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Meet Abner, Dinah, and Hezbah-each of them are captives in a Roman jail. Listen to them discuss their lives of crime and the hopelessness it has brought. However, everything changes when Paul & Silas are put in the jail. Despite their recent beatings, Paul and Silas speak and sing of the joy that can only be found through Jesus Christ. Experience the earthquake, the prison bars and chains disintegrating, and the huge door miraculously opening on its own! Once the jailer realizes that the prisoners are all there, his heart is opened to the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

This program has eleven songs, including ten songs for the choir and one song for choir or duet. One song features a duet as well as the choir. This musical is written for a four-part SATB choir. It has six speaking parts with some optional parts for extra ?prisoners.? It can be done as a full-length drama or adapted for readers? theater. The program is approximately fifty minutes in length.

This album contains 5 of Johann Sebastian Bach\'s most famous and versatile pieces for saxophone quintet, all very well suited for the beginners who want to get to know the baroque repertoire. They are also suitable for performances at events such as: weddings, Christian and church ceremonies, Easter, and academic recitals or concerts. They can be used in music institutions and by teachers as repertoire material and study methods, either for performance or instrumental technique. This collection includes a totally free bonus for you to enjoy: Martin Luther\'s A Mighty Fortress is Our God, a Renaissance sacred song for choir, which has been adapted for this set. You can also buy each one individually by checking right at the end of each description of each work.

1: Air on the G String - The original piece is part of Johann Sebastian Bach\'s Suite No. 3 for orchestra, in D Major, BWV 1068, written for Prince Leopold of Anhalt. The so-called \"Air on the G String\" dates from one of these latter employments. In the service of the Prince of Cöthen, Bach composed not only the famous Brandenburg Concertos, but also several orchestral suites, from the third of which comes the \"Air on the G String\". This curious title derives from a later arrangement of this piece for violin solo, in which the melody is played entirely on the lower, higher string of the instrument. ID: S0.1189781

2: Arioso - The Cantata 156 (BWV 156) was written for the third Sunday after Epiphany in 1729, and was first performed on January 23 of that year. The text is by Picander, one of Bach\'s favorite librettists. Of the four cantatas written by Bach for the feast, it was the last and only one scored for solo voice. This is a choral cantata, employing a choral melody in several movements. Cantata 156, in fact, employs two different choral melodies and texts in the second and sixth movements. A cantata is a sung symphony consisting of several parts, one of which is the Arioso, which is the initial instrumental part. ID: S0.1189985

3: Jesu, joy of man\'s desiring - This is one of Bach\'s most beautiful cantatas, made famous by the Jesus the Joy of Men chorus. It was originally composed for Advent 1716 in Weimar. Years later, already in Leipzig, Advent was tempus clausum, there was no music in the churches. Bach then reworked it for the Feast of Mary\'s Visitation. It is the final chorale of the cantata \"Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben\". Although it is the 32nd cantata composed by Bach, of those that have survived, it was given BWV 147 in the complete catalog of his works. ID: S0.1190041

4: O Jesulein süss, o Jesulein mild - The Jesulein süß, the Jesulein mild is an original traditional German choral melody for voice and continuous bass arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach around 1735. With lyrics by Valentin Thilo, O Jesulein süss is a sacred melody adapted and catalogued as BWV 493. The first translation is by Dirk van Hogendorp, who made it more of a song for the time of suffering. ID: S0.1190181

5: Minuet in G major - This famous piece has traditionally been attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, as it appears in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena , a notebook that Bach gave to his wife Anna Magdalena in 1725 and which was to be filled with the favorite selections of Bach family members. However, recent research has concluded that this minuet, sometimes referred to as BWV Anhang 114. was probably composed by Christian Petzold, a German composer and organist contemporary with Bach. ID: S0.1190377

Bonuses: A Mighty Fortress is Our God, by Martin Luther - Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott is a hymn written by Martin Luther probably before 1529. The melody was also considered his work for a long time, but it was created at least with the collaboration of Johann Walter. The song is of great symbolic power for Protestantism.

Compiled in February 2020, this is a collection of inspiring hymns and original sacred songs arranged for piano by Dr. Stevens and suitable for service music in sacred and recital settings.

Titles include: Amazing Grace, Walk with God, Brethren We Have Met to Worship, Light a Single Candle, I Am Thine O Lord, When I'm Down I Will Lift Up My Eyes, Flee as a Bird to Your Mountain, The Water Is Wide, Lord, I'm Coming Home, Wayfaring Stranger, Day by Day, In the Holy Place, Dreams of Reflection, No. 3 - A Prayer, Somewhere in the Night Burns a Candle, Day by Day, In the Holy Place, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy, Lost in a Sacred Prayer, There is a Balm in Gilead, For the Night is Coming, We Will Understand It Better By and By, and On that Day When I Cross the Mighty Sea. Every title is also available separately.

James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and serves as the Music Department Chairman of Welch College.

EASTER Clarinet is a collection of 6 hymn arrangements by Gary Lanier for Bb Clarinet and Piano. The hymn titles are: (1) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, (2) Down at the Cross, (3) I Saw the Cross of Jesus, (4) At the Cross, (5) At Calvary, and (6) Near the Cross.

This collection is more than a $35.00 value. It is ideal for Easter, offertories, special music for worship services, or for the joy of playing in any situation where music emphasizing the importance of the Cross is desired (51 pages).

A Mp3 piano accompaniment track is available containing all six songs listed as:
EASTER Clarinet (Piano Accompaniment for Bb Clarinet )

EASTER FLUTE is a collection of 6 hymn arrangements by Gary Lanier for Flute and Piano. The hymn titles are: (1) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, (2) Down at the Cross, (3) I Saw the Cross of Jesus, (4) At the Cross, (5) At Calvary, and (6) Near the Cross.

This collection is more than a $35.00 value. It is ideal for Easter, offertories, special music for worship services, or for the joy of playing in any situation where music emphasizing the importance of the Cross is desired (51 pages).

A Mp3 piano accompaniment track is available containing all six songs listed as:
EASTER FLUTE (Piano Accompaniment for Flute

Need some new piano solos for Easter Sunday this year? This 3-pack of hymns celebrating the Resurrection has your back! These timeless songs would be perfect for preludes, postludes, offertories, or other special music needs for the intermediate to advanced church pianist.

Christ the Lord is Risen Today--4 pages, approximately 3:00
Hallelujah, What a Savior! (known in some hymnals as \"Man of Sorrows\")--2 pages, approximately 1:20
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross--3 pages, approximately 3:00

Levels range from middle to advanced intermediate.