Format : Octavo
SKU: XC.HRMG2476
This elegant hymn is filled with expressive suspensions and close harmonies that your choir will love. Clean lines and stepwise voice leading make it quick to learn with plenty of time to work on the dynamics and phrasing. O blest Creator of the light, who makes the day with radiance bright, and o'er the forming world didst call the light from chaos first of all..
SKU: GI.G-8200
UPC: 785147820000. English. Text Source: 'Conditor alme siderum,' Latin hymn, 9th c., tr. The Hymnal 1982, alt.
A delightful arrangement of a classic Advent text from the 9th-century, this gently flowing piece begins with a statement of the melody coupled by a simple arpeggiated accompaniment. The undulating rhythm is broken mid-piece by a more chordal harmonic movement that reflects the reverence and magnitude of the text, “At your great name, O Jesus, now all knees must bend, all hearts must bow.†It ends as it began with a strong restatement of the opening accompaniment.
SKU: GI.G-10101
ISBN 9781622774661. English, Spanish. Text by David Bjorlin.
David Bjorlin is a pastor and seminary professor with a unique ability to put practical theology into poetic forms. He states that The act of true praise is always a protest against all that curses or denigrates the Creator’s world and the people made in the Creator’s image, and an act of true protest is always in praise of a world that the protestor has begun to envision and works to make real. Many of these 50 texts were written in response to particular injustices of church and state, with titles such as: Build a Longer Table, When Pharaoh Came for Children, If We Eat Our Lavish Banquets, and I Met a Stranger on the Road. Others are responses to the signs of hope and beauty that evoke our praise, including such titles as: Light Is Kindled in the Darkness, Dare to Live the Dream God Gave You, We Thank You God for Human Love, and For All Who Craft Their Words with Skill. The texts are paired both with familiar tunes and newly-composed ones by Benjamin Brody, Lim Swee Hong, Sally Ann Morris, and others.
SKU: LO.70-2146S
ISBN 9780787763541.
Carson Cooman's organ music is widely played by organists throughout the world, and this collection of hymn-based and original works provides varied and characteristic selections for service-playing or concert use. The pieces range from the lushly meditative Sarabande in modum benedictionem to the delightful Rondino on I Love to Tell the Story to the glorious Come, Creator Spirit. These works are sure to become favorites with organists and congregations alike.
SKU: AU.9798889830542
ISBN 9798889830542.
A gently contoured melody uplifts the poetry of Susan Palo Cherwien in this graceful anthem by Zebulon Highben. The text can be found in Peace, Be Still: Hymns of Susan Palo Cherwien, Volume 3 and highlights the need for unified voices singing the story of God the Creator and our need for renewal and peace. The music is largely 2-part mixed with an expressive SATB a cappella third stanza. A lovely addition to your choral season and useful throughout the year.
