50 Hymn Arrangements for SATB Choir and Congregation-The Novello Book Of Hymns is a collection of 50 favourite hymns inspiringly and engagingly written for SATB Choirs. Edited by David Hill all the arrangements in this book are designed to be singable by congregations without music and can be used in any church or school service.As well as providing uplifting versions of hymns these arrangements also work well as easy anthems enabling church and school choirs to learn an often striking and dramatic piece of music quickly and easily.The hymns have been arranged by a range of well-loved composers including Richard Lloyd John Bertalot David Hill Stephen Jackson Philip Moore Christopher Robinson and many others.Editor of the collection David Hill is a Choral Advisor to Novello. He is Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers Musical Director of the Bach Choir Chief Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia Associate Guest Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society and Professor of Choral Conducting at Yale University.

In preparing for publication the 1935 orchestral version of Britten's Te Deum in C it became clear that there were a number of discrepancies between the manuscript and the original 193 vocal score. Some of these were minor:different articulation and dynamic markings something Britten was later very fussy about but perhaps left unchanged on proof because of his relative inexperience at this stage of his career with the processes of musicpublishing. Others were more important: wrong pedal notes for example which Britten failed to notice on proof and which have been perpetuated in performances and recordings for nearly seventy years. These have been corrected inthe new edition of the vocal score and in the orchestral score (Britten clearly used the published vocal score to prepare his orchestral version). The two versions have been made consistent in other details - rehearsal cues andbar numbers for example - since Britten intended choristers to use the vocal score to perform the orchestral version. This would have been an easy task for these is little discrepancy in essential details between versions (arare departure occurs in bars 53 to 56 where the works 'Lord God of Sabaoth' are unaccompanied in the orchestral version but doubled by Organ in the original). Sustained Organ chords are often filled out with arpeggiated stringwriting while the spacing of chords is frequently much wider in the string version with melodies transposed into different octaves. Although harmony in both versions is identical voice leading is sometimes altered in the latterto make it better suited to the idioms of the instruments concerned.So although in essence the two versions are the same the soundworld explored in each is quite distinct. Britten's orchestral version should neither beviewed as an occasional piece nor considered solely a liturgical work like many of his choral pieces from the 1930s and 1940s it is equally at home in church and concert hall.

These words of this carol, full of colours and rich in symbolism, are from the Cherry Tree Carol , a popular folk carol telling a legend which goes back at least as far as the Coventry Mystery Plays. The piece received its first two performances on the same day, by Robinson College Choir and Clare College Choir, in Cambridge, and was later recorded by Robinson College Choir, conducted by Timothy Brown. The main tune should have an easy-going lilt, which turns into light, sprightly dancing for the refrain. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Jeremy Thurlow is a composer, writer and pianist. His music has been described as 'seductive, innovative, full of freshness' by Henri Dutilleux. It has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Rolf Hind, the BBC Singers, Endymion, Carmen Elektra, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Matthew Schellhorn and Sequitur (New York), among others. In 2007 he won the George Butterworth Award for new composition. As a musicologist he writes on French music in the twentieth century. His book on composer Henri Dutilleux is published in French by Millénaire III, and he has written and broadcast on the music of Messiaen and many other 20th-century composers, frequently appearing on Radio 3's CD Review. / Choeur SATB

SATB-Here are more great anthems with that “one-rehearsal singability!” Church music directors coast-to-coast found success with the first volume of One Rehearsal Wonders and once again this second volume deliversjoyful songs of worship and soaring anthems of adoration all highly accessible to choirs of all sizes. These two-part SAB and easy SATB chorals can be sung any time and are guaranteed winners with a minimum of rehearsal time.From some of today's leading writers – Joseph M. Martin Patti Drennan Pepper Choplin Stan Pethel Ruth Elaine Schram Don Besig and Nancy Price and others. Includes: He Lifted Me • The Old Rugged Cross •Alleluia Praise His Name • The Everlasting Arms • My Savior and more.