Music I Heard

Volume 2: Ten Christmas Melodies-10 interesting settings usable for preludes offertories and postludes including: Angels from the Realms of Glory £ Angels We Have Heard on High £ I Wonder As I Wander £ Infant Holy Infant Lowly £ and more.

Journey of the Lone Wolf tells the story of the hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was commissioned by Dr. Nicholas Childs for Black Dyke Band who gave the first performance on Sunday 26 January 2014 at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester as part of the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass. The composer's programme notes for each movement: 1. Capturing the Peasants SongAfter the upheaval of moving to Budapest the young Béla Bartók meets Zoltán Kodály and the pair embark on summertime adventures throughout the Hungarian countryside to collect and catalogue theastonishing variety (both harmonically and rhythmically) of gypsy and folk music heard in the Balkans. The arrival of WW1 plunges Bartók's beloved Hungary into chaos.2. Night MusicBartók was at times a cold man aloof and lonely. The odd moments of tenderness he showed are portrayed here in a series of evocative solos. His brief but intense affairs speak of a love he could only long for. Jazz is my night music and here there are hints of what Bartók may have heard in the USA later in his life.3. Flight and FightHaving been forced by the world's evils to leave his homeland of Hungary for America Bartók the anti-fascist felt isolated and angry. In this movement we hear his longing for a simpler time of gypsy folk dances as well as his maturity and depth as a composer finally exploring deeper colours and darker themes.

This exclusive collection brings together 12 of Nico Muhly?s sacred works for mixed-voice choir. These vivacious fresh and dramatic pieces will make an impact whether in the church or in the concert hall and range from the intimate Lord keep us modest when we claim to the effervescent Bright Star Carol alongside service music such as Muhly?s Third Service. All are accessible to learn and offer choirs a new slant on contemporary choral music at its very best.  'Choral music has always been at the emotional core of my musical output. Even when I?m writing large-scale orchestral works (or indeed chamber music) I alwaysfind myself returning to techniques and textures I?ve greedily stolen from centuries of music from Tye to Howells early and recent. I try to design my own choral music primarily for use in worship where the measure of the success of the piece is if it helps guide the listeners? ears upwards and elsewhere as sacred architecture and the various rituals of the church themselves are meant to do. The specificity of music heard only in certain seasons is for me an important and thrilling element of the choral tradition: a Beethoven Symphony is welcome at any point in the year but an anthem for Candlemas works only then at a certain time of day and on a certain day of the year. With this functional spirit at the heart of the compositional process I hope that the music collected here makes equal sense in a concert setting. These works range from ordinaries of the mass to hymns to motets and represent a decade and a half of output.' - Nico Muhly

This essential method features rigorous hands-on 'ears-on' practice exercises that help you explore the inner working of music presenting notes scales and rhythms as they are heard in pop jazz and blues. You will learn andbuild upon the basic concepts of music theory with written exercises listening examples and ear training exercises. The included CD will help reinforce lessons as you begin to build a solid musical foundation. Now available withan answer key!

Celebrating Peace on Earth-Peace on earth. It's been a prayer since the beginning of time. God's people have longed for it for centuries. Dennis and Nan Allen have carefully crafted a service that will remind us of the peace God provides for Christmastimeand for our personal lives all year. Familiar carols and an original Allen song make this 30-minute work appealing for a variety of choirs.Performance options include use of the ChoirTrax CD (split-trax andinstruments only) orchestration or live with just piano and/or organ.Song titles include: Carol of the Bells (instrumental); O Come O Come Emmanuel (with “I Heard the Bells on ChristmasDay”); It Came upon the Midnight Clear; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; Silent Night; and He Is My Peace.