SKU: GI.G-10000K
This is the four-volume, keyboard landscape edition of Gather IV. Its unique features include a convenient 4-page, 12†x 9†spread for reduced page turns, guitar chords, melody line, full choral harmonizations when available, and complete keyboard accompaniments for every musical item in the hymnal (except for the Lectionary Psalms in the back of the book). For complete Lectionary Psalm accompaniments, you must purchase G-10600 Lectionary Psalms as found in Gather, Fourth Edition.  Gather, Fourth Edition has been intentionally designed to be GIA’s most representative and relevant Catholic hymnal to date.  The musical contents represent the contemporary Catholic church, featuring a culturally diverse roster of composers and a wider breadth of musical styles.  Gather IV is also designed to work seamlessly with various digital assets, making it accessible and relevant in our technology-based world. It is the first hardbound GIA hymnal to be fully coordinated for use with OneLicense, GIA’s Hymnals App, and the new GIA Choral Cloud Subscription.
SKU: GI.G-10000KS
This is the six-volume, spiral-bound keyboard edition of Gather IV. The 8.5†x 11†size has 2-page spreads that are organized to reduce page turns. The larger print makes for easier reading. It includes guitar chords, melody line, full choral harmonizations when available, and complete keyboard accompaniments for every musical item in the hymnal (except for the Lectionary Psalms in the back of the book). For complete Lectionary Psalm accompaniments, you must purchase G-10600 Lectionary Psalms as found in Gather, Fourth Edition.  Gather, Fourth Edition has been intentionally designed to be GIA’s most representative and relevant Catholic hymnal to date.  The musical contents represent the contemporary Catholic church, featuring a culturally diverse roster of composers and a wider breadth of musical styles.  Gather, Fourth Edition is also designed to work seamlessly with various digital assets, making it accessible and relevant in our technology-based world. It is the first hardbound GIA hymnal to be fully coordinated for use with OneLicense, GIA’s Hymnals App, and the new GIA Choral Cloud Subscription.
SKU: HL.277282
UPC: 840126915006. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Program note:Looking Up is a piece for large chorus and orchestra, and is in three sections, played without pause. In the 16th century, a variety of psalters in meter were printed in England, with the idea of making psalm-singing something that could happen easily at home, with the rhyming meter being an aid to memorization. These translations are wonderful exercises in brevity and sometimes clumsy rhymemaking, and were usually prefaced by a lengthy explanation as to their merits; the title of one of the first such volumes in English is: The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. I thought it would be appropriate to set one of these introductions, and the first section of Looking Up sets the preface to Thomas Ravenscroft's psalter (1621), in which he writes: “The singing of Psalmes (assay the Doctors) comforteth the sorrowfull, pacifieth the angry, strengtheneth the weake, humbleth the proud, gladdeth the humble, stirres up the slow, reconcileth enemies, lifteth up the heart to heavenly things, and uniteth the Creature to his Creator.”It begins meditatively, but eventually grows agitated and fervent, with a vision of the “quire of Angels and Saints” “redoubling anddescanting” - an ecstatic and terrifying vision of the skies opening up. Ravenscroft then encourages the use of instrumental musicfor worship, at which point, a long, acrobatic orchestral interlude with jagged edges antagonizes the choir, who sing a kind of private, anxious meditation on two pitches.One of the most delicious biblical texts is an Apocryphal prayer known as the Benedicite or the Prayer of the Three Children (the same who were rescued by an angel after King Nebuchadnezzar tried to have them burnt in an oven for not bowing to his image). The text is repetitive, obsessive, and a gift to composers - each line is an invocation of an element of the natural world, followed by the phrase, “blesse ye the Lord, praise him & magnify him for ever.” In Looking Up, the setting begins with three solo voices, and then grows to include the whole choir, itemizing the whole of creation. The idea that these boys are spared from the furnace and then five minutes later are saying, “O ye the fire and warming heate, blesse ye the Lord...” has always felt very loaded to me, and the orchestra plays with this conflict between joyful praise and a more terrible (in the 16th-century sense) awefor the divine.The text for the third, and shortest, section is taken from Christopher Smart's (1722-1771) A Song to David, purportedly written during his confinement in a mental asylum. This ode to King David points out how David, as the author of some of the Psalms, observes the whole world from the “clustering spheres” to the “nosegay in the vale.&rdquo.
