From the Birthday Cantata, this familiar tune is filled with the infectious melodic material and mesmerizing harmonic content that are so characteristically Bach. The Best of Bach can be played with just strings or by adding any combination of winds up to full orchestra instrumentation. (3:07) / Partitions classique / Ensemble et orchestre / Orchestre / ALFRED PUBLISHING

Tristia is a song-cycle to words by Osip Mandelstam one of the founding members of the so-called Acmeist school of Russian poetry - a movement which has much in common with both Symbolism and Imagism. As a Jewish dissident who had survived the Russian Revolution of 1917 and fallen foul of the subsequent Soviet regime Mandelstam found it increasingly difficult to get either recognition or employment. In 1934 he was arrested for having written a satirical poem about Stalin. He perished four years later in a labour camp. Though he died in complete obscurity - nobody seems to know for certain the exact time or place of his death - his memory was kept alive by the courageand devotion of his wife Nadezhda whose book Hope against Hope is a moving chronicle of their last few years together.The five poems which make up the cycle are taken from the collection published in 1922 under the title Tristia a reference to the work of the same name by the exiled Latin poet Ovid. The poems are set in English but even in translation they convey the essence of Mandelstam's highly personal associative style. As such they express the reactions of an alienated sensitive and classically-educated outsider to the turbulent events he had so recently lived through.The five poems which make up the cycle are taken from the collection published in 1922 under the title Tristia a reference to the work of the same name by the exiled Latin poet Ovid. The poems are set in English but even in translation they convey the essence of Mandelstam's highly personal associative style. As such they express the reactions of an alienated sensitive and classically-educated outsider to the turbulent events he had so recently lived through.

Hail! Smiling Morn (Roud Index No 1346) was written by Reginald Spofforth in 1810. It has been described as the ?most popular glee in the entire repertoire? and remains a much loved concert item amongamateur choral groups all over the English-speaking world. It is presented here for SATB choir with a Piano reduction for accompaniment purposes. Reginald Spofforth (1769-1827) was a British composer organist andteacher. He wrote several dozen songs glees and hymns but no instrumental music. His music was performed at Covent Garden and successfully published during his lifetime but most of it has now been lost. Hail! SmilingMorn is undoubtedly his best known work.

G.F. Handel's Sonata In G Op.1 No.6 edited for Viola with keyboard (piano) accompaniment. Also published separately for Violin or Cello.

I will greatly rejoice is an anthem for harvest first published in 1913. It is scored for SATB chorus with Organ accompaniment and sets a passage from the book of Isaiah which describes how the prophet rejoices in a successful harvest.Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) was a British composer organist and conductor. He studied under Frederick Bridge at Westminster Abbey and later became Organist at York Minster and Professor of Music at the University of Durham. He is best remembered for his settings of the Anglican liturgy as well as anthems such as Blessed City Heavenly Salem and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.

This is a bright and sweet new Christmas octavo from Malcolm Archer with words by Timothy Dudley-Smith (copyright by Hope Publishing Co. 1987).

This is a wonderful worship musical for the Christmas season. It is ideal for performance at any time from the beginning of Advent until Epiphany and will provide a thrilling experience for both performers and congregation. Graham Kendrick one of the greatest names in contemporary church music provides a challenging scripture-based text and melodies of great beauty and strength. Rumours of Angels has been performedsuccessfully on numerous occasions and we are pleased to publish these entirely reset editions. Rumours of Angels is a continuous work with 11 pieces. It is easily within the competence of the averageworship group or parish choir.

A brief fable with optional narration from The Learning Maestros catalog. About a teenage boy named Lan Tsai Ho whose character is portrayed in the oboist.

World's Greatest Gospel Songs contains some of the most uplifting powerful and emotionally charged songs of all time. Each piece has been carefully arranged with a very accessible approach and features: a vocal line for solo or group singing; an appropriately selected key to accommodate a comfortable vocal range; up to three verses of lyrics; first and second endings with a turnaround plus a final ending; guitar chords; dynamics; a piano accompaniment that is complete in itself for solo performance.

This festive medley of everyone???s seasonal favourites is sure to be a winner this holiday season! The Twelve Songs Of Christmas is a superb arrangement by Jay Althouse for 2-part (Soprano and Alto) Voices with Piano accompaniment.This great mixture of popular and less familiar songs is a great substitute to the often overplayed Holiday programmes. Approximately 7 minutes long the medley contains excerpts from the following 12 carols: Deck the Halls; Good King Wenceslas; March of the Kings; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; What Child is This'; We Three Kings of Orient Are; SilentNight; Rise Up Shepherd and Follow; Go Tell It On The Mountain; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Joy To The World and Hallelujah.