SKU: HL.265885
UPC: 888680732721. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.
This is a song that celebrates the magical mood of the first snowfall of the season. Set on a cold winter evening, it is peaceful and serene and contrasts the brilliant snow against the dark night. Detailed and pedagogical page two notes and carefully written voice parts make this perfect for the developing choir.
SKU: HL.14036215
ISBN 9788759875384. Danish.
Winternach was written in1976-78 and the title was taken from a poem by the Austrian poet Georg Trakl. The four movements, which are all very precise and dreamingly poetic, are almost classical in terms of clarity and discipline in orchestration and form: hence the dedication of the third movement to Igor Stravinsky. However, the music has a strong impressionistic quality as well: four introverted still lifes of the velvety, dark iceness of a silvery winter night (one can veritably sense the fairy-tale-like sleigh ride in the two outer movements). The second movement is dedicated to the eccentric lithographer M.C. Escher and the first and last movements are both dedicated to Georg Trakl. As in the well-known orchestral work, Stratifications, we can enjoy Amrahamsen's fiscination with having several events occur simultaneously: a thoughtful as well as playful multilayered quality mirrors the poetic and mysterious worlds of painting, literature, nature and most important of all: music.
SKU: CF.CPS268F
ISBN 9781491164075. UPC: 680160922864.
During the winter months, large winter storms occur from time to time. These storms can be dangerous and beautiful at the same time. This composition starts off fast, dark, and furious and moves into a lighter side during the middle section and ending as it started. Pay close attention to all articulations and dynamics throughout the piece. Maintain a perfect balance between winds and percussion. The percussion section was written for groups who have many percussionists. Enjoy your journey through The Winter Storm.
SKU: CF.CPS268
ISBN 9781491163672. UPC: 680160922468.
SKU: FG.55011-455-5
ISBN 9790550114555.
This cycle of carols, to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, was assembled piecemeal over a number of years, gradually acquiring a larger dramatic and harmonic arch shape as new settings were added. I was particularly attracted to Rossetti's conflation of the dark, fallow winter landscape with that of the soul waiting for salvation. The cycle traces the long nights of watchfulness before Christmas, with the great event constantly deferred, only glimpsed periodically in different visions before the music turns inward again to contemplation. The opening carol embodies this spirit, with passages of diffuse, roving harmony interspersed with meditative, lyrical pedals, calling out the night watch and dreaming of a far-off summer of the spirit. Earth Grown Old is a kind of double carol, setting two complete poems, their lines at first presented separately as a still, expectant chorale and a jubilant dance, then progressively interwoven toward a fervent climax before once again receding into quiet. In the bleak mid-winter, which sets a highly compressed version of Rossetti's original poem, presents an enfeebled landscape frozen in time, in dire need of deliverance. A gentle melody weaves its way through static drones, broken by an angels' chorus announcing the joy to come. Love Came Down at Christmas ends the waiting, with its gently falling, overlapping lines building to a final revelation, the mystery of Christmas at last made real.
SKU: CF.CPS243
ISBN 9781491158500. UPC: 680160917105. 9 x 12 inches.
