SKU: GI.G-7098
ISBN 9781579996628. English.
Graphic Design and Religion by Daniel Kantor challenges the way we look at the role of graphic design within a religious context. The beautiful and abundant illustrations coupled with the passionately written text transcend the mere visual aspect of symbols and graphic design, elevating them to a spiritual way of seeing. It is an ideal resource for design students, teachers, photographers, illustrators, copywriters, clergy, worship and environment planners, and sacred art enthusiasts! Some of the chapters included in Graphic Design and Religion are “The Need for Renewal,†“The Sacred and the Secular,†“The Gift of Beauty,†and “A Return to Mystery.†This vital work can help designers discover their role in the creation of sacred art. One way in which Kantor accomplishes this is to draw a comparison between the illuminators of the Middle Ages with modern day graphic designers who serve religion today. Kantor stresses the need for a heightened awareness of graphic design within religion and demonstrates how good design must be seen as an essential component of authentic religious hospitality.
SKU: GI.G-9347
UPC: 785147934707. English. Text by Marty Haugen.
Here is a lovely new piece for special occasions—marriage, anniversary, or renewal of vows—with text a propos to each celebration. The melody has a Celtic quality and a lilting rhythm that will have wide appeal. Brief choral phrases alternate with the cantor in the refrain. Singing this could become a tradition! A solo edition for cantor and assembly is available, G-9389.
SKU: HP.C6422
UPC: 763628164225. Mary McDonald.
Classic Hymn This appealing arrangement is heartfelt and lyrical. The easy to sing melody will stick with your choir and congregation. The text reminds us to first know God and be seekers of God's heart. A brief quote from O Jesus Blest Redeemer leads to a quiet, compelling ending.
SKU: HP.9041
UPC: 763628190415.
Familiar praise song by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend This Keith Getty and Stuart Townend song is useful anytime of the year and especially for Pentecost Sunday. Lloyd Larson's masterful setting features an elegant piano accompaniment and optional cello part. Set in three verses, the first is a prayer for personal renewal, the second is a prayer for the gifts of the Spirit to show Christ in all I do, and the third is for the universal church to hunger for your ways.
SKU: OU.9780193570689
ISBN 9780193570689. 11 x 9 inches.
For soprano and alto solo, SSATB, and piano or strings Through a compilation of texts, this life-affirming work explores our fractured relationship with the natural world and nature's capacity for renewal. Dudley has crafted a compelling dialogue between characterful choral parts and highly expressive strings.
SKU: LO.99-3912MD
UPC: 000308150940.
Performance/accompaniment CD for The Refiner's Fire (10/5180MD) This warm arrangement of the classic Steve Green ministry song is ideal for a service of renewal and restoration. “He is consuming my soul, refining me, making me whole. No matter what I may lose, I choose the Refiner’s fire.†The optional string parts provide an excellent opportunity to invite congregants to participate with the choir.
SKU: OU.9780193570702
ISBN 9780193570702. 11 x 9 inches.
For soprano and alto solo, SSAA, and piano or strings Through a compilation of texts, this life-affirming work explores our fractured relationship with the natural world and nature's capacity for renewal. Dudley has crafted a compelling dialogue between characterful choral parts and highly expressive strings.
SKU: BR.EB-9410
ISBN 9790004188842. 9 x 12 inches.
The new Finer in Minor With beautiful, easy to moderately difficult, familiar and above all not so familiar pieces, our bestseller Finer in Minor has now been a companion for many generations on their way to the wonderful works of major piano literature. In the meantime, the sister edition Greater in Major (EB 8936) expands the sound palette, showing that playing the piano in a major key is, of course, just as beautiful as playing in a minor key! In the course of preparing it, the desire for freshness and renewal of the well-established minor-key edition developed. Editors and publishing house finally gave in and decided on a revised and expanded new edition. The outer appearance has been adapted to its major-key twin, and inside the edition, things look new and different, too. New composers and even more pieces expand the range of minor-key music to include new worlds of sound and feeling. Thus, playing the piano is simply great - with Greater in Major and Finer in Minor ! Voices to the 1st edition: It is a good collection of easy pieces and well edited. (Music Teacher) The publisher began with a novel idea and invested their faith in its success by producing a bright, colorful album that will easily catch the eye of the potential buyer. (Trevor Barnard, Music Teacher)The editors of the Keyboard Crocodile have delved into music history's treasure chest of piano literature and come up with some gems in the minor mode that offer major enjoyment.MP3 audiofiles, performed by Aki Sakae, are to be found in the download section or on YouTube. Here you can find the sister edition Greater in Major.
