SKU: FG.55011-743-3
ISBN 9790550117433.
Alex Freeman’s Under the arching heavens: A Requiem (2018) was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language.’ Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it. Contents: I. Sydämeni laulu (Aleksis Kivi) II. Requiem aeternam III. Sequentia Dies irae Thrushes (Siegfried Sassoon) (Rex tremendae) Fientliga stjärnor (Edith Södergran) (Inter oves) IV. Sanctus V. Mikä lienee se lintu ollut? (Viljo Kajava) VI. Agnus Dei VII. O Years and Graves! (Walt Whitman) Duration: c. 67’.
SKU: HL.14043071
6.75x9.75x0.05 inches.
The world premiere of A New Commandment , a piece by the late Sir John Tavener specially commissioned for Summer Fields, was in February 2014 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. This work was possibly one of his very last commissions before his sudden and untimely death in November 2013. COMPOSER'S NOTE I have set these words from St John's Gospel many times, because I feel them to be among the most profound and therefore key texts in the Christian faith. This setting falls into three sections with an ABA structure. A New Commandment is dedicated to my mother-in-law Mary, but it is also an unspoken tribute to the Spanish master Victoria who has inspired methroughout my life..
SKU: SU.80300152
I command you to be good runners, the poet tells her four graceful, nearly grown daughters. Reflective homophonic sections tell the mother's hopes. They alternate with ostinato patterns of simmering energy, reflecting the dancing excitement of four girls ready to burst forth, out into the world. 7 pages; duration: 2:30 min.; range: f to g; difficulty: medium. SSA, a cappella Published by: Treble Clef Music Minimum order quantity: 8 copies.
SKU: SU.94010131
SATB (divisi) Chorus, a cappella Duration: 3' Text: Ruth 1:16-17 Composed: 2009 Published by: Subito Music PublishingThe text is taken from the book of Ruth, where Ruth pleaded to be allowed to stay with Naomi, her mother-in-law, instead of leaving and moving to a foreign country after the death of her husband, Naomiâ??s son. Minimum order quantity: 8 copies. Perusal copies are available by contacting perusalrequest@subitomusi c.com (include the organization name with your request). To order quantities fewer than 8, please call customer service at (973) 857-3440.
SKU: HL.49018713
ISBN 9790001171830. 9.0x12.0x0.064 inches.
In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells the story of its father. Based on this song, Barbara Heller composed the duo 'Lalai, Schlaflied zum Wachwerden?' for violin (violoncello) and piano in 1989 - in memory of 50 Iranian women who were murdered under the regime of Khomeini. The composition is also available for violin and harp now.
SKU: HL.49045409
ISBN 9790220136030. UPC: 841886025783. English.
A setting of a text by William Blake from his collection of poems Songs of Innocence and Experience for SATB choir, harp and strings. The poem is a lullaby in which a mother hopes her sleeping baby's peace can proliferate to the rest of creation and is perfect for Christmas concerts. The work was written as part of Huw Watkin's Composer in the House residency with the Orchestra of the Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon.
SKU: MN.56-0106
UPC: 688670221231. English, Latin.
Invictus: A Passion addresses one of the world’s most powerful stories through the lens of the modern world. The texts, written or inspired by women, describe not only human suffering and persecution but also the human capacity for love and humility in the face of tyranny. Composer Howard Goodall is uniquely suited to bring these texts to life with music of emotional clarity and sweeping force. This movement, scored for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano, expresses the unimaginable pain felt by a mother seeing her child torn away from her at a slave auction. To this harrowing account are appended the words of William Wilberforce, spoken in the House of Commons on 18th April 1791, “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.†Duration 6:47.
SKU: HL.48025266
UPC: 196288152255.
In Sancta Mater, the fifth movement of Kim André Arnesen’s large-scale Stabat Mater, through the poetic Latin text we comfort not only Mother Mary but all parents who have lost their own child, and we cry and we pray with them. The largely homophonic setting sensitively portrays the text and underlying themes through Arnesen’s trademark luscious harmonies and expert voice interaction. Suitable for intermediate choirs.
