SKU: GI.G-8879
UPC: 785147887904. English. Text by Adam M. L. Tice.
Adam M. L. Tice has emerged as the most exciting hymn writer of his generation. His texts have a rare combination of depth and freshness, and are courageous and prophetic in dealing with a variety of challenging topics that speak to present-day concerns of the world.
SKU: GI.G-9017
UPC: 785147901709. English. Text by Adam M. L. Tice. Scripture: John 15:1–8.
Adam Tice’s beautiful text is filled with images of abundance that inspired the rich harmonies of Haugen’s setting. The octavo has a four-part hymn version, while a unison hymn version is available in Tice’s hymn text collection Claim the Mystery, G-8879. The piece is accompanied by piano and an optional string quartet, the guitar is optional as well. The Guitar part is optional. Four-part hymn version of the piece is included in the octavo.
SKU: HL.35032517
UPC: 888680894108. 5.0x5.0x0.196 inches. Isaiah 49:3, John 13:31-32, Mark 13:26.
This majestic modern hymn proclaims the hope of Christ's second coming. Crafted for success, the arrangement captures the mystery and majesty of the text and delivers it adroitly to the choir loft with full, satisfying harmonies. Powerful! Score and Parts (fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, bn, tpt 1-3, hn 1-2, tbn 1-2, tba, perc 1-3, hp, pno, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.
SKU: HL.14020975
UPC: 884088860066. 8.75x8.25 inches.
Chamber opera in a prologue and one act. A ghost story telling of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in the Hebrides. This is a mystery story in the form of a chamber opera. The prologue is set as a court of enquiry into the unexplained disappearance of the three keepers from a lighthouse. Questions are posed by a solo horn, which may sound from among the audience, and three officers give answer. Gradually, they move from straight testimony into fantastical imaginings of evil during a 'flashback' to the lighthouse; but then we snap back to the courtroom. In the main act the three singers become the vanished keepers. They have been together for months, long enough to be fully aware of each other's weaknesses; petty bickerings suggest a relationship which is stable, but liable to become highly unstable at any moment. They sing songs to reduce the tension, Blazes beginning with a rough ballad of street violence, accompanied by violin and banjo. Sandy's song, with cello and out-of-tune upright piano, is a thinly disguised description of sexual bliss, and Arthur's with brass and clarinet, is a tub-thumping hymn. But the songs serve only to resurrect in their minds ghosts from the past, and as the fog descends each of the keepers becomes convinced that he is being claimed by the Beast. They prepare to meet its dazzling eyes, which become the lights of the relief vessel, and the three men reappear as officers, met at the lighthouse only by an infestation of rats. They leave, and at the end the last hours of Blazes, Sandy and Arthur begin to play over again. Libretto only. Duration c. 1h 25mins.
SKU: HL.14008404
UPC: 884088435356. 8.75x11.75x0.406 inches.
Chamber opera in a prologue and one act. A ghost story telling of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in the Hebrides. This is a mystery story in the form of a chamber opera. The prologue is set as a court of enquiry into the unexplained disappearance of the three keepers from a lighthouse. Questions are posed by a solo horn, which may sound from among the audience, and three officers give answer. Gradually, they move from straight testimony into fantastical imaginings of evil during a 'flashback' to the lighthouse; but then we snap back to the courtroom. In the main act the three singers become the vanished keepers. They have been together for months, long enough to be fully aware of each other's weaknesses; petty bickerings suggest a relationship which is stable, but liable to become highly unstable at any moment. They sing songs to reduce the tension, Blazes beginning with a rough ballad of street violence, accompanied by violin and banjo. Sandy's song, with cello and out-of-tune upright piano, is a thinly disguised description of sexual bliss, and Arthur's with brass and clarinet, is a tub-thumping hymn. But the songs serve only to resurrect in their minds ghosts from the past, and as the fog descends each of the keepers becomes convinced that he is being claimed by the Beast. They prepare to meet its dazzling eyes, which become the lights of the relief vessel, and the three men reappear as officers, met at the lighthouse only by an infestation of rats. They leave, and at the end the last hours of Blazes, Sandy and Arthur begin to play over again. Study Score. Duration c. 1h 25mins.
