Format : Vocal Score
A breathtakingly beautiful piece of music.Tom Fettke has paired Bach's immortal Air on the G String with two of the most famous Advent texts Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus and O Come O Come Emmanuel. The result is exceptionally natural and the optional oboe and strings accompaniment is a stunning addition. A timeless classic for Advent and Christmas Eve.
SKU: OU.9780193528178
ISBN 9780193528178. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSAA unaccompanied Oliver Tarney has re-worked his popular unaccompanied minature The Waiting Sky for upper voices. While it would make a beautiful addition to a concert programme at other times of the year, the setting is perfect as a reflective carol for Advent, anticipating the wonder of the birth of Christ.
SKU: CA.327610
ISBN 9790007167172. Key: G major. Language: German.
SKU: CA.327460
ISBN 9790007167462. Key: F major. Language: Norwegian/German. Text: Krohn, Johan. Text by Johan Krohn.
SKU: CA.319490
ISBN 9790007177201. Key: E flat major. Language: German. Text: Mohr, Joseph Franz. Text: Joseph Franz Mohr.
SKU: CA.327690
ISBN 9790007167325. Key: G minor. Language: German.
SKU: CA.327350
ISBN 9790007167516. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.327580
ISBN 9790007167431. Key: E minor. Language: German.
SKU: CA.309650
ISBN 9790007150587. Key: A flat major. Language: Polish. Text: Nowowiejski, Feliks. Text: Feliks Nowowiejski.
SKU: CA.327620
ISBN 9790007167165. Key: C minor. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.964420
ISBN 9790007143497. Text language: Latin.
The aged Simeon takes the new-born Jesus in his arms, recognises his significance and celebrates this moment in a paean of praise as the fulfilment of his life. In Matsushita's motet this song of praise, the nunc dimittis, stands at the centre of the composition. Here, the triad of C-F sharp-G, used for the word hodie - today at the beginning, symbolically combines with a Gregorian-like motif, revolving around the central note of B flat in whole-tone movement, and which is used to represent the Virgin Mary. The work ends with a mystical wash of sound, a whole-tone cluster which emerges from the aleatorically repeated basic motifs of the work, and fades away to nothing.
SKU: CA.327260
ISBN 9790007167271. Language: German.
SKU: CA.964200
ISBN 9790007143510. Text language: Latin.
Matsushita's composition draws on elements of the Gregorian antiphon. It begins in unison Gregorian chant, as was typical of Renaissance motets, and the beginning of new lines of text are also derived from Gregorian material. Matsushita juxtaposes a syllabic, rhythmic declamation with this melody, constantly alternating bars with even and odd numbers of beats, the octave C' - C'' constantly repeated by the outer parts and leading towards the climax at the text nomen Jesu. After ascending D major arpeggios, the central word Jesu radiates into F sharp major, the following repetition in the compass of an octave on C is more tranquil, ending peacefully with an F major chord, ppp.
SKU: CA.327410
ISBN 9790007167240. Key: B flat major. Language: English. Text: Pierpont, James Lord. Text by James Lord Pierpont.
SKU: CA.326480
ISBN 9790007167882. Language: German.
SKU: CA.743700
ISBN 9790007181802. Language: German. Text: Luther, Martin. Text: Martin Luther.
For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation a collection of all 35 hymns by Luther is being released on a double CD for the first time (Carus 83.469). The recorded choral pieces, chorale cantatas and chorale settings come from six centuries and cover a wide stylistic range. This piece was specially written for this collection.
SKU: CA.315760
ISBN 9790007153823. Key: G major. Language: German.
