SKU: AP.43133S
UPC: 038081507040. English. Traditional Carols.
Conceived as a concert opener or encore piece, this holiday musical collage combines three beloved carols including, Adeste Fideles, more commonly known as O, Come All Ye Faithful, Angels We Have Heard on High, and Joy to the World! This fresh contemporary holiday medley is a joyous way to ring in the season! (2:30).
SKU: ST.B890
ISBN 9780852498903.
Stainer & Bell are pleased to announce the publication of A Rainbow to Heaven, which brings together in one volume many of the musical settings and texts which are the fruit of June Boyce-Tillman's commitment to the empowerment of women. Her role as composer, performer, writer, teacher and theologian is faithfully reflected in 167 items, which draw on a diversity of traditional and modern sources to create a unique and inspiring collection. There is material here that relates to the themes of dance, healing, ecology, the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen, women saints, the Wisdom tradition, peace and justice, ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue, inclusive language and many other topics of contemporary interest. A fascinating introduction places the hymns, songs and chants in the context of June's evolving thought about the nature of music, worship, spirituality and the role of women.
SKU: KU.GM-1911
ISBN 9790206202384. 9 x 12 inches.
Monumentum, Music for String Sextet, was written in 2014 to a commission from the Moritzburg Festival, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center New York and the Kathe Kollwitz House in Moritzburg. It is dedicated to the cellist Jan Vogler. The world premiere took place on 19 August 2014 at the Moritzburg Festival, performed by Timothy Chooi & Mira Wang (violins), Roberto Diaz & Hartmut Rohde (violas), Jan Vogler & Harriet Krijgh (cellos). The American premiere took place on 7 May 2015 in the Lincoln Center with the Amphion String Quartet, the violist Yura Lee and the cellist Jan Vogler.The String Sextet Momentum commemorates the outbreak of the First World War, the death of Peter Kollwitz – who died as a volunteer, aged just 18, in the early weeks of the war – and the manner in which his mother, the artist Kathe Kollwitz, mourned the loss of her son. The artist worked through her pain by creating her most famous sculpture, The Mourning Parents. It stands today at the German soldiers’ cemetery at Vladslo in western Flanders, where her son Peter also lies buried. During the 18 years that she worked on the Parents, Kathe Kollwitz attended several concerts at the Volksbuhne in Berlin, where from January to February 1927 she heard Arthur Schnabel’s cycle of all the Beethoven piano sonatas. Schnabel performed the Sonata op. 111 in c minor on 26 February 1927, and this work touched her in particular, as we can read in her diary: “The strange flickering notes turned into flames – a moment of rapture, taking one into a different sphere, and the heavens opened almost as in the Ninth (Symphony). Then one found one’s way back – but it was a return after having been assured that there is a heaven. These notes are serene – confident – and good. Thank you, Schnabel!” This encounter with Beethoven’s last sonata inspired the artist to take up work again on her sculpture after a long interruption and to consider different possibilities for arranging the two figures. For this reason, the first minutes ofMomentum are derived from this sonata by Beethoven – though without it being quoted in an audible manner – and they leave their mark on the form of the Sextet. The number 18 and the date of Peter Kollwitz’s death (23 October 1914) also have a direct impact on the work’s dramaturgy. This music is mostly calm in nature, but is time and again interrupted unexpectedly, being disturbed by unruly sounds and vehement eruptions until time itself seems to dissolve in an aleatoric passage. The work ends with an extended lament on “seed corn should not be ground”, a line from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Journeyman Years. Kathe Kollwitz often quoted this phrase to argue for peace, and also took it as the title for a lithograph that she made in 1942. - David Philip Hefti
SKU: WD.080689716171
UPC: 080689716171. Resource Material by Deborah Craig-Claar.
From the dynamic team of David T. Clydesdale and Deborah Craig-Claar comes Let Heaven and Nature Sing!, a top ten collection of all-time favorite traditional Christmas carols that reaches beyond a presentation and invites the entire congregation to rejoice. A must for every church, this classic collection can be used throughout Advent - from Christmas pageants to worship services to candle-lit Christmas Eve services. Calling these carols traditional does not mean that they are ordinary... the masterful orchestrations and rich sounds of the Symphonia of London and Master's College Chorale make them fresh and new expressions of praise. Deborah Craig-Claar adds a whole new level of ministry to these songs with creative ideas and resource material including dramatic programming and staging suggestions right in the choral book. Let Heaven and Nature Sing! will inspire your musicians, and lift up the voices of the entire congregation into a soaring celebration of Christmas worship.
SKU: HL.540130
UPC: 196288075790. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
Heaven and Nature Sing! offers a familiar text, with a new fluid, reflective tune. As the arrangement builds, there is a unique option for the audience to join the choir in a celebrative verse of Joy to the World. A string and percussion orchestration is available to further express the arrangement.
SKU: BP.2150
Printed product. The ethereal nature of the Samuel Francis Smith poem is perfectly paired with masterful text painting until the two become one in spirit and understanding. The move from earth to heaven is flawless. The music is deep; the text rich and profound. The melody line moves to harmony and back again until it finally finds a resting place in the sight and sound of eternity . . . making heaven a heaven. Glorious! Scored for SATB choir and piano with optional string quartet or orchestra parts available. Also available for SSAA and TTBB.
SKU: BP.2148
SKU: BP.2149
SKU: GI.G-CD-770
UPC: 785147077022.
Tony Alonso’s first Christmas recording has much to offer. The selections include fresh new arrangements of many Christmas favorites plus original material by Alonso, John L. Bell, and Liam Lawton. There is also a real “chestnut†among the titles, which may have passed you by. “Child of Light,†by Dan Kantor (composer of GIA’s popular “Night of Silenceâ€), is a delightful quodlibet using the beloved tune greensleeves and featuring a lush string arrangement. This title was published in 1990 but has never appeared on a recorded collection. Other highlights include “From the Cradle to the Cross,†an original carol by Alonso set in a bluegrass style. This haunting text reminds us of the life that Jesus led and modeled for us all. The collection features two songs in Spanish: one a fresh arrangement of the traditional carol “AlegrÃa†and the other a Latin arrangement of “Ding Dong Merrily on High.†John Bell’s new text, “We Do Not Know,†will enlighten your perception of the timeless Christmas story, and Lawton’s soaring refrain found in “Noel, Noel†will stir your soul. Alonso, Bell, Kantor, Lawton—old songs, new songs—English and Español. This is a treasure!  .
SKU: WD.080689377679
UPC: 080689377679.
