SKU: HL.1197417
UPC: 196288134503. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
ââ¬ÅLord of life, beneath the dome of the universe, Thy home, gather us who seek Thy face to the fold of Your embrace this Sabbath Dayââ¬Â - a text honoring the fourth commandment in a choral setting. Anwar Ottley's sensitive a cappella adaptation of this hymn, imbued with richness and warmth, is unpretentious yet distinctive enough to interest advanced ensembles.
SKU: MN.50-9114
UPC: 688670591143.
This arrangement adds an immediately appealing freshness to a familiar hymn tune FOUNDATION, while keeping its colonial American flavor. Each verse is set differently: the first in simple hymn-style, the second in the manner of a bold fugato, the third as a lilting canon, and the fourth as a repeat of the first with a soaring descant.
SKU: PR.342402020
ISBN 9781598064995. UPC: 680160616084. 8.5 x 11 inches. English. Text: William Shakespeare; Aurelius Prudentius Clemens; Aeschylus. Aurelius Clemens, William Shakespeare, Aeschylus. Texts from Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, Aeschylus, and William Shakespeare.
When Tim Sharp, Executive Director of the ACDA, offered Stucky the Brock Memorial Commission, it was decided that the text would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, since the annual convention would take place in Dallas of that year. To that end, Stucky chose four different but pertinent texts to honor the occasion, although never referencing JFK by name. Take Him, Earth was premiered at the ACDA convention in March, 2013. Originally scored for chorus and chamber ensemble of nine instruments (available on a rental basis), Take Him, Earth is presented here in piano reduction. For advanced choirs. Duration: 13'.When Tim Sharp, Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association, very kindlyoffered me the Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission for 2013, he suggested that because thepremiere would take place at the national conference in Dallas in the 50th year since the assassinationof John F. Kennedy in that city, the text might refer in some way to that grim anniversary. Hesuggested, too, that I consider using a chamber ensemble or chamber orchestra to accompany thechorus.I took these suggestions to heart, but at the same time I wanted to write something universal enoughto be appropriate on other occasions, in other settings. Thus the score is dedicated to PresidentKennedy’s memory, but otherwise he is never referred to by name. Instead, I assembled a group oftexts that are associated with him in some way, but that also stand alone as a more general eulogy.As a refrain, there are a few lines from the early Christian burial hymn that begins “Take him,Earth, for cherishing†— lines that were earlier set to music by Herbert Howells in his classic motetcommissioned for Kennedy’s memorial service in 1963. The lines of Aeschylus “Drop, drop — inour sleep, upon the heart sorrow falls†from Agamemnon were quoted by Robert F. Kennedy uponthe death of Martin Luther King in April 1968. The celebrated “When he shall die, cut him out inlittle stars†from Act III of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was cited by RFK a few months after hisbrother’s murder.
SKU: AU.9781506486505
ISBN 9781506486505. 7 x 10.25 inches.
Imaginative text painting brings added depth to this well-loved carol arranged by Tom Trenney. Lyrical writing is mixed with lush chordal harmonies along with a full piano accompaniment or optional instrumental setting. The final stanza concludes with the words the whole world gives back the song which now the angels sing and appropriately the assembly is invited to join the choir with the sopranos singing a glorious descant.
SKU: MN.50-4005
UPC: 688670540059.
Based on DIADEMATA. Incorporates variety of vocal textures and melodic material derived from hymn-tune.
SKU: GI.G-9610
UPC: 785147961000. Latin. Text Source: Attr. Ambrose of Milan, 340–397. Text by Ambrose of Milan.
Composer's Notes When I met Kelsey Rose in Oxford in St. Stephen’s House chapel over the summer of 2017, we had both just attended a very moving candlelit concert by Westminster Williamson Voices, featuring my setting of “Tenebrae lumini.†I was delighted to be asked to write a piece for compline in Princeton University Chapel, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Anglican/Episcopal chaplaincy at Princeton University. “Aurora†is the result of that meeting. Composing by commission often throws up some interesting challenges. The piece had to fit both as an accompanying piece to the plainchant of compline, whilst simultaneously being a celebratory anthem. I was instantly drawn back to the poetry and hymns of St. Ambrose of Milan, particularly “Aurora iam spargit polum.†Fragments of chant (both real and imagined) are used to create the powerful imagery of the descending golden light of dawn. The piece reaches its climax with the plea for the despair of night to “vanish,†which it then does, leaving the sopranos alone on a high G.
SKU: HL.14014149
ISBN 9780853602354.
This edition, with additional orchestrations attributed to W.A. Mozart, has been made possible thanks to the generosity of Halifax plc. The first performance of this edition (sung in English) was given on 23 June 2002 in the Victoria Theatre Halifax, by the Halifax Choral Society and the North of England Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Pryce-Jones. The first German performance was given on 11 June 2004 in the Moritzkirche, Halle, with the MDR Rundfunkchor und Sinfonieorchester conducted by Howard Arman.
