Par DEARMER PERCY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Un favori ferme avec des choeurs pendant de nombreuses années, il s'agit d'une collection classique des chants traditionnels. Au cours des cinquante années écoulées depuis sa mort, Vaughan Williams est venu à être considéré comme l'un des meilleurs compositeurs britanniques du 20e siècle. Il dispose d'un catalogue particulièrement vaste d'oeuvres, y compris les oeuvres chorales, symphonies, concertos et opéras. Ses recherches et son imagination visionnaire, combiné avec une flexibilité dans l'écriture pour tous les niveaux de la création musicale, a signifié que sa musique est aussi populaire aujourd'hui qu'il l'a jamais été./ Recueil / Chant

The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included, both old and new, of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus with Piano accompaniment, making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire.This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Paul Mealor and George Dyson. Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go, Auld Lang Syne, Bonny At Morn, Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs, the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching, coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir. These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme, whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements, either the most beautiful, the funniest, or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs, this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs, this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens, Yarmouth Town, My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose, Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande, as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly.The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny, often dramatic, but always enjoyable to sing, and their diversity reflects the different people, landscapes and cultural history of the British Isles. These folk tunes can be traced back through British history, evolving through the oral tradition, continually changing lyrics and melody, being amended and sculpted according to the people who sung them. These timeless tunes have been recorded in this innovative Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choir, however, the joy of these songs is you can put your own spin on them, adapting them to how you want them sung and continuing their legacy. This wonderful collection is a fantastic addition to any choir's performance repertoire, and is sure to lead to success for the choir and audience for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

Górecki's Church Songs, based on melodies from Rev Jan Siedlecki's ?piewniki Ko?cielne ('church songbooks'), were composed in 1986. This edition is based on the PWM edition of 2013, which was produced with the assistance of Anna Górecka and Miko?aj Górecki. A special feature of the Boosey publications is the new, alternative Latin sung text by Edward Tambling, which will be attractive to the many choirs who do not wish to sing in Polish. The Latin text is carefully crafted to fit Górecki's score and is both poetic and sensitive to the devotional aspect of the songs. English translations from the Polish are also included, for reference only.The three publications present the songs for sacred use according to devotional subject-matter. In concert performances the songs, or a selection of them, may be performed in any order and combination. Vol 1 contains six songs in praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The seven songs in vol 2 take the themes of Good Friday, the Crucifixion, The Cross of Christ and the Resurrection. Vol 3 contains seven songs in praise of St Joseph, St Anne and St Nicholas, the Blessed Sacrament, the Trinity and the Black Madonna of Cz?stochowa. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

. . . for Choirs Collections. Par ARCHER MALCOLM / CLEOBURY STEPHEN. Cette collection unique d'approches à nouveau l'Avent, réunissant 52 pièces belles et accessibles qui couvrent toute la gamme des périodes, des styles et des traditions. Advent des chorales est la ressource parfaite musicale et liturgique pour tous les église, cathédrale, et des chorales de concert et inclut de nouveaux paramètres d'approche, de la musique injustement négligé, et ne travaille pas facilement disponibles ailleurs. Malcolm Archer a été instruit à l'école King Edward VII, Lytham, le Royal College of Music, et Jesus College de Cambridge, où il a été chercheur d'organes. Il a étudié l'orgue avec Ralph Downes, Gillian Weir et Nicolas Kynaston, et la composition avec Herbert Sumsion et Alan Ridout. Il est un compositeur prolifique avec plus de 200 ouvrages publiés, qui reçoivent régulièrement des spectacles sur la BBC radio et de télévision. Archer était auparavant organiste et directeur de musique à la cathédrale St Paul et est maintenant directeur de la musique chapelle à Winchester College. Stephen Cleobury est un organiste et chef d'orchestre anglais. Il a été chercheur d'orgue au Collège St-Jean, à Cambridge et sous-organiste de l'abbaye de Westminster, avant de devenir maître de musique à la cathédrale de Westminster en 1979. En 1982, il a pris le poste de Directeur de la Musique de la Chorale du Collège King, Cambridge, où il enseigne également la musique. Il a été chef d'orchestre de Cambridge University Musical Society depuis 1983, et a été chef principal de la BBC Singers de 1995 à 2007, et chef lauréat de 2007./ Recueil / Chant

