SKU: CA.3124569
ISBN 9790007097097. Language: German/English.
The St. John Passion ranks alongside the St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the B minor Mass as one of the great vocal works from Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he substantially revised the general concept of the piece and also changed numerous details. All previous editions of the St. John Passion have combined readings from various layers of sources and thus present the work in a form which was never heard during Bach's lifetime. Consequently, the wish often expressed by conductors to perform an authentic version by Bach could not be easily achieved. The present critical, new edition of the St. John Passion fulfills this wish and for the first time makes available the complete music of the second version of the work as it was performed under Bach's direction in 1725. Since a number of movements were replaced by others, including the opening chorus, this version differs most dramatically from the standard version which is well known today. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3124500.
SKU: BT.EMF100100
French.
French Edition of book one from John Thompson's bestselling piano course.
SKU: OU.9780193566187
ISBN 9780193566187. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB and piano or organ For countless singers and listeners, the carols of John Rutter form the quintessential repertoire of any Christmas concert or service. This selection includes eight of Rutter's most popular carols in German translation, together with a full list of orchestral accompaniments available on hire and sale.
SKU: OU.9780193527836
ISBN 9780193527836. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB and organ Written for the 2018 BBC Advent broadcast from St John's College, Cambridge, A Prayer to St John the Baptist sets an artfully crafted text that combines Guido d'Arezzo's Ut queant laxis (itself a Hymn to John the Baptist, as well as a medieval music-teaching mnemonic) with Thomas Merton's poem on the same subject.
SKU: GI.G-6545
UPC: 785147654544. English. Text Source: John 18:1–19:42, Lectionary for Mass Text by Susan R. Briehl. Scripture: John 18:1–40, John 19:1–42.
Text of the Passion interspersed with the hymn A Blameless Lamb by Suan Briehl.
SKU: HL.14047758
ISBN 9788850727391.
John Lennon Complete contains 15 of Lennon's songs, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. It would make the perfect gift for any budding singer, or any Lennon fan.
John Lennon (1940-1980) is arguably the most famous musician of all time. As a singer-songwriter, he rose to fame as a founding member of the Beatles, and later established a highly successful solo career after the band broke up in 1969. His contribution to Western culture in the 1960s and 70s, both musically and politically, is impossible to fully express, and his countless fans have remained faithful right to the present day.
SKU: HL.14021087
8.25x12.0x0.059 inches.
John McCabe's Pueblo for solo Double Bass. Duration: approx. 7 minutes.
Pueblo is an off-shoot of a series of compositions inspired by desert country, and it was commissioned by Leon Bosch with the aid of funds provided by North West Arts. The piece is continous, falling into several sections, and is largeley based on the high circling motif heard at the start and referred to again in the harmonics at the close. It is prefaced by the following quotation from Scenes in American Deserta by Reyner Banham, published by Thames and Hudson:
'Clouds, high and flat, were now building up in thesky, the wind was settling to silent calm, the weather was very cold, and the stream through the center of the pueblo was almost frozen across, the Indians chipping out ice to melt down for water.'
The aim in writing the piece was to express in musical terms a response to the vivid picture of a scene relating to life in the American desert conveyed by Reyner Banham's text. Although not numbered among other Desert works, this belongs to this family of compositions, along with another Banham setting, written for the King's Singers, Scenes In America Deserta. - John McCabe
