Henry Purcell (1659-1695) held numerous appointments at the Royal Court and Westminster Abbey and is considered by many to be the greatest ever English-born composer. His prolific work covered all fields: orchestral ecclesiastical operatic theatrical incidental and chamber music were all enriched by his output. Written in 1683 Welcome To All The Pleasure (Z339) is the first of the three Odes that Purcell wrote for St Cecilia's Day. It was commissioned by the London Music Society for their first festival and sets a poem by Christopher Fishburn. It is scored for SATB Chorus; Alto Tenor and Bass soloists; and Strings.

In 1717 Telemann composed his cantata 'Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch? for the first day of Whitsun based on a text by Erdmann Neumeister. It forms part of the 'Concerten-Jahrgang?, also known as 'Das Harmonische Zion? or 'Italienischer Jahrgang? where all the cantatas are conceived as concertos for vocal and instrumental parts and have been colourfully scored. This particular work includes two oboes, two Corni da Caccia and strings. Vocal soloists, choir and instruments alternate and have equal musical standing in this festive Whitsun cantata which provides a valuable addition to the church service or concert repertoire. - Urtext edition based on 'Georg Philipp Telemann, Musical Works?- Cantata for the first day of Whitsun- Ideal for church services and concerts- An attractive addition to the repertoire with a view to the 250th anniversary of Telemann's death (2017) / Ensemble A Vent

Commissioned by the Hickory NC Choral Society for their 35th anniversary season Dan Forrest's Requiem For The Living is scored for mixed choir with solos for boy soprano and/or mezzo-soprano soprano & tenor. The instrumentation is available for large orchestra or chamber ensemble. Combining both liturgical and non-liturgical texts in some cases the traditional texts are slightly re-arranged for contextual emphasis. This powerful five movement work projects a wide range of meaningful expression from a biting essay on the vanity and pain of existence to a plea for mercy and a celebration of eternal light. The work standsalone - but would be especially moving for all saints Good Friday or even Palm Sunday. Movements: Introit - Kyrie Vanitas Vanitatum Agnus Dei Sanctus Lux Aeterna 3. Instrumentations available on rental only: 1. Full orch. (HMB265a): 2 flutes 2 oboes 2 bb clarinets 2 bassoons 2 horns (or 1-4: if performing with a large choir horn lines may be doubled by a second player on each part) 2 bb trumpets 2 trombones bass trombone or trombone 3 tuba percussion (1 player: suspended cymbal crash cymbal bass drum triangle glockenspiel crotales (bowed) snare drum low tom-tom (opt.)(or other low drum) timpani (3) (one player) harp strings (min. Suggested count 4.4.2.2.1) full score. 2. Chamber version (HMB265b) - flute oboe horn in f (optional) combined percussion (one player: timpani suspended cymbal crash cymbal triangle glockenspiel crotales (bowed) snare drum low tom-tom (optional) (or other low drum) harp violin cello organ full score. 3. Expanded chamber version (HMB265c) - flute oboe horn in f(opt.) percussion from full orchestra version (1 player: suspended cymbal crash cymbal bass drum triangle glockenspiel crotales (bowed) snare drum low tom-tom (opt. or other low drum) timpani (3) from full orchestra version (1 player) harp strings from full orchestra version

Ruth Schram takes us on a journey to the Bethlehem stable with the lyrics “We've been waiting we've been searching we have come from near and far.” Her creative melodies and harmonies point the way to the upliftingchorus message “Beneath the star a common rustic barn becomes a palace worthy of a king.” Orchestrated with optional strings this expressive original anthem may be used for Christmas or Epiphany. Instrumental ePakincludes parts for Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello and String Bass. BonusTrax CD available. Performance Time: Approx. 3:45