SKU: PR.144406410
UPC: 680160626441. 9x12 inches.
Compelled by the force of dreams, Martin has created a series of twelve flute trios, each a single movement of four to five minutes in length. These trios correlate roughly to a calendar year, although the composer has assigned them titles from a personal myth. They can, of course, be played in any order or grouping. The twelve trios were completed during a trip to northwestern Michigan in the Summer of 2014.
SKU: GI.G-012652
Spanish.
Reunidos en Tu Nombre 3 (Gathered in Your Name) is the third installment in Rafael Moreno's dynamic series of Spanish-language songs for the liturgy. Primarily associated with the charismatic renewal, Rafael infuses this same vivacious energy into carefully-crafted and creative songs for the Mass. This CD features music for various rites and liturgical seasons, including Advent, Lent, Easter, funerals, and sending. There's even a beautiful Exodus canticle and an anthem specifically for ACTS retreats. Music directors: If you're looking to entice your Spanish choirs with a fresh, engaging sound imbued with liturgical sensibility, be sure to check out all this series has to offer.
SKU: AU.9781506448084
ISBN 9781506448084.
Augsburg Organ Library: Christmas, contains 36 pieces for worship or recitals based on Christmas hymn tunes. The Augsburg Organ Library is a highly acclaimed multi-volume series that reflects the twentieth century renewal of the organ and its music.
SKU: HL.379623
ISBN 9781705151334. UPC: 196288018094. 6.75x10.5x0.034 inches. Ephesians 3:17-18, I John 3:1, Romans 5:8.
Buoyant with hopefulness, this joyful anthem in 6/8 rises and falls in waves of assurance. A fluid accompaniment provides an impressionistic element as the refreshing images of sacred water flow freely from the anthem to the heart of the listener. Unison singing establishes confidence with pleasing harmonies adding their magic to the mix. This sacred selection is a welcome addition to music for baptisms or services of renewal.
SKU: HL.14021104
UPC: 884088433321. 9.75x13.75 inches.
The composer writes: Pilgrim was inspired, it will be no surprise to learn, by reading Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress - Vaughan Williams's great opera on the subject had fascinated me from its first performance, yet it was a long time before I caught up with this essential item in any well-stocked library of English classics. It made a great impression, not least because of its theme of a journey of self-discovery, and a rediscovery or renewal of faith. These are ideas which have a strong interest for me, not in religious terms but in their application to every aspect of human life (including great journeys), and this piece reflects my response in musical terms to this concern. The tempo of the whole piece, which lasts about 18 minutes, is basically slow. There are two quick episodes, but these act somewhat like the trio sections of a classical scherzo, save that the tempo relationships are inverted (the classical trios would have been slower, not quicker) and the canvas is much larger, being that of a single, substantial, slow movement. The form of the whole is perhaps fantasia-like rather than having any relationship to classical forms such as sonata or rondo - some motifs and themes are varied as the work develops, and the opening chords are of primary importance throughout the work. There has been no attempt to convey any pictorial elements deriving from Bunyan's great book. There is, however, one feature which, upon completion of the score, struck me with some force, which is that almost all the thematic material is essentially striving upwards - there is a constant upward movement (sometimes over a lengthy period) throughout the work. Pilgrim was commissioned by the Luton Music Club for the Raphael Ensemble with funds provided by the Eastern Arts Board and Bedfordshire County Council, and is dedicated to the Luton Music Club. The first performance was given in Luton on February 10th 1997 and followed, as part of a joint scheme, by performances in the same week at the Music Clubs of Bedford and Leighton Buzzard.
SKU: HP.C5270C
UPC: 763628952709. By Graham Kendrick. Philippians 3:7-10, Psalms 27:4.
Worship song by Graham Kendrick This Graham Kendrick song has a rich message of devotion to Christ. Lloyd Larson's tender setting is sure to expand this worship song's growing popularity. Appropriate for Lent, Eastertide or general occasions.
SKU: OU.9780193864191
ISBN 9780193864191.
A gathering of hymn texts, anthems, and poems by one of the most important American figures in the liturgical renewal movement. This collection covers the entire church's year and a broad range of contemporary topics, needs, and concerns.
