Edited with additional material from the Salzburg version“In Italy nowadays this term (motet) is applied to a Latin sacred solo cantata consisting of two arias and two recitatives concluding with an Hallelujah and sung during the Mass following the Credo generally by one of the best singers.” One composition matching this description is the solo motet Exsultate jubilate K. 165/158a which Mozart wrote in Milan early in 1773 following the highly successful performance of his opera Lucio Silla.In 1978 when the music manuscripts in Bavaria were being sorted and cataloged in a project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft a set ofmanuscript parts for a previously unknown second version was discovered in the town parish church of St. Jakob in Wasserburg am Inn. The music and text of the concluding Alleluja movement were written out by the Salzburg court bassoonist and copyist Joseph Richard Estlinger (c. 1720–1791) who frequently worked for Mozart and his father.The vocal text of this Salzburg manuscript departs from that of the Milan version in the first aria and in the recitative. It was entered in a different hand. The Salzburg version of the text is clearly related to the feast of the Holy Trinity. There is much evidence that this version was sung for the first time in the Dreifaltigkeitskirche on 30 May 1779 (i. e. Trinity Sunday) by the Salzburg male soprano Francesco Ceccarelli during a service mentioned by Nannerl Mozart. On that day Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart together with Ceccarelli were invited to the church’s vicarage at midday. The additional text underlaying of the first aria enabled the solo motet to be employed for the Christmas service as well.- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition- Full score performance material (BA4897) and vocal score (BA4897-90) available for sale

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Les paramètres de Ralph Vaughan Williams de 71 Sonnet de Shakespeare et de Ben Johnson ' D'Echo élégie pour Narcisse ' sont publiée ici pour la première fois et de présenter un regard fascinant sur le début du développement de l'un des plus grands compositeurs de XXe siècle de la Grande-Bretagne. Ecrits lorsque Vaughan Williams était un étudiant à la Royal College of Music, étudiant auprès de Charles Standford, deux chansons sont une excellente et contrastée paire - le premier deuil véritable adressage - la seconde qu'une parodie madrigalian délicieuse - et tous deux faire des ajouts importants et passionnants pour le répertoire choral. La série de la chorale Programme Faber musique fournit une multitude de concert précieux répertoire incluant les oeuvres de Brahms, Holst, pont, Standford, Warlock, Faure, Saint-Saens, Schubert et Schumann, ainsi que répertoire Noël, choeurs de l'Evangile, arrangements de chansons folkloriques et les hits de la montre./ Recueil / SATB

The Chester Missa Brevis was written for the choir of Chester Cathedral in 2013 and is a tentative homage to Benjamin Britten in his centenary year. All the movements are thematically related and the musical ideas culminate and are more plainly stated in the Agnus Dei. Despite being called Missa Brevis the work has a grand ‘big building’ feel to it whist also aiming to be practical enough in terms of length to serve a regular cathedral liturgy.

Commande du Festival d'Art Sacré de la Ville de Paris 1992 et de Stéphane Caillat. Je me suis beaucoup intéressé dans les années 80 aux différentes liturgies chrétiennes notamment à l'emploi du chant grégorien dans la liturgie catholique des chorals (M.Luther J.Crüger) et du psautier genevois dans la liturgie protestante que j'ai souvent cités dans mes partitions écrites sur des textes religieux (Requiem Magnificat Nunc dimittis).Pour l'Ave verum qui fait allusion à la transformation par le prêtre de l'hostie en véritable chair du Christ ilétait hors de question d'utiliser des fragments de chants de la Réforme puisque le protestantisme réfute la 'transsubstantiation'. Comme je n'y crois pas non plus j'ai donc choisi le texte de l'Ave verum uniquement pour sa simplicité et son aspect sonore mais peut-être aussi son mystère.J'ai écrit ici en outre pour la première et la dernière fois 'a cappella' un exercice délicat qui requiert beaucoup d'attention dans l'écriture et j'ai emprunté à la mélodie grégorienne correspondante la quasi totalité des parties de ténors (la 'teneur') mélodie sur laquelle j'ai construit toute la polyphonie de la partition.J'ai cependant fait appel vers le milieu de celle-ci à la vois de soprano soliste sur le texte en grec (langue originale du Nouveau Testament) du verset 34 du chapitre XIX de l'évangile de Jean : '... un des soldats lui perça le côté avec une lance et aussitôt il en sortit de l'eau et du sang...' dont on retrouve ensuite l'idée au verset 6 du chapitre V de la Première épître à Jean : '... c'est lui Jésus-Christ qui est venu avec de l'eau et du sang...' deux récits auxquels fait écho le texte

'Adoro te' is a hauntingly atmospheric setting of text by Thomas Aquinas which has been translated into English by Bishop James Woodford. It’s beautiful simplicity and relative brevity makes it an ideal addition to a choral programme at any point in the liturgical year.