Morning has broken combines 10 well-known traditional hymns in a work which can be performed as a whole in sections or as single separateAnthems.The theme morning has broken runs throughout with interludes betweenEach individual anthem including narration. The work is aChronological order from creation to christ the cross theResurrection and heaven.Morning has broken combines 10 well-known traditional hymns in a work which can be performed as a whole in sections or as single separateanthems.The theme morning has broken runs throughout with interludes betweeneach individual anthem including narration. The work is achronological order from creation to Christ the cross theresurrection and heaven.Contents:1. Morning Has Broken-Opening Interlude2. Praise To The Lord The Almighty Interlude3. This Is My Fathers World (Hmc569) Interlude4. In Thee Is Gladness (Hmc182) Interlude5. Fairest Lord Jesus Interlude6. How Firm A Foundation Interlude7. When I Survey The Wondrous Cross Interlude8. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today9. When The Saints Go Marching In10. Morning Has Broken-FinaleFollowing Individual Instrumentations Available On Rental Only:1. Morning Has Broken (Hmb139a): Organ Hp Picc 2fl 2ob E.Hn 2bb Clr B. Cl 2bsn 4hn 3bbtpt 3tbn Tuba Strings Perc Timp.Interlude: Organ Perc Hp Picc Fl Ob E.Hn Clr B. Clr Bsn 2hn 2tbn Tuba Strings.2. Praise To The Lord The Almighty (Hmb139b): 3bbtpt 4hn 3tbn Tuba Vln I A-B Vln Ii A-B Viola A-B Cello A-B Bass Hp Perc Timp Picc 2fl 2ob E.Hn 2cl B. Cl 2bsn.Interlude: Organ Picc Fl Ob E.Hn Cl B. Cl Bsn 2hn Perc Timp Strings.3. This Is My Fathers World (Hmb139c): Strings 2fl Ob 2hn 3tpt 3tbn Tuba Perc Hp.Interlude: Organ Picc Fl Ob E.Hn B.Cl Bsn Strings Perc Hp.4. In Thee Is Gladness (Hmb139d)- Organ Strings 2hn Fl Ob 2bb Cl B. Cl Hp.Interlude- Organ Fl Ob E. Hn Cl B. Cl 2hn Strings.5. Fairest Lord Jesus (Hmb139e)- Organ Hp 3tbn Tuba 4hn Fl Ob Cl B. Cl Bsn Strings.Interlude- Hp Picc Fl Ob E.Hn 2cl B. Cl Bsn 2hn 2tpt 2tbn Tuba Perc Timp Strings.6. How Firm A Foundation (Hmb139f)- Organ Picc 2fl 2ob E.Hn 2bb Cl B. Cl 2bsn 4hn 3bbtpt 3tbn Tuba Perc Timp Strings.Interlude- Organ Hp Picc Fl Ob E.Hn 2cl B. Cl Bsn 2hn 3tpt 3tbn Tuba Perc Timp Strings.7. When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (Hmb139g)- Organ Hp Picc Ob E.Hn 2cl B.Cl Bsn 2hn 3tpt 3tbn Tuba Perc Timp Strings.Interlude- Picc Fl Ob E.Hn 2cl B.Cl Bsn 2hn 3tpt 3tbn Perc Timp Strings.8. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (Hmb139h)- Organ Hp Picc 2fl Ob E.Hn 2cl B.Cl Bsn 2hn 3tpt 3tbn Tuba Perc Timp Strings.9. When The Saints Go Marching In (Hmb139i)- Strings 3tpt 3tbn Tuba Pno Perc Trap.10. Morning Has Broken- Finale (No Number Assigned)- Organ Hp Picc 2fl 2ob E.Hn 2bbcl B.Cl 2bsn 4hn 3bbtpt 3tbn Tuba StringsPerc Timp.Organ Plays From Vocal Score.Above Inst

Instrumental Accompaniment Set-Instrumentation: Flute Oboe Bb Flat Clarinet Bassoon French Horn and Strings

