Know My Heart SATB

This edition features fresh engravings with a paragraph explaining the historical background and context of the work. / SATB Et Orgue

Sam Pegg's A Child Of The Snows for SATB choir and Piano accompaniment is a setting of a poem by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton was known as an avid traveller and was a friend to all he met on his wanderings. In his own house he was famed for his warmth and hospitality. For him the inn was almost a spiritual symbol. 'In all of my settings of his poems I have tried to convey the sense of a yearning journey of life coupled with the joy of finding something thought lost forever: we travel to a place that if we are truthful we never really left. In A Child of the Snows I have tried to suggest the wandering wondering journey to the next staging post 'the Inn at the end of the world'. - Sam Pegg There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim And never before or again When the nights are strong with a darkness long And the dark is alive with rain. Never we know but in sleet and in snow The place where the great fires are That the midst of the earth is a raging mirthAnd the heart of the earth a star. And at night we win to the ancient innWhere the child in the frost is furled We follow the feet where all souls meetAt the inn at the end of the world. The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red For the flame of the sun is flown The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold And a Child comes forth alone.

James Whitbourn's Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart for SATB and Organ. Composed for the wedding of James Roman and Grace SvatekTrinity Church Princeton New Jersey November 4 2017 Duration: 4.5minutes James Whitbourn's setting of the text popular at weddings Set me as a seal upon thine heart is a worthy competitor for Walton's well-known version. For SATE choir and not too demanding -though needing vocal clarity and accurate pitching - it is in an ABA form the gentle opening and concluding sections separated by the build-up to the climax on a C-sharp major chord at the end of the phrase 'many waterscannot quench love' followed by a brief organ interlude before subsiding to a piano ending. The whole is lightly and supportively accompanied on the organ. It is well worth considering by choirs needing new ideas for theirwedding playlist. - Organists' Review

The Novello Book of Classic Anthems brings together some of the finest sacred choruses ever written. The collection includes miniature gems including Edward Elgar’s Ave verum corpus Henry Purcell’s Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts and Thomas Attwood’s Come Holy Ghost and established choral favourites such as Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn and Samuel Sebastian Wesley’s Blessed be the God and Father. It also covers a number of dramatic extended anthems suitable for both church choirs and choral societies such as Edward Naylor’s Vox dicentis: clama John Stainer’s I saw the Lord and Wesley’s Ascribe unto the Lord and twentieth-century classics such as William Harris’s Bring us O Lord God Patrick Hadley’s My beloved spake and Edgar Bainton’s And I saw a new heaven. All the pieces have been re-engraved and some such as Haydn’s The heavens are telling and Brahms’s How lovely are thy dwellings have newly arranged accompaniments specifically designed for the Organ. This collection of nineteen anthems covers a wide range of moods and festivals and offers a delightful concert programme in itself as well as an essential addition to any choir’s library.

As part of the Discovery Pop Series this light-hearted fun-loving medley of five songs from the Broadway-classic Grease is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Including the well known tune of the title song Grease the iconic duets Summer Nights and You’re the One That I Want the familiar ‘rama lama lama ka dingitty ding de dongs’ of We Go Together and Rock’n’Roll Party Queen this clever arrangement by Roger Emerson for SATB (Soprano Alt Tenor Bass) Voices and Piano accompaniment with optional Guitar chords will have audiences on their feet throughout. Best effects are achieved when all songsare performed together as intended but these fifties-inspired numbers are just as successful individually. Performance time is approximately 6 minutes.Grease first opened in 1971 in Chicago but was soon moved to Broadway where the story of the students of Rydell High remains the 15th longest running show. The multiple revivals and adaptations make it a staple on all levels of theatre.The film-adaptation of the same name released in 1978 starring John Travolta Olivia Newton-John Stockard Channing and Jeff Conaway was highly successful both critically and at the box office keeping it the No. 1 highest-grossing musical in the United States to date. With the announcement of a three-hour live television broadcast of Grease in 2016 this score is not only guaranteed to be fun to rehearse and perform but is also more relevant than ever!

Uses: General Lent Scripture: I Corinthians 3:16: I Corinthians 6:19 A call to honesty and an authentic faith is encouraged in this reflective anthem. Words that flow from the Psalms challenge to know and be known by the God who made us. A melody of rare appeal presents the text with pristine art. The approachable piano part enhances yet never competes with the presentation of the message contained in this prayer of devotion. For contemplative services where times of personal confession and assurance are observed this anthem is simply lovely.

