SKU: HL.35032522
UPC: 888680895433. 6.75x10.5x0.023 inches. Ken Bible/Tom Fettke. Acts 1:11, Isaiah 35:10, John 3:14-21, Mark 14:65.
Time-honored words are supported and expanded upon by a new text creating a loving portrait of Christ for Holy Week. Incorporating the hymn “Man of Sorrows, What a Name,†the music is uncluttered and restrained, allowing the words to speak and minister. Each verse receives special musical consideration with varying harmonic textures, key and mode changes, and accompaniment treatment so that the words communicate and penetrate. For churches of any size looking for an expressive choral moment!
SKU: LO.10-1668L
UPC: 000308037784.
SATB Easter Medium - Based on a traditional spiritual, the amended text by Frank L. Cross makes a definitive Easter statement: My Lord, what a morning, when the Son of God arose..
SKU: HL.1145673
ISBN 9781705185353. UPC: 196288117483. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.
Victor Johnson's expressive writing continues with this SATB setting of Swinburne's poetic work. Layered harmonic writing above a sophisticated accompaniment creates musical pictures of the romantic text: “If love were what the rose is, and I were like the leaf, our lives would grow together....†A gorgeous selection for concert or contest.
SKU: ST.Y287
ISBN 9790220223198.
Composed for the internationally regarded Choir of New College, Oxford, and its conductor Edward Higginbottom, Rhian Samuel's What Cheer? is a bright and uplifting new setting of words already familiar to singers from popular carols by William Walton and Peter Warlock. The scoring is for SATB choir and organ, with optional short solos for soprano, alto and bass. An eminent and established song composer, Samuel has brought to this text, originally from a 16th-century commonplace book compiled by Richard Hill, her own idiomatic response to the tradition of music for Christmas. Though written for one of the world's great vocal ensembles, What Cheer? is well within the range of accomplished amateur choirs, and the effective scoring for voices captures in ringing choral sounds the buoyant optimism of this poetic celebration of Christ's birth.
SKU: SU.80101489
What Is Holy? (2020) was commissioned by King's Chapel (Boston, Massachusetts) in celebration of Heinrich Christensen's 20th anniversary as Organist and Music Director. It is a setting of a text (in English) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.SATB Chorus & Organ Duration: 5’30 Composed: 2020 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: LO.15-3311H
ISBN 9780787718480.
Patrick Roszell sensitively set familiar lines from Philippians with an introspective original melody to create this arrangement suited to ensembles of all sizes. Whatsoever things bring love and cheer, virtue and peace, think on these things..
SKU: LO.10-5784MD
ISBN 9780787779313.
This soul-stirring Robert Sterling arrangement of hymnwriter, Philip Blissâ?? timeless and beloved hymn is a stellar selection for Easter services. The broad, soaring orchestration is classic and remarkably effective to enhance the development of the choral arrangement. Beginning mysteriously with beautiful choral scoring, the arrangement builds in dramatic fashion with climactic proclamation, â??Hallelujah! What a Savior!â?.
SKU: GI.G-8960
UPC: 785147896005. English. Text by Delores Dufner.
Each song in this edition is set for SATB voices, yet versatile enough to work well with just cantor and assembly. Smaller choirs can make use of these gems, singing only the melodies. The accompaniments are playable on organ or piano. This trio of songs follows the success of a previous Dufner/Guimont collaboration, Amen to the Body of Christ: Eight Songs for the Communion Procession, G-7205. The Guitar part is optional. Contents: O Christ, You Are the Seed That Died, We Are Blest Who Are Called and We Receive What We Are.
SKU: AP.48910
UPC: 038081562346. English.
We will reach out, sing out, make a change. We will show the world what love can do! These empowering lyrics were inspired by thoughts and feelings from amazing young people at a virtual conference held in 2020. Spread the important message with this stirring anthem of hope by stellar composer and youth mentor, Mark Burrows. Starts with a tiny mezzo-soprano seed and blossoms into a full bloom fortissimo. Along the way, intuitive pop rhythms, satisfying harmonies, an especially memorable bridge, a moment of a cappella, and even handclaps help to secure that full finale effect.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