Setting a popular text paraphrased from the Song of Solomon Rise up my love is an uplifting anthem ideal for Easter services although the text's beautiful springtime imagery would also make a lovely feature in any concert programme.The work contains expressive word painting with moments of intensity alongside phrases of utter stillness. There are opportunities for soloists and the flexible scoring allows choirs to decide whether to perform the piece unaccompanied with organ or with piano.This anthem will be included on a forthcoming CD by Selwyn College Cambridge (Regent Records).

Compiled and edited by Lionel Dakers & John Scott, SATB accompanied & unaccompanied. Par DAKERS LIONEL. Les éditeurs ont sélectionné une collection riche et variée de pièces sacrées pour cette période de l'année de l'Eglise, en gardant toujours à l'esprit des considérations pratiques et les besoins liturgiques. Les pièces sont présentées dans l'ordre selon le calendrier de l'Eglise, le déplacement du mercredi des Cendres et le Carême, à travers la Passion et des Rameaux, au jeudi saint, vendredi saint, veille de Pâques, et Pâques elle-même. Le meilleur du répertoire standard est inclus aux côtés de fines, moins familiers, oeuvres. Très différents du XVIe siècle à nos jours, c'est une collection complète et pratique pour les chorales d'église de toutes tailles et de niveaux de capacité. Dakers Lionel est né à Rochester, Kent, en 1924, et mourut en 2003. Il a été directeur de la Royal School of Church Music de 1972 à 1989 et jouit d'une réputation internationale comme un ambassadeur de l'excellence dans la musique d'église. Il a également été pendant plus de 30 ans un examinateur pour l'Associated Board de l'Ecole Royale de Musique. Il a obtenu un doctorat en musique de Lambeth en 1979, est devenu un Fellow du Royal College of Music en 1980 et a été nommé CBE en 1983. John Scott est né en 1956 à Wakefield dans le Yorkshire, où il était un chantre de cathédrale. En 1974, il devient chercheur d'orgue au Collège St-Jean, à Cambridge. En quittant Cambridge, il fut nommé organiste adjoint à Londres deux cathédrales anglicane St-Paul et de Southwark, devenant finalement organiste et directeur de musique de Saint-Paul en 1990. Il est maintenant directeur de musique de St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, et bénéficie également d'une longue carrière comme organiste de concert international. Il a été nommé Lieutenant de l'Ordre royal de Victoria (LVO) durant l'année Palmarès 2004 Nouvelle. / Niveau : Facile à Moyennement Difficile / Recueil / Chant

Love Divine All Loves Excelling-Lord With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee (Love divine all loves excelling) by Howard Helvey for SATB and Organ.This is a flexible hymn for general worship with an original hymn tune ('Charleston') by Howard Helvey. Either Francis Scott Key's 'Lord with glowing heart I'd praise thee' or Charles Wesley's 'Love divine all loves excelling' may be sung and Helvey employs hymnody's most popular traits including a majestic Organ introduction an emphatic unison first verse and a soaring Soprano descant.

