And Suddenly (TTBB)

Randall Johnson is a master at combining traditional and jazz styles. The Latin Benedictus text harkens to an ancient time and after a solemn start the music suddenly breaks into a fast and festive roll. Selected for the Randy Stenson Male Chorus Series this is a great high school or festival number. This piece was performed at the 2015 ACDA National Convention. Medium difficulty.

Full Score-SATB unaccompanied unless otherwise noted. Contents: As I Was a Young Girl • The Black Sea • Cuckoo • Dark Nights Lowering Clouds • Glory to Our Soviet Motherland • Great Day Has Come • I ToldMy Dear Friend • In My Father's Garden • Loyalty (TTBB) • March of Peace Champions • Novorossiisk Chimes (TTBB/Piano) • O Fir Grove • The October Dawn • Our Motherland Hears (with Soloist) •Our Song (Bass solo/Chorus/Piano) • Out of the Thicket of Spears • The People's Lament (King Lear) • Song from Volochayevka Days • Song from Zoya • Song of Guards Division • Splinter • ThereBeyond the Mountains • 3 Songs from Meeting on the Elbe • Thunder Suddenly Crashed • A Toast to Our Motherland • 2 Songs from Unity • Vocalise from Friends • We Cherish October Dawns in Our Hearts• We Sing Glory to Our Country • What Songs • Winds Were Blowing • 10 Poems • 2 Songs from the Counterplan • 2 Songs from the Fall of Berlin • 2 Songs from the First Echelon • 4 Chorusesfrom Belinsky. From The Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich published by Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Moscow Russia. Hard-cover bound and includes editorial notes (Russian/English) and background information.