Prayer for Peace for Organ

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER. Prayers for Peace is a collection of three beautiful prayer settings by Alexander L'Estrange: God be in my head, Lighten our Darkness, and The Lord's Prayer. Ideal as introits, anthems or in a concert programme, the pieces are testament to L'Estrange's ability to write music which is simple and accessible yet at the same time full of expression and exquisite harmonies. The settings are for unaccompanied SATB but they have an optional piano/organ part to provide support if required. Prayers for Peace is part of Faber Music's exciting ChoralSignature Series which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers, offering a thrilling array of varied styles./ Feuillet / Choeur

Par MARTIN BARNABY. Philip Moore draws on a lifetime's experience of music for Anglican worship to present Bishop Ken's classic evening hymn in darker, more subjective hues than those of Tallis's Canon, to which it is usually sung congregationally. In particular, a penitential note of strained serenity is struck in this nocturnal plea for repose of body and soul. The voices move quietly in comfortable thirds and sixths to the accompaniment of a questioning five-note figure, a phrase which is rarely absent from the Organ part and which subtly questions their prayer for peace in its edgy harmonic and metric ambiguity./ Feuillet / SATB et Orgue

Amy Marcy Beach a été la première femme américaine à réussir en tant que compositeur. Son éducation uniue en Nouvelle Angleterre inclus un cercle notable qui comprenait Longfellow, William Mason et Oliver Wendell Holmes. En 1926, elle a cofondé et a été le premier président de l'Association des compositeurs de femmes américaines. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orgue