SKU: PR.161000820
UPC: 680160610822. 9 x 12 inches. Text: Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez; Dan Welcher. Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez, Dan Welcher. Original story by Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez; Lyrics by Dan Welcher.
Commissioned for the Kingsville (TX) Independent School District and its thriving music department, Welcher has created A Musical Fable for Children, based upon a story by Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez. A narrator tells the tale of two children on opposite sides of the border and the magical creatures who allowed them to see as the other sees. Welcher uses musical themes and instruments to help identify the characters for the audience. The musical play was performed at the Kingsville campus, as well as six other elementary schools in the district.The Need to See is a theater piece for children, featuring a narrator/singer and five instrumentalists. Designed to show children (aged 8-10) a fable about acceptance and diversity, the work also exposes children to live musicians in a highly portable, suitable-for-classroom theater piece.The narrator/singer begins by teaching the children a well-known Mexican folk tune, “Naranja Dulceâ€, which leads directly into the story. The fable concerns two figures from folklore: Don Conejo (the rabbit god) and Don Coyote (the coyote god). These two trickster/adversaries take on the task of helping Isabella, an American girl, and Tomà s, a Mexican boy, understand each other’s culture—by means of a trick. The two children, living on opposite sides of the Rio Grande in Texas and Mexico, have been taught to fear el otro lado (“the other sideâ€), and to stay away from the river. This causes both children to be nervous and afraid, and Conejo and Coyote decide to do something about that.Borrowing from another well-known tale, writer Santiago Vaquera-Và squez has the two trickster-deities perform a bit of hocus-pocus, exchanging the two childrens’ eyes for one day, so they can “see†through someone else’s perspective. The result, told in two languages with narration, song, and constant music, allows the children in the audience to participate as singers, and also as spectators to a tale that has relevance and contemporary meaning.  Employing three familiar songs from Latin American culture (“Naranja Dulceâ€, “Tengo una Muñecaâ€, and “Mambru se fue a la Guerraâ€), the piece takes its audience on a journey both familiar and new—and ultimately enlightening.
SKU: HL.49043945
ISBN 9790220133503. 8.25x12.0x0.3 inches. English.
Sea Songs, commissioned jointly by Ars Nova Copenhagen and Glasgow Concert Halls, is a kind of sequel to Martland's Street Songs (originally written for the Kings Singers and Evelyn Glennie). As with the earlier piece, Martland made use of to the library of the English Folk Song and Dance Society at Cecil Sharp House in north London.I wanted specifically to find texts that were not just the usual nautical heave-ho sort of thing, but instead explored the dangers and hardships still being experienced by sailors as recently as the early 19th century. I was also very happy to see in these texts the sense of camaraderie and mutual support that existed between the sailors. (Steve Martland)Dance to your Daddy sets the scene of a sailor's wife at home, dandling her baby son and singing to him about his daddy away fishing, and about the future. Both the tune and the words come from the Northumberland area around Newcastle. This song is very well known in the UK and gave the title to a famous television series When the boat comes in.Fire Down Below is about the effects of fire - a constant danger on board wooden ships. At the end of this song the words take on an extended meaning: Fire in our hearts for the friends that we love.The Dead Horse is about the initial month of work without pay in which all seamen had to take part. They referred to it as the dead horse - hence the expression to flog a dead horse when something is a waste of time. The seamen resented this unpaid time, and the text expresses their frustrations metaphorically by listing what they would do to the horse! The music's frantic gallop alludes to the horse's desperation.Although The Sea Martyrs presents itself as a ballad, this text has a more literary feel, and unlike the other songs it doesn't include a chorus refrain. It concerns the sailors' lack of pay, the consequences of asking for pay (being hanged!), and the poverty of their families at home. The poem portrays the sailors' deaths as an almost religious sacrifice to help future seamen.At the end of the work, the opening of Dance to your Daddy returns as a kind of descant, sung by an angel calling to the hanged men. Paul Hillier, 2012.
SKU: BR.DV-7969-02
World premiere: Netzeband, July 12, 1997
ISBN 9790200471618. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
Duration: full evening Text by the composer using a text by Walter Jens Place and time: Chamber of the King Philip V. of Spain, Middle of the 18th Century Characters: Farinelli (Countertenor/alto) - King Philip V. of Spain (baritone) - Nicola Porpora (baritone) - The Kings Personal Physician, also Barber (tenor) - The Kings Confessor, also Impresario and Priest (bass) - Maria (Bellino), later Anna Maria Strada (soprano) - Georg Friedrich Handel (baritone) - Jenny, Jim, John, English Opera Troupe (soprano, tenor, baritone) - The young Carlo Broschi (boy treble) The dramaturgical constellation of the subject forced me to use multifaceted and stylistic means. I have used melodic segments from the Farinelli arias that are still extant today, as well as other Baroque vocal and formal elements, models inspired by the Singspiel and the musical, and even a rap piece over a techno rhythm. The musical center of the opera consists of song and the human voice. Farinelli is a bel canto opera. (Siegfried Matthus) Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, was the brightest star among the castrato tenors of the 18th century. Handels enemies brought him to London so that he could outshine Handels singers. Here, Matthus depicts Farinelli at the Spanish court, ruled by the pathologically melancholy King Philip V. In a review of his life, we relive important stages in the career of the singer, who lived outside of the norm and found his home in the fascinating twilight world between art and artificiality.World premiere: Netzeband, July 12, 1997.
SKU: SU.80400260
SSAATTBB Chorus, Oboe & HarpDuration: 5:00 Dedication: For The Dale Warland Singers Premiered by: Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, conductor Copyright 1983 Text author: John H. Hopkins Published by: Paulus Publications (SP315) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.
SKU: HL.292928
UPC: 888680932909. 6.75x10.5 inches.
This could be the most charming piece of the year – the We Three Kings carol in 50's Doo Wop style. You will start smiling from the first measure of music. The voicing choices are many, as the solo (melody) line could be several singers. The biggest decision will be deciding what wardrobe choices are best!
SKU: LO.99-4022MD
UPC: 000308154184.
Performance/accompaniment CD plus Split-track for 10/5318MD Jay Rouse combines “We Three King of Orient Are,†“Pat-a-Pan†and “Sing We Now of Christmas†in this refreshing, stand-out medley. The first two songs lead brilliantly to the latter and to a grand and glorious conclusion. Perfect for Christmas services and programs, this one will fill singers and listeners alike with festive joy and spirit!
SKU: LO.10-5318MD
ISBN 9780787766726.
Jay Rouse combines “We Three King of Orient Are,†“Pat-a-Pan†and “Sing We Now of Christmas†in this refreshing, stand-out medley. The first two songs lead brilliantly to the latter and to a grand and glorious conclusion. Perfect for Christmas services and programs, this one will fill singers and listeners alike with festive joy and spirit!
SKU: LO.30-3710MD
UPC: 000308155044.
Orchestral Score and CD with Printable Parts for 10/5318MD Jay Rouse combines “We Three King of Orient Are,†“Pat-a-Pan†and “Sing We Now of Christmas†in this refreshing, stand-out medley. The first two songs lead brilliantly to the latter and to a grand and glorious conclusion. Perfect for Christmas services and programs, this one will fill singers and listeners alike with festive joy and spirit!
SKU: HL.291968
UPC: 888680928834. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
The Williamette Choral Series is joyfully introduced with three carols, each capturing the Big Band swing sound. This Big Band flavor adds a classy element to the swing sound and is the charm that brings a smile to one's face. The writing is intelligent and musical. All three carols will delight singers and listeners alike can be presented as a set or individually. Optional parts for trumpet, tenor sax, string bass, and percussion also included.