The Gibbons Hymnal contains the 17 hymn tunes composed by Orlando Gibbons for George Wither's The Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623), many of which are still popular today. This is the first modern edition which incorporates Wither's hymn texts beyond the first verses. Gibbons composed treble and bass lines for the hymns - editor David Skinner has constructed the inner voices to create a collection of pieces that can be performed either as hymns or as simple anthems. Also in this volume are Gibbons's ten surviving full anthems, including popular works such as Almighty And Everlasting God and his masterpiece, O Clap Your Hands , alongside lesser-known compositions such as the beautiful miniature, O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee , and, presented here in a new reconstruction, I Am The Resurrection And The Life . / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Hollywood composer arranger and Raymond Brock-commissioned composer J.A.C. Redford has become known in all medium for his ability to convey strong emotions in his music. This is especially true in this new work. Wide dynamic contrasts big ranges and a pulsating rhythm create a powerful new work for advanced choirs.

Uses: Commitment General Missions Revival Scripture: Exodus 3:11 I Samuel 3:10 Psalm 139:23 Acts 9:15 A sturdy statement of faith and dedication is at the center of this sacred choral piece. Set as a traditional ballad the gentle syncopations give the anthem a modern appeal. The lyric is filled with stirring lines that will linger in the heart and soul and the appearance of Take My Life and Let It Be is inspired! Let every warm embrace reflect Your love and grace so all may know You and believe.

A well-known text set by a veteran composer who knows how to make it singularly superior. The melody is immediately entrancing a middle section introduces a high church chant-like liturgical sound then the melody resumes andbrings us home. The passionate lyrics although from scripture make it appropriate for church and concert use.

An expressive melody and absolutely gorgeous text paint a beautiful and moving “thank you” for those who have dedicated their lives to Christ's service and shepherded us on the path to better knowing Him. Sunday Schoolteachers ministers missionaries and laypersons – all have left their loving imprints upon our hearts. “How Lovely Are the Ones” will bring tears of joy to the eyes of all present but more importantly it willexpress our deepest heartfelt gratitude to God for bringing those special servants into our lives and to the “lovely ones” themselves who have caused us to see Him.

Nico Muhly's Looking Up for SATB and Orchestra. Programme note:Looking Up is a piece for large chorus and orchestra and is in three sections played without pause. In the 16th century a variety of psalters in meter were printed in England with the idea of making psalm-singing something that could happen easily at home with the rhyming meter being an aid to memorization. These translations are wonderful exercises in brevity and sometimes clumsy rhymemaking and were usually prefaced by a lengthy explanation as to their merits; the title of one of the first such volumes in English is: The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sortthat it maye the more decently and wyth more delyte of the mynde be reade and songe of al men. I thought it would be appropriate to set one of these introductions and the first section of Looking Up sets the preface to Thomas Ravenscroft’s psalter (1621) in which he writes: “The singing of Psalmes (as say the Doctors) comforteth the sorrowfull pacifieth the angry strengtheneth the weake humbleth the proud gladdeth the humble stirres up the slow reconcileth enemies lifteth up the heart to heavenly things and uniteth the Creature to his Creator.” It begins meditatively but eventually grows agitated and fervent with a vision of the “quire of Angels and Saints” “redoubling and descanting” — an ecstatic and terrifying vision of the skies opening up. Ravenscroft then encourages the use of instrumental music for worship at which point a long acrobatic orchestral interlude with jagged edges antagonizes the choir who sing a kind of private anxious meditation on two pitches. One of the most delicious biblical texts is an Apocryphal prayer known as the Benedicite or the Prayer of the Three Children (the same who were rescued by an angel after King Nebuchadnezzar tried to have them burnt in an oven for not bowing to his image). The text is repetitive obsessive and a gift to composers

Uses: General YouthScripture: Philippians 4:8-9An important Scripture is lifted on the wings of song with this fresh concept. Flowing easily in an expressive melodic gesture the inspiringadmonitions to “consider whatever is lovely and pure righteous and sure” is a timely lesson for the modern church. The chorus is a memorable moment utilizing the well-known hymn tune “Wonderful Words ofLife.” This settles in the heart as a pleasing reminder that God's abundant life is ours in Christ. Available separately: SATB LiteTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:34.

The Gibbons Hymnal contains the 17 hymn tunes composed by Orlando Gibbons for George Wither’s The Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623) many of which are still popular today. This is the first modern edition which incorporates Wither’s hymn texts beyond the first verses.Gibbons composed treble and bass lines for the hymns; editor David Skinner has constructed the inner voices to create a collection of pieces that can be performed either as hymns or as simple anthems.Also in this volume are Gibbons’s ten surviving full anthems including popular works such as Almighty And Everlasting God and his masterpiece O Clap YourHands alongside lesser-known compositions such as the beautiful miniature O Lord I Lift My Heart To Thee and presented here in a new reconstruction I Am The Resurrection And The Life.In the January 2015 edition of the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians Jason Overall writes about this 'superlative collection' that it 'provides a valuable resource for choirs.'