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743) was an Italian organist and composer and one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era. He wrote an extensive oeuvre of liturgical music with over 200 motets 300 masses and800 Psalm settings. He bridged the gap between the counterpoint-driven styles of Palestrina and Scarlatti and the more homophonic and harmony-driven works of Handel and Vivaldi becoming a master of both styles in his own right.His setting of the Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150) is for unaccompanied SATB chorus. Having been edited by the noted musicologist J. Steele it is a suitable motet for any church service or would make aperfect recital item.

Cantata for string orchestra and chorus. Triptych represents the concatenation and re-orchestration of two extant works. Movement I was commissioned with funds from The RVW Trust for the inaugural concert of the Choir of London conducted by Jeremy Summerly in Christ Church, Spitalfields on 18th December, 2004 - the work, premièred as Threnody, was subsequently toured by the Choir to Jerusalem and the West Bank from 19th-26th December, 2004. Movements II and III, commissioned by Portsmouth Grammar School with financial support from the PRS Foundation, were premièred as And There Was a Great Calm in a contiguous version for lower strings and upper voices by the Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir and the London Mozart Players in a concert at Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral on 13th November, 2005 conducted by Nicolae Moldoveanu. The title of this latter section is taken from Thomas Hardy's poem of the same name, written at the signing of the Armistice on 11th November, 1918 - a couplet from which is set, in a moment of tranquillity, in the final movement. Relatively new to living in New York, I am much more aware of the independent, vibrant cultural plurality that exists today - it's probably the single most dazzling facet of the City and is largely responsible for the infamous 'edginess' that pervades daily life there. With this in mind, I set to work on Threnody (movement I here) in 2004 - I wanted to write something that was relevant to the Israeli/Palestinian issue without losing that City 'edge'. The texts, in English, are excerpted from a variety of sources: William Penn, William Blake, the Psalms of David and Muhammad Rajab Al-Bayoumi, an Egyptian poet of the early twentieth-century. Fast and rhythmically influenced by the music of North Africa in its syncopations, this movement was the first composition that evolved entirely from my New York perspective. From the moment that the commission for And There Was a Great Calm (movements II and amp - III here) was offered, I knew the piece I was about to embark upon would end up being linked with Threnody in some way. I realized that what I had been aiming for in Threnody served as a template for this new piece, originally composed for a Remembrance Sunday concert. Musical works connected with commemoration or memorials are often suitably pensive and slow - I wanted to start with that concept, but to bring in some of the relentless urban rhythms that had been such a large influence on my life in the preceding two years. The result is that that the second movement is quiet and gentle (a moment of recollection), while the final movement is much faster and vibrant, returning to a more openly elated rendering of the start of Triptych (the texts here dealing with transmigration and the future). and nbsp - I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bruce Ruben and Judith Clurman, as well as that of my parents, with the collation of the texts. Tarik O'Regan New York, February 2006 / Soprano, SATB Et Orchestre De Cordes

Of Noblest Cities is intended for a choir of between 12 and about 40 voices although it may also be given by just six singers one to a part (SSATBB). The piece can be performed unaccompanied if no suitable organ is available simply by leaving approximately two crotchet beats of silence between the end of the last note of one verse and the beginning of the next.Underlying the melody is a simple rhythm which is sometimes expanded or contracted. In the first verse the position of the main beats in this rhythm is made clear by the barlines. In the remaining verses however the barlines are only there to help the singers to keep together and forconvenience in rehearsal: singers should observe their own strong beats which fall in different places for each part and not regard the barlines as indicating downbeats. A few of the strong beats which underlie individual parts and appear to be contradicted by the barlines are marked by the symbol / .The words are a beautiful Victorian translation of a Latin hymn by Prudentius which meditates on the story of the three wise men. Each verse is set to the same melody in an increasingly rich counterpoint inspired by the wonderful sound of Tudor choral polyphony.An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Jeremy Thurlow is a composer writer and pianist. His music has been described as ‘seductive innovative full of freshness’ by Henri Dutilleux. It has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic the Fitzwilliam String Quartet Rolf Hind the BBC Singers Endymion Carmen Elektra Peter Sheppard Skaerved Matthew Schellhorn and Sequitur (New York) among others. In 2007 he won the George Butterworth Award for new composition. As a musicologist he writes on French music in