SKU: GI.G-5550C
ISBN 9781579991524. Scripture: Psalms 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 33, 34, 40, 51, 63, 78, 84, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 98, 100, 104, 113, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 126, 138, 139, 141, 145, 146, 147.
Singing Our Faith is a hymnal-songbook for school liturgies and catechetical settings. Designed for children ages 7 - 12, this hymnal contains timeless music that children will remember and treasure for a lifetime. Hymns are organized according to church year and then follow the themes suggested by the National Catechetical Committee. 287 selections of psalms (refrains), hymns, and service music for students. For use in school and catechetical settings, with contents that are “at the core of a healthy adult parish repertoire.†Supplementary resources include a complete set of recordings on CD, keyboard accompaniment book, C Instrument Edition, and a very helpful Leader's Manual. The Leader's Manual includes sections on selecting music, Ten Ways to Get Your Children to Sing, and more. Comprehensive indexes, a signature feature of all GIA hymnals, round out this great resource.
SKU: HL.1189848
UPC: 196288131533. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches. Jude 25, Psalm 100.
With a joyful flourish, this majestic rendering of the iconic OLD 100th will be an unforgettable moment in your worship gathering. The colorful orchestration is the perfect addition to this brief and powerful offering. Score and Parts (fl 1-2, cl 1-2, hn 1-2, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2, tba, tmp, perc, vn 1-2, va, vc) available as a digital download.
SKU: GI.G-7241
UPC: 785147724100. English, Spanish. Text Source: Psalm 104, adapt. TA, Pentecost Sequence. Text by Tony Alonso. Scripture: Psalm 104.
This edition contains the verses for the Pentecost psalm in both languages and also the complete sequence in English and Spanish—to be sung with the psalm refrain. The 3-part refrain is an ostinato that can be quietly sung under the solo verses. Ostinato refrain.
SKU: CA.3902100
ISBN 9790007054847. Key: C minor. Language: German/English.
Fro m the cantata cycle Musicalisches Lob Gottes in der Gemeine des Herrn.
SKU: CA.3118749
ISBN 9790007210007. Language: German/English.
The two-part cantata from Bach's third cycle of cantatas was performed for the first time on 4 August 1726 (the 7th Sunday after Trinity). The large-scale opening chorus for full forces to a text from Psalm 104 shows in its formal diversity Bach at the height of his powers. The second part of the cantata begins with a biblical text (Matthew 6, 31 ff.), not as a choral movement here, but as an extended bass arioso (Vox Christi). A meditative soprano aria with solo oboe forms the high point of the second part. Bach re-used the opening chorus, both the arias and even the bass arioso later in the G minor Mass BWV 235. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3118700.
SKU: CA.178100
ISBN 9790007253967. German.
The conductor Frieder Bernius regards the motets of Hans Fahrmann as an indispensable and extremely welcome addition to the late Romantic repertoire. The composer's output is little known nowadays. Born in 1860, he was considered the Richard Strauss of the organ during his lifetime. With their demanding harmonies, Fahrmann's choral motets place high demands on choirs and - like Reger's works - stretch tonality to its extremes. And not least, their sonorous expressivity is thanks to their chromatic richness. Frieder Bernius has recorded the Motets opp. 34, 45, and 65 with the SWR Vokalensemble for the first time on CD (Carus 83.499).
SKU: CA.7007100
ISBN 9790007082710. Key: C minor. Language: Czech/German.
SKU: CA.7007109
ISBN 9790007082734. Key: C minor. Language: Czech/German.
Score available separately - see item CA.7007100.
SKU: CA.7007112
ISBN 9790007082758. Key: C minor. Language: Czech/German.