Par SMITH PAUL. A beautiful and flowing work for SATB choir, SATB solo quartet and piano, with textures that celebrate love, cherishing our place among the stars. A New World is a musical story across five movements with texts by authors from Cicero and Ovid to George William Russel; from nursery rhymes to war poets. The music and texts link to form a narrative that questions what sort of ‘New Worlds’ have come into existence, or could be created in our future, and considers how we balance human traits of fear, displacement, isolation and conflict with equally human traits of love, hope, forgiveness and unity. The internationally-renowned British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. The celebration of diverse musical expression is central to the ensemble’s ethos, and this is shown in their versatile concert programmes and innovative educational work. The ‘VOCES8 singles’ series includes songs for which the group is particularly well known and which have been composed or arranged specifically for VOCES8. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes SATB et Piano

The Novello Book Of Hymns is a collection of 50 favourite hymns, inspiringly and engagingly written for SATB Choirs. Edited by David Hill, all the arrangements in this book are designed to be singable by congregations without music, and can be used in any church or school service.As well as providing uplifting versions of hymns, these arrangements also work well as easy anthems, enabling church and school choirs to learn an often striking and dramatic piece of music quickly and easily.The hymns have been arranged by a range of well-loved composers including Richard Lloyd, John Bertalot, David Hill, Stephen Jackson, Philip Moore, Christopher Robinson and many others.Editor of the collection David Hill is a Choral Advisor to Novello. He is Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, Musical Director of the Bach Choir, Chief Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia, Associate Guest Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society, and Professor of Choral Conducting at Yale University. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Par WEIR JUDITH. Celebrate HM The Queen's 90th Birthday with your choir Sing Judith Weir's special new choral piece I Love All Beauteous Things Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir, has been commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral in London to write a piece for SATB choir and organ in celebration of HM The Queen's 90th birthday in 2016. The piece is now available from Chester Music, so that choirs all over the world can join in with the festivities. Churches and other local organisations are planning events on Sunday 12th June and many may want to include this approachable setting of Robert Bridges' poem. Directed by Andrew Carwood, the St Paul's Cathedral Choir will perform I love all beauteous things as part of the National Service of Thanksgiving which will take place on at 11am on 10 June in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. At the service the Archbishop of Canterbury will give the address and the Prime Minister will read a lesson. The event will be televised live on BBC1. Judith Weir comments: 'It is a particular honour to contribute new music for this great occasion, and a pleasure to write a choral version of Robert Bridges' beautiful verse.' Preview the score here Download the digital sheet music here COMPOSER'S NOTE At the suggestion of Michael Hampel, Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, I have set words by Robert Bridges, who was Poet Laureate from 1913-1930. Bridges was an outstanding humanitarian and writer, whose poetry has inspired me before in The Voice of Desire, a song-cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano. This short, fast-tempo setting aims to emulate the swift, fleet-footed rhyme and metre of the two-verse poem, with its unobtrusive but telling reference to 'man in his hasty days'. J.W. Commissioned by the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral to mark the 90th birthday of HM The Queen, generously supported by the Boltini Trust. Performed at the National Service of Thanksgiving for HM The Queen's birthday at St Paul's Cathedral, London, on Friday 10th June 2016 in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Music by Judith Weir, Master of the Queen's Music, words by Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate in the year HM The Queen was born. Duration c. 3½ minutes I LOVE ALL BEAUTEOUS THINGS words by Robert Bridges OM (1844-1930) Poet Laureate 1913-30 I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them - God hath no better praise, And man in his hasty days Is honoured for them. I too will something make And joy in the making - Altho' to-morrow it seem Like the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking. (I love all beauteous things, etc…)/ Feuillet / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Orgue

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Choruses From Il Trovatore, Nabucco and Aida is a fantastic collection of three separate choruses from the famous and well-loved operas of Giuseppe Verdi. This is for SATB divisi with Piano Accompaniment and will provide ea most enjoyable challenge to an advancing choir. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / SATB

Your singers and listeners will love this setting for SATB Divisi a cappella featuring the classic Moses Hogan style plus lots of rhythmic and harmonic surprises. A fantastic concert closer.

Lyrically contrasting darkness with light, veteran composer/lyricist Cindy Berry brings us a worshipful and thoughtful anthem. With an optional children's choir and soaring descant for the finish, this anthem is a song of celebrating God's light and love. / Choeur (SATB)