A Joyful Ring

SKU: HL.292722

UPC: 888680931414. 5.0x5.0x0.196 inches. Ezra 6:15-16, Psalm 81:8, Psalm 98:4.

Majestic and soaring, this anthem is a magnificent offering for concert or worship! Moving brightly with confidence, the hymn-like character of the piece establishes itself immediately and grows in strength to the end. A brilliant orchestration provides an option for festival performances while the general nature of the lyric makes it usable for almost any occasion. Score and Parts (fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, hn 1-2, tpt 1-2, tbn 1-2, btbn/tba, timp, cym, chm, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.

SKU: FG.55011-875-1

Lotta Wennäkoski's Pige (2021-2022) for string quartet was commissioned to be paired with the Death and the Maiden quartet by Franz Schubert (pige is Danish for girl). The composer tells:

The first movement Vorüber, ach, vorüber! is based on the first half of Schubert’s lied lying behind his The Death and the Maiden quartet. The maiden’s song in the beginning of the lied has not found its way to his string quartet, so I wanted to use this material in mine. The second move-ment Daktylus borrows its idea from the haunting pulse of Schubert’s chant of Death. Something fierce and something soundless can be heard here - along with other variants on the dactyl rhythm. For example, I’ve written a lyrically flowing melody based on the same rhythmic pattern (long-short-short).

Schubert’s quartet is wonderful music and of course a cornerstone of the repertoire, and the death and the maiden is a strong, tempting and gloomy motif in art history. On the other hand, I just couldn’t help seeing the motif also as a - somewhat passé - image of an old male desiring the ulti-mately young female body. The third movement thus turns its gaze to the girl herself. Pigen og scrapbogen, The Girl and the Scrapbook, is joyful textural music - compiled of fragments and freely handled quotations that might spring to mind when thinking of a vital girl’s life.


This product includes the full score and the set of parts.

Movements:
1. Vorüber, ach, vorüber!
2. Daktylus
3. Pigen og scrapbogen (das Mädchen und das Scrapbuch)

The first movement can also be performed separately as a prologue to The Death and the Maiden string quartet by Franz Schubert.

SKU: HL.35032245

UPC: 888680743420. 5.0x5.0x0.141 inches.

Stretch your music budget with these exceptional quality accompaniment tracks for 14 anthems from Hal Leonard and Shawnee Press on one convenient CD. Songs include: Awake a Joyful Song; Creation Praise!; An Easter Proclamation; Go Bear the Savior's Name; Go, Mary, Go!; God Will Rejoice Over You; A Great Day in Gloryland; The Greatest Truth; Hear Our Prayer; Holