For He Saw the Living God - SATB

Daniel Rouwkema's setting of A Celtic Prayer was written for SSATB chorus and Organ for the Choir Of Chester Cathedral. Faber New Choral Works introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

For centuries composers have been inspired by the beautiful O Magnum Mysterium text depicting the birth of the new-born King among the lowly animals and shepherds. This setting for unaccompanied SATB divisi by Morten Lauridsen one of America’s most loved and most performed living choral composers is rich in colour deeply spiritual and intensely moving. It is rated as 'reasonably straightforward' to sing so suitable for the majority of choirs. A Piano part is included in the score for rehearsal purposes only. Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs insearch of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Written for the 20th anniversary of the CME Institute A Living Song serves to honor and reflect on the passion for music that CME has instilled in countless singers throughout the years.

For The Fallen is an anthem of remembrance written for mezzo-soprano solo SATB choir and piano or organ with text taken from Laurence Binyon Wilfred Owen the Book of Isaiah and the ‘Pascha Nostrum’ hymn. It forms part of the Faber Choral Signature Series. The series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Jonathan Dove's Seek Him That Maketh is a joyful uplifting setting of Psalm 139 arranged for accompanied SATB choir. The organ part with its sparkling use of high registers subtly evokes the stars. This exquisitely complements the careful sculpted vocal lines. Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Veni Sancte Spiritus composed by Howard Goodall for SATB choir was commissioned by Tim Hastie-Smith for the meeting of the Headmasters and Headmistresses' Conference in 2008. The first performance was given by Dean Close Chamber Choir conducted by Benjamin Nicholas at the Conference Service in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 30th September 2008.   This piece is from Faber's Choral Signature Series which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. the series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and morechallenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

The Faber New Choral Works series sets out to introduce a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series aims to draw in a rich diversity of living composers and will include both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.In Memoriam Anne Frank was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Anne Frank's death in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp just six weeks before the Nazi surrender in 1945. This moving choral tribute is elegiac in mood but like Anne's inspirational diary also exudes warmth and gentleness.Composed byHoward Goodall available here is the Vocal score of his emotive and moving work In Memoriam Anne Frank for SATB (divisi) Choir with Piano accompaniment.

Described by the composer as 'a prayer for sanity a cry in the wilderness to a god who may or may not be there' this unconventional Mass (with new words) is written in the context of a world where millions of people die of hunger every year where 10% of living species are under threat of extinction. The Mass is angrily critical of the intolerance injustice and corruption of our world and those who control it.Duration c. 24 mins. For SATB chorus a cappella.Vocal score.

Rest is Ken Burton's unaccompanied setting of the words 'Come unto Him all ye that labour and He will give you rest' dedicated to the London Adventist Choir. The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Ubi Caritas Et Amor  by Morten Lauridson was composed in 1999 for unaccompanied mixed voices and was commissioned by Loyola Marymount University to celebrate the life of choral director and scholar Father Richard Trame. A setting of an antiphon for Maundy Thursday Morten Lauridsen subtly adapts the plainchant melody adorning it with contrapuntal elaborations.  This piece is from Faber's Choral Signature Series which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. the series draws in a rich diversity of living composersand includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Ecce Beatam Lucem (Behold the blessed light) uses the same text as Alessandro Striggio's forty-part motet of the same name. Here Jonathan Dove cretaes an awesome soundworld with shimmering choral writing and a lively organ part to accompany the broad sweeping vocal lines. This piece is an ideal anthem or concert work. Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

A beautiful setting of Psalm 23 ('The Lord Is My Shepherd') as performed by the Hampstead Parish Church Choir at the 2003 Hampstead and Highgate Festival. This offers a wonderful alternative to more familiar settings. The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

onathan Dove's lilting a cappella setting of a text by Richard Crashaw (1612-1649)  Wellcome All Wonders In One Sight  where the clear vocal lines are set against a dark and dense harmonic background. This short piece can be performed at any point in the year but is particularly suitable for Christmas.  Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Sweet is the Memory is a setting of a quotation from Cicero the great Roman orator and writer. 'Sweet is the memory of troubles past of trials o'er of sorrow gone'. The words would make this suitable for any reflective occasion or as a concert piece. Ken Burton is the Director of the London Adventist Choir. The setting is for unaccompanied mixed voices and has solo lines for a treble (or a few trebles) and tenor voice.The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and includes both lighter and more challengingcontemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Cantata for string orchestra and chorus.Triptych represents the concatenation and re-orchestration of two extant works. Movement I was commissioned with funds from The RVW Trust for the inaugural concert of the Choir of London conducted by Jeremy Summerly in Christ Church Spitalfields on 18th December 2004; the work premièred as Threnody was subsequently toured by the Choir to Jerusalem and the West Bank from 19th-26th December 2004. Movements II and III commissioned by Portsmouth Grammar School with financial support from the PRS Foundation were premièred as And There Was a Great Calm in a contiguous version for lower strings and upper voices by thePortsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir and the London Mozart Players in a concert at Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral on 13th November 2005 conducted by Nicolae Moldoveanu. The title of this latter section is taken from Thomas Hardy’s poem of the same name written at the signing of the Armistice on 11th November 1918; a couplet from which is set in a moment of tranquillity in the final movement.Relatively new to living in New York I am much more aware of the independent vibrant cultural plurality that exists today; it’s probably the single most dazzling facet of the City and is largely responsible for the infamous ‘edginess’ that pervades daily life there. With this in mind I set to work on Threnody (movement I here) in 2004; I wanted to write something that was relevant to the Israeli/Palestinian issue without losing that City ‘edge’. The texts in English are excerpted from a variety of sources: William Penn William Blake the Psalms of David and Muhammad Rajab Al-Bayoumi an Egyptian poet of the early twentieth-century. Fast and rhythmically influenced by the music of North Africa in its syncopations this movement was the first composition that evolved entirely from my New York perspective.From the moment that the commission for And There Was a Great Calm (movements II & III here) was offered I knew the piece I was