Witness was first released in an a cappella setting for 8-part mixed voices and within months had sold over 30 000 copies. The following year it topped 50 000 and continued to climb. Today it remains a top seller and an industry standard. Veteran arranger Dick Bolks has masterfully revoiced and edited Mr. Halloran's setting into a solid SATB edition with optional accompaniment. Suddenly one of the best chorals from the 20th century is available to smaller sized choirs...and Mr. Halloran's integrity remains thoroughly intact. Thanks Dick. Available: SATB accompanied SATB divisi a cappella.

Britten’s last completed work written for young people’s Chorus and Orchestra is in five short sections: March Roundel and Canon for Orchestra and Choir and Jig and Modulation for Orchestra alone. This Vocal Score edition features a Piano reduction of the original Orchestral score.

Conte musical en un acte pour choeur d'enfants de 4 à 8 ans (fin du cycle 1 et cycle 2 de l'école primaire) d'après la célèbre histoire traditionnelle.Une partition qui enchantera !Musique : Nicole BERNEChansons à l'unisson avec accompagnement de piano / Chant/Vocal/Choeur

The Mamas and The Papas' hymn to the West Coast state California Dreamin ' was actually written in chilly New York City by John and Michelle Phillips before they even formed the band that made them famous. Simon and Garfunkel were New York through and through and Simon's jaunty song about the Queensboro Bridge - aka Feelin' Groovy - uses its local colloquial name. Skeeter Davis, born Mary Frances Penick, was the survivor of a car crash that killed her singing partner Betty Jack Davis. They had enjoyed some success as The Davis Sisters but The End Of The World was the biggest hit of Skeeter's subsequent solo career. In My Room saw The Beach Boys moving indoors from all that sun and sand and recording one of their most reflective and lovely songs. Meanwhile the British invasion was threatening the pop status quo in America and Can't Buy Me Love , from the film Hard Day's Night, gave The Beatles yet another number one in the US charts. Novello Choral Pops: Sixties Hits contains these five decade-defining hits, newly arranged for SATB Choir with Piano accompaniment. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

The Mamas & The Papas’ hymn to the West Coast state California Dreamin’ was actually written in chilly New York City by John and Michelle Phillips before they even formed the band that made them famous.Simon & Garfunkel were New York through and through and Simon’s jaunty song about the Queensboro Bridge — aka Feelin’ Groovy — uses its local colloquial name. Skeeter Davis born Mary Frances Penick was the survivor of a car crash that killed her singing partner Betty Jack Davis. They had enjoyed some success as The Davis Sisters but The End Of The World was the biggest hit of Skeeter’s subsequent solo career.In My Roomsaw The Beach Boys moving indoors from all that sun and sand and recording one of their most reflective and lovely songs. Meanwhile the British invasion was threatening the pop status quo in America and Can’t Buy Me Love from the film Hard Day’s Night gave The Beatles yet another number one in the US charts.Novello Choral Pops: Sixties Hits contains these five decade-defining hits newly arranged for SATB Choir with Piano accompaniment.

The Vocal Score for Judith Weir's Truly I Tell You a setting of three different Biblical passages from Psalms and Mark's gospel. This work was first performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey at theCommonwealth Day Observance on the 9th of March 2015. It is arranged for SSATB Chorus and Organ. Truly I Tell You is a setting of Psalms 8: 4-10 and 34: 1-4 and Mark 10: 15. The thread thatmarries these three texts together is the comparison between man and the name of God the literal exposition of the word of God (working beautifully within the context of such a brilliantly-composed piece of music) and thehopeful entering of God's kingdom in general. In the December 2015 edition of RSCM Church Music Quarterly Magazine the reviewer states that this piece is 'highly recommended' and is a 'useful churchanthem that is not too difficult'. Judith Weir is a British composer whose music often draws influence from her many extra-musical interests such as medieval history and Scottish traditionalmusic. In 2005 Weir received a CBE for her services to music and in 2014 she was appointed the Master of the Queen's Music becoming the first female holder of a post which dates back to 1626.