The task: to write a piece that could involve children as players singers and composers alongside a professional symphony or chamber orchestra. The solution: a peace-cry for the biosphere in which the collaborative nature of theenterprise is a metaphor for a wished-for human enlightenment to the ways of the natural world. Davies provides five musical elements and five ways of development and uses these to illustrate five branches of life on earth:water-plants trees fish birds and mammals (including man). There is a space for answers from children's instrumental groups and then a larger space in which the children can develop the given ideas perhaps with members of theorchestra. Davies returns as composer to depict through an excess of development creation turned sour. Finally everyone comes together with a unison hymn with orchestra and instrumental groups celebrating the turn of thetide.This work for young instrumentalists children's chorus and orchestra was commissioned by the Association of British Orchestras as the centrepiece of an education project which coincided with the implementation of theNational Curriculum for music in schools in England and Wales echoing similar developments in Scotland and Northern Ireland.Score. Duration c. 25mins.

The vocal score of Choral Symphony by Australian composer Carl Vine. Scored for SATB choir organ and orchestra Carl Vine’s Choral Symphonysets four ancient hymns in exotic languages that have not been spoken for thousands of years: ‘Enuma Elish’ an Akkadian creation myth describing the creation of the world from primeval chaos and three Homeric Hymns  to the Earth the Moon and the Sun (in Greek 'Epic Dialect'). The vocal writing in this 26-minute symphony (Vine’s sixth) is homophonic throughout reflecting the composer’s wish for the workto ‘revel in the power of the human community’. 

Long considered the noblest most inspired musical treatment of the crucifixion of Christ Bach's St. Matthew Passion remains an immensely popular work. First performed in the late 1720s the great choral masterpiece was scored for a vast ensemble of double chorus soloists double orchestra and two organs. Richly dramatic and theatrical its deeply moving story unfolds in recitatives ariosos arias and majestic choral movements.Reproduced here from an authoritative early edition the score appears with bar-numbered movements. Ideal for classroom or home study.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote his first great vocal composition the Magnificat in 1749 at the age of 35. It bears all the earmarks of “audition music” i.e. a piece that organists and choir directors had to submit when applying for a new position. This feature is especially evident in its stylistic variety which makes the work a rewarding and colorful challenge for all church choirs. Special attractions are the work's contrapuntal passages which are very similiar in sound and structure to those of J. S. Bach’s B minor Mass. The present arrangement for soloists chorus and organ is intended as a self contained version accessible to a widerange of choirs even those with limited financial means. - Self contained version for soloists (SATB) chorus (SATB) and organ - Ideal for use in church and concert hall - Clear and well presented organ part - Duration: ca. 40 minutes The Bärenreiter CHOIR&ORGAN Series presents great choral works in arrangements for soloists choir and organ; no orchestra is needed. The original orchestral parts have been transcribed into straight-forward organ reductions whereby the contemporary tradition of such arrangements has been taken into consideration. In some cases the original organ version by the composer has been used. The Organ parts are presented on three staves. The choir and solo parts always remain true to the original. One edition can be used by soloists singers and Organist alike.

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. A beguiling 20-minute work for countertenor, women's voices and orchestra, Dream of the Song, George Benjamin's first work since his ground-breaking opera Written on Skin, was premiered in 2015 by the countertenor Bejun Mehta, the Netherlands Chamber Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by the composer. Employing a reduced orchestra (two oboes, four horns, two percussionists and two harps and strings), the work sets verse by three major poets who spent formative years in Granada- two Hebrew poets of mid-11th century, Samuel HaNagid and Solomon Ibn Gabirol (sung by solo countertenor in English versions by Peter Cole), and Gabriel Garcia Lorca (sung by the female chorus in the original Spanish). This inspired pairing of texts creates a rich, melancholy and strange poetic conjunction, expressed most beautifully in the final movement which, overlaying soloist and choir, offers two simultaneous visions of dawn, conceived a millennium apart./ Répertoire / Choeur

