SKU: CL.012-2449-01
Based on the hymn tune My Shepherd Shall Supply My Need, this fantasia is a musical reflection of the biblical account of The Creation. A powerful programmatic piece that opens with the woodwind choir and as the piece develops the mood shifts to excitement and a feeling of exhilaration. The tension and musical drama is brought to a conclusion only in the last measure as the climax is suspended for a long electric moment with the decay of a single chime tone. Without a doubt this is David Shaffer’s most aggressive work to date. Highly Recommended.
SKU: CL.012-3228-01
Written to commemorate to 100th aniversary of powered flight, this dynamic David Shaffer creation is an ideal programming choice for better bands. Includes solo spots for piccolo, F horn, oboe, trumpet, alto sax and flute as well as a host of percussion parts including piano. A broad rubato section provides a wonderful contrast to the bright agressive opening tempo and produces a composition that is challenging but well worth the effort. EXCEPTIONAL!
SKU: HL.368486
UPC: 840126968552. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches.
The text is by Ralph Waldo Emerson and it gives thanks for creation, for life, and for the beginning of a new day. The melody captures the gratitude like a gentle breeze over a meadow. This is an anthem that could easily slip into a praise song, it is that beautiful. Easy Difficulty.
SKU: MB.99105M
ISBN 9780786690169. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Upon completion of this book, you will understand the principle and techniques utilized in the creation of phrases and how to incorporate these concepts into your own harmonica performance. Includes access to online audio that contains jam tracks for incorporating new licks and ideas. Notation and harmonica tablature.
SKU: HL.14021023
ISBN 9780711969292. UPC: 884088439910. 9.0x12.0x0.375 inches.
A substantial work for four soli, SATB chorus and orchestra, using text from the translation of Stephen Mitchell's The Book Of Job. Like Vaughan Williams in his Job: A Masque for Dancing, Davies was inspired in part by William Blake's 21 engravings for the Book of Job. His oratorio, however, is less dependent on find parallels for Blake's visual details, given the direct poetry in David Lemon's adaptation of the Stephen Mitchell translation from the biblical original, it is hardly surprising that the spotlight should be so much on Job's suffering litany. The baritone has the lion's share of the setting, though the other soloists occasionally reinforce his plea and chorale-like episodes universalize his predicament. Davies frames with work with two seminal plainsong-like passages; there is also plenty of dramatic contrast both within Job's monologues and in the vivid orchestral writing for the smarmy Comforters, the initially shrill God who finally appears out of a dazzling orchestral whirlwind and the animal life he uses to illustrate the wonders of creation to a humbled Job. Commissioned by the University of British Colombia, it was first performed in May 1997 by Valdine Anderson (soprano), Linda Maguire (mezzo soprano), Paul Moore (tenor) and Kevin McMillan (baritone) with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Vocal score with piano reduction of the orchestral score. Duration c. 70mins.
SKU: OU.9780193554566
ISBN 9780193554566. 12 x 9 inches.
For SATB (with divisions) and small orchestra This is a beautiful, sensitive arrangement of the African-American spiritual and folk hymn Oh, watch the stars. The text reflects on the beauty of creation, and alternative verses by David Warner celebrating Christ's birth have been included for performance during the Christmas season.
SKU: HL.50565834
Tarab premiered by David Grimal in le Volcan, Scene Nationale du Havre, on April 23rd 2010. Born in 1948 in Rome, Philippe Hersant studied music at the Paris Conservatory, notably in the composition class of Andre Jolivet, before residing at the Casa Velasquez from 1970 to 1972 and then at the Villa Medici from 1978 to 1980. Since 1973 he has been a producer for radio broadcasts with France Musiques . Refusing to play tricks with history, Philippe Hersant has forged a language that extends the course of Western music as a whole, and, without ever seeking to establish a school, he was one of the first of his generation to place himself, once more, in the domain of tonality and modality. He does not, for all that, banish all neo-classical tendencies. On the contrary, he champions the mannerism and the deep subjectivity of his memory as sources and guides to creation.
SKU: SU.26180040
Cædmon's Hymn is the oldest English of known authorship. It was written in the seventh century by the poet Cædmon, supposedly from divine inspiration. My setting, for SATB chorus and organ, begins with four members of the chorus speaking the opening line of the poem in Old English, the intention being to evoke the atmosphere of the time and place of the hymn’s creation. The work was commissioned by and is dedicated to the South Bend (Indiana) Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, Music Director, and David Eicher, organist, and was premiered in 2018.SATB Chorus, a cappella Duration: 9' Composed: 2018 Published by: WMC Music (BMI) Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. To order quantities fewer than 8.
SKU: AU.9781506456836
ISBN 9781506456836. 7x10.25 inches.
Comets, mountains, fish and birds: God created all of them, so we should sing praise! This playful 2-part anthem is easy to learn and a delight to sing for children and adults alike.