells-An infectious jazzy holiday song with a dash of handbells thrown in for text-painting and a middle section verse of 'O Come O Come Emmanuel ' this Joel Raney original is a joyful fun-filled number that will be a highlighton any Advent or Christmas program. The handbell part is included.