Song Of The Angels (SATB)

Vocalise-Will Todd born in 1970 is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera oratorio church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memorable. He spent his formative years steeped in both jazz and the English choral tradition so in his choral music he is able to juxtapose strong rhythmic drive and rich harmonies with exquisitely lyrical vocal lines.'Angel Song II' is inspired by the idea of angels singing on Christmas night. The music weaves a gentle melody over the aleatoric textures of the accompanying voices. The text is designed to create the echo of the word 'Hosanna' butwith no consonants so that the music feels as if it comes from 'on high'.'

Bob Chilcott's Song Of The Crib for unaccompanied SATB choir.A setting of a specially written text by Charles Bennett this gentle lullaby reflects on the role of the animals and angels in the nativity compelling us to follow their lead and create our own Christmas scene wherever we are.Chilcott's Choral writing is characteristically warm and lush with some divisi and the singable melodies are shared between the parts. Song Of The Crib features on the Naxos CD of Bob Chilcott's Christmas music The Rose In The Middle Of Winter.

A Simple Gloria by Libby Larsen for SATB unaccompanied.Offprinted from An American Christmas this is a serene setting of a macaronic text by M. K. Dean describing the song the angels sang for the birth of the Christ-child.

Judith Clurman Choral Series-Here Broadway arranger and composer David Chase demonstrates his considerable musical talents with an exciting and wonderfully creative arrangement of the traditional French carol Angels We Have Heard OnHigh. This arrangement for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment was created for Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA recording Holiday Harmonies: Songs of Christmas on the Sono Luminous label.

(Novello New Choral Series)-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 relationshipbetween 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

A collection of 50 well-known Christmas carols arranged for any combination of voices. Edited and arranged by Janet Day. Ideal for Church School and Community. Carols include 'Angels We Have Heard On High' 'Deck The Hall' and 'The Holly And The Ivy'.

Written for the annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Westminster Cathedral in December 2015 L’Estrange has delivered another enjoyable but challenging addition to the Christmas carol repertoire. Inspired by the early 17th-century English composer Orlando Gibbons and setting a text from the satirist George Wither of the same era this rousing carol is an ideal finale for a school church or cathedral Christmas concert. This work is arranged for SATB choir with optional Organ accompaniment. Song Of The Angels is part of Faber Music’s Choral Signature Series.

Celebrate the joy and exultation of the Christmas angels in this very singable setting of the Michael W. Smith song from his It's a Wonderful Christmas album. Quoting snippets of “Joy to the World” and includingthrilling harmonic lifts this buoyant work will fill your performance space with an abundance of seasonal spirit! Available separately: SATB SAB SSA ChoirTrax CD. Score and Parts (fl 1-2 ob cl 1-2 bn perc 1-3 hp vn 1-2 va vc db) available as a digital download. Duration: ca. 3:00.

Medley-This festive 4-minute medley combines three favorites into an easily learned celebration of carols. Opening with a joyful Deck the Hall it moves into a spirited Joy to the World before the exuberant concluding song Angels We Have Heard on High.Perform with piano alone or the sparkling full orchestration for a Merry Christmas indeed for choirs in school church and community!

With an opening choral fanfare this anthem features the popular praise chorus Be Exalted O God as well as the traditional carol Angels We Have Heard on High. Marty Parks has created singable vocals and a dynamic arrangement blending these wonderful songs.