SAM-Klang. Par . Le nom SAM-Klang reprend la premie`re lettre des parties vocales en anglais ¬– soprano, alto et men (« hommes ») - et combine cet acronyme avec le mot «Klang », signifiant «son » en danois et allemands, pour cre´er le mot-valise SAM-Klang : « son-ensemble » ou plus ge´ne´ralement, « harmonie ». La se´rie SAM-Klang propose un re´pertoire choral de base et avance´ arrange´ pour soprano, alto et voix d‘hommes. Contentant de nouvelles pie`ces et des nouveaux arrangements, vous trouverez e´galement l’essentiel du re´pertoire classique allemand, scandinave, franc¸ais et anglais SATB, soigneusement retravaille´es pour SAM. Les arrangements retiennent les caracte´ristiques des mouvements originaux et simule la me^me richesse des timbres vocaux, conservant aux œuvres leurs authenticite´ sonore dans la perception du public. Les re´ductions d’orchestre pour piano de tous les mouvements choraux faciliteront les re´pe´titions.Les arrangements offrent plus- ieurs possibilite´s de de´veloppement pour toutes les sections vocales, apportant une approche novatrice dans le qualite´ de travail des chœurs SAM. SAM-Klang permet aux chœurs de jeunes d‘acce´der a` la litte´rature chorale classique, et garantit aux chœurs mixtes ayant du mal a` trouver assez de voix masculines a` continuer de re´aliser les pie`ces favorites pour chœur. / Date parution : 2022-07-23/ Recueil / SAM a Cappella

This secular English madrigal dances with rhythmic energy and fiery passion! The two soprano parts create an echo effect if separated spatially. Fun!

Even for Ralph Vaughan Williams the prospect of two world premieres within 24 hours must have been something of a rarity. Such was the case however on the first two days of June 1953 when his now classic arrangement of The Old Hundredth Psalm was sung at the Coronation of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey being preceded the evening before by the premiere of 'Silence and Music' fourth of ten partsongs of A Garland for the Queen commissioned from leading British composers by the Arts Council of Great Britain to honour the new monarch.Long unavailable except as separate items from individual publishers this historic collectionis now reissued complete by Stainer & Bell in its original single-volume format allowing conductors and singers to choose from a rich collection of choral music with which to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and in 2013 the 60th anniversary of the Coronation itself.In addition to VW's contribution A Garland for the Queen includes important settings by Bax Berkeley Bliss Finzi Howells Ireland Rawsthorne Rubbra and Tippett. The collection moreover draws on the work of poets whose names likewise feature prominently in the annals of mid-century British literary talent: Clifford Bax Edmund Blunden Paul Dehn Christopher Fry Christopher Hassall James Kirkup Louis MacNeice Walter de la Mare Henry Reed and Ursula Wood.Intended as a counterpart to The Triumphs of Oriana of 1601 the celebrated madrigal volume published in praise of Elizabeth I by Thomas Morley A Garland for the Queen emulates its distinguished predecessor in its variety of moods and vocal combinations. There is material here to fit every aspect of celebration from the airy five-part ensemble of Bax's 'What is it like to be young and fair?' and the soprano solo with SATB of Rawsthorne's Canzonet to the lustrous contrasting of male and female timbres in Bliss's Aubade and the rapturous eight-part setting of