Sweeping Through the City

SKU: HL.299652

UPC: 888680957919. 5.0x5.0x0.185 inches. Galatians 2:20, I Corinthians 15:10, Philippians 2:13.

A simple melody that is easily absorbed appears unadorned, recounting the promises of God in the gospels. The second verse develops harmonically with parallel chords to sweep the listener up, while the bridge is a powerhouse of strong, traditional choral strength. Unapologetically Christ-centered, the message of the text is delivered clearly by the music with hymn-like dignity. Epic! Score and Parts (rhy, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.

SKU: MN.56-0108

UPC: 688670221255. English, Latin. Psalms 142; Jeremiah 3:48, 52, 56.

Invictus: A Passion addresses one of the world’s most powerful stories through the lens of the modern world. The texts, written or inspired by women, describe not only human suffering and persecution but also the human capacity for love and humility in the face of tyranny. Composer Howard Goodall is uniquely suited to bring these texts to life with music of emotional clarity and sweeping force. This excerpt is scored for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano. This fourth movement of the larger work is inspired by the extraordinary story of Irena Sendler née Krzyżanowska, a Polish nurse and head of Żegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews in the Second World War, whose personal interventions saved the lives of approximately 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto, smuggling them to safety, acts of humanitarian bravery that eventually caused her arrest and torture by the Gestapo. She is honoured as Righteous Amongst the Nations at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. The Latin texts of this movement are taken from the Book of Lamentations (“My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause…”) and from Psalm 142, the Old Testament being the meeting-point of Sendler’s Catholicism and the Jewish tradition of those whose lives she saved. Duration 6:19.

SKU: MN.56-0107

UPC: 688670221248. English, Latin.

Invictus: A Passion addresses one of the world’s most powerful stories through the lens of the modern world. The texts, written or inspired by women, describe not only human suffering and persecution but also the human capacity for love and humility in the face of tyranny. Composer Howard Goodall is uniquely suited to bring these texts to life with music of emotional clarity and sweeping force. This excerpt is scored for SATB (divisi) choir and piano. A text by Æmelia Lanyer (née Bassano) (“Why should unlawful actions use the Light?”) is set as a homophonic chorale with a supportive accompaniment. Duration 3:32.