Instrumentation: Piccolo Flute 1&2 Oboe 1&2 Bb Clarinet 1&2 Bassoon 1&2 Contrabassoon Horn in F 1&2 Horn in F 3&4 Bb Trumpet 1&2 Tenor Trombone 1&2 Bass Trombone Tuba Timpani Harp Strings and Full Score. Note: this orchestral version uses slightly different wind/brass parts than the wind ensemble version. Parts are not interchangeable*****

Ed. Critica Di Alessandro Borin - Ril. Brochure. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. La Gloria e Imeneo, RV 687, belongs to a group of so-called ‘French serenatas’ by Antonio Vivaldi, namely a series of works composed and performed between the mid-1710s and mid- 1720s of the eighteenth century in celebration of importantrecurrent and non-recurrent events relating to the Kingdom of France and its diplomatic representatives resident in Italy. This serenata was indeed commissioned from Vivaldi by the French ambassador in Venice, Jacques-Vincent Languet, Count of Gergy, on the occasion of the wedding of Louis XV to the Polish princess Maria Leszczyska, and was performed during a festa that took place in the ambassador’s garden on the evening of 12 September 1725. This critical edition is based on the autographscore held by Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria of Turin. It also includes an Introduction that describes the genesis and the first performance of the Serenata, the state of the sources and its musical content. The critical edition includes anapparatus that records all the variants between the autograph score and the secondary collate sources, and a diplomatic- interpretative edition of the poetic text, inferred – since no libretto has come down to us – by the words underlaid to the notesin the manuscript of the serenata. La Gloria E Imeneo, RV 687, belongs to a group of so-called ‘ French serenatas' by Antonio Vivaldi, namely a series of works composed and performed between the mid-1710s and mid-1720s of the eighteenth century in celebration of important recurrent and non-recurrent events relating to the Kingdom of France and its diplomatic representatives resident in Italy. This serenata was indeed commissioned from Vivaldi by the French ambassador in Venice, Jacques-Vincent Languet, Count of Gergy, on the occasion of the wedding of Louis XV to the Polish princess Maria Leszczyska, and was performed during a festa that took place inthe ambassador's garden on the evening of 12 September 1725. This critical edition is based on the autograph score held by Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria of Turin. It also includes an Introduction that describes the genesis and the first performance of the Serenata, the state of the sources and its musical content. The critical edition includes an apparatus that records all the variants between the autograph score and the secondary collate sources, and a diplomatic- interpretative edition of the poetic text, inferred & since no libretto has come down to us & by the words underlaid to the notes in the manuscript of the serenata. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Classique / Date parution : 1905-07-08/ Répertoire / SATB, Violon, Alto et Basse Continue

Includes: 3 Fl Keyboard (Organ) Hp Perc (2 Players) Contrabass (Dbl Bass) And Full Score. Full Orch- (HMB198fv): 3 Fl 2 Ob 2 B-Flat Cl 2 Bsn Hp Perc (2 Players) Strings And Full Score.

Instrumentation (HMB204a): 2 Fl Picc 2 Ob 2 Cl 2bsn 4 Hn Tpt 3 Tbn Tba Timp Chimes Cymbal/Tamb Strings (2 Vln Vla 2 Cello Bass) and Full Score.

Instrumental Accompaniment Set-Instr: Full Score Fl 1&2 Oboe 1&2 Bb Clar 1&2 Bass 1&2 Horn 1-4 Bb Trump 1-3 Tromb 1-3 Tuba Timp Percussion (Sus. Cymbal Snare Drum Wood Block Xylophone Tambourine) Piano Strings and Banjo (Opt.)

Instrumental Accompaniment Set-Includes: 2 Flutes 2 Bassoons 2 Clarini (D) Strings and Organ

Instrumental Accompaniment Set-Includes: 2 Flutes 2 Oboes B-Flat Clarinet Bassoon 2 Horns 2 Trumpets Timpani Percussion Harp Strings and Full Score

Instrumental Accompaniment Set-Includes: 2 Flutes 2 Oboes B-Flat Clarinet Bassoon 2 Horns In F 2 Trumpets Timpani Percussion Harp Strings and Full Score