This setting of The First Noel begins with a percussion intro and dissonant chords that lead to a beautiful flute duet. The melody is freely adapted and at times, outright changed, to give this arrangement a very different sound. Using rhythmic motives, tone clusters, altered melodies and all the sounds available for a concert band, the piece takes the audience on a journey that leads to a statement of the original tune at m. 118. Everyone gets the melody at some point. After a chorale-like section, the composition returns to the fast and upbeat sounds of the beginning. Your musicians and audience will love this unique version of this old-time favorite. When performing this piece, start dark and mysterious and let the sounds crescendo through the introduction all the way to m. 21, the first statement of the hymn. Make sure you keep the tempo moving so the arrangement does not lose excitement. Keep the flute duet, and later the trumpet duet, nice and light. At m. 118, play a little slower and in a standard chorale style, being careful to let the flute and oboe voices be heard. Let the low voices have the reins at m. 126 as they play the melody. Pick the tempo back up to the original tempo at m. 145 and push to the end. The main thing is to match articulation throughout the band--at the beginning and at the end, think light accents and separation, and at the chorale section at m. 118, more legato. Keeping everyone on the same page with articulation will be the key to making a great performance.This setting of The First Noel begins with a percussion intro and dissonant chords that lead to a beautiful flute duet. The melody is freely adapted and at times, outright changed, to give this arrangement a very different sound. Using rhythmic motives, tone clusters, altered melodies and all the sounds available for a concert band, the piece takes the audience on a journey that leads to a statement of the original tune at m. 118. Everyone gets the melody at some point. After a chorale-like section, the composition returns to the fast and upbeat sounds of the beginning. Your musicians and audience will love this unique version of this old-time favorite.When performing this piece, start dark and mysterious and let the sounds crescendo through the introduction all the way to m. 21, the first statement of the hymn. Make sure you keep the tempo moving so the arrangement does not lose excitement. Keep the flute duet, and later the trumpet duet,nice and light. At m. 118, play a little slower and in a standard chorale style, being careful to let the flute and oboe voices be heard. Let the low voices have the reins at m. 126 as they play the melody. Pick the tempo back up to the original tempo at m. 145 and push to the end. The main thing is to matcharticulation throughout the band--at the beginning and at the end, think light accents and separation, and at the chorale section at m. 118, more legato. Keeping everyone on the same page with articulation will be the key to making a great performance.
SKU: CF.CPS243F
ISBN 9781491158517. UPC: 680160917112. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: HL.35031585
ISBN 9781495091841. UPC: 888680675370. 5.0x5.0x0.2 inches.
The Longest Night is a unique winter service of devotion that has a very special ministry focus. This introspective smaller work is intended to be a worship experience that encourages those going through times of sorrow and grief during the holidays. Inspired by the solstice, winter's longest night, this service of music, scripture and prayer brings light into the darkness and offers hope to those in deepest need. A small consort orchestration adds a fragile intimacy and brings a healing ambience to this singular service of song. Songs include: Prelude (In the Bleak Midwinter); Be Still and Know; The Winter Weeps in Snowfall; He Shall Feed His Flock; The Healing Place; I Thank My God for You; In the Bleak Midwinter. Score and Parts (fl, ob/eng hn, fr hn, vibes, pno, vn, vc) available as a Printed Edition and as a digital download.
SKU: HL.35031587
ISBN 9781495091865. UPC: 888680675394. 5.0x5.0x0.092 inches.
SKU: HL.35031583
ISBN 9781495091827. UPC: 888680675356. 8.5x11.0x0.693 inches.
SKU: HL.35031586
ISBN 9781495091858. UPC: 888680675387. 5.0x5.0x0.02 inches.
SKU: HL.49003005
ISBN 9780901938787. UPC: 073999922370. 6.5x10.0x0.214 inches. English.
Alleluia (Mozart) * Alleluia (Boyce) * Cedit Hiems Eminus * Christ is Risen Again * Death and Darkness * Early Morning * Easter Eggs * Easter Morning * Good Christian Men * Good Joseph had a Garden * Hail, Easter Bright * Hilariter * I Danced in the Morning * Jesus Christ is Risen Today * Jesus, Life and Comfort Given * Let the Merry Church Bells Ring * Let the Song be Begun * Let us Sing this Easter Morning * Lord of the Dance * Now the Green Blade Riseth * O Sons and Daughters * Ring the Bell, Ring it Well * Slowly Winter Fades Away * The Angel rolles the Stone away * The Drums of Calvary * The Glory of our King * The Lamb's High Banquet * The Whole Bright World * They were Beating as he dragged himself * The World itself keeps Easter day * This joyful Eastertide * Tomorrow shall be my dancing day * While Christ lay dead * Ye choirs of New Jerusalem.
SKU: KJ.WB401F
Cloaked in a dark, wintery atmosphere, this selection begins with an incantatory melody from the Middle Ages; a cantus firmus by Guillaume Durfay. Composer Quincy Hilliard puts his own mark on the ancient material by building to a rousing, blues-tinged section in the middle, and the piece returns to the reflective opening before concluding with a valiant flourish.
SKU: KJ.WB401
UPC: 8402702671.