Waisenhausmesse (C)-This Mozart Mass (together with BA 7520 & BA 7522) have been arranged for solo voices chorus and organ from the Urtext of the ?New Mozart Edition? thereby making them accessible in all their beauty to choruses and church choirs with limited financial means at their disposal. Martin Focke has based the ?concertante? organ parts on the orchestral writing doing full justice to the timbre of the original. The solo parts and choruses of course leave the Urtext of the ?New Mozart Edition? entirely untouched.Mozart had barely turned twelve when he composed and conducted his Missa solemnis in C minor K.139 to inaugurate a new orphanage on Vienna?sRennweg in 1768.This astonishing early work adheres to the form of a Neapolitan cantata mass in which the separate movements (?Gloria? ?Credo? etc.) are themselves made up of self-contained choruses ariosos and ensembles.This frequently heard Mass is characterized by a sharp contrast between its cheerful underlying C major mood and gloomy dramatic passages in the minor mode.Self-contained version with organ instead of orchestra Straightforward and easy-to-play organ part Ideal for church services and concert performances Original version for soloists choir and orchestra BA4858

My Luve Is Like A Red Red Rose is a poem by Robert Burns from 1794 based on traditional Scots sources. It has been set here for TTBB male voice chorus with a Piano reduction provided for rehearsalpurposes.Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946) was a British composer conductor and educator. He channelled his energetic and creative personality into many musical projects championing the works of Jean Sibelius founding the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and composing many splendid classical pieces. Viewed by his contemporaries as out-of-date his music is now being appreciated as one of the last great contributions from theEnglish Romantic movement.

Du som Troner - Kantate / Cantata by Rued Langgaard scored for Baritone solo Mixed Choir SATB and Chamber Orchestra. BVN363. Manuscript copy.

Hardback-This hardbound full score is presented in a slip-case embellished with William Walton's signature in gold. William Walton signed the title pages of 350 copies of which only a handful are still left in OUP's stock. An oratorio for baritone soloist mixed chorus and orchestra using text from the Bible selected by Osbert Sitwell Orchestral material is available on hire

Landflygtighed. Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano solo + double choir (or double quartet) String Orchestra (or string quartet). BVN218

This work was commissioned by the Voices of Mel Olson and first performed on 5th Masy 1974 in Omaha U.S.A. under the direction of the composer.The work is scored for mixed voices with brass percussion and organ or orchestra.

Raymond Leppard’s realization of Cavalli’s Magnificat for double chorus and orchestra of trumpets trombones strings and keyboard continuo.

Chaque exercice de cette précieuse ressource est conçu pour renforcer les concepts fondamentaux vocales pour choristes et solo de n'importe quel âge. Organisé en 11 catégories ciblées, le but de chaque échauffement est évident, et clairement indiqué directions d'optimiser la croissance. Soutien accompagnements de piano, y compris les modulations progressives, sont légèrement orchestrées sur l'enregistrement clos --- parfait pour les répétitions d'ensemble, des leçons de studio, ou la pratique à la maison. Comme un bonus supplémentaire, les fichiers PDF sur le CD améliorés fournissent des extraits lignes vocales sur les pages chanteur reproductibles. Un livre pédagogique que vous utiliserez encore et encore! Sujets abordés commençant warm-up, la posture, les voyelles, le soutien de la respiration, de la qualité de ton, la diction, la dynamique, les articulations, les diphtongues, mélange, gammes, intervalles, l'harmonie, et plus encore. / Choeur

William Walton Edition vol. 6 Hardback-Choral composition was an important and constant thread throughout Walton's composing career and this volume brings together all his choral works designed to be sung a cappella or with organ: anthems carols partsongs and service settings.

Prepared from the composer’s autograph manuscript Brian Newbould’s authoritative new performing edition of Schubert’s celebratory 'Magnificat' brings this little-known masterpiece to light. A short perfectly crafted setting written by the young composer in 1815 it provides the ideal concert opener or partner to other more extended concert works. A vocal score is also available (0-571-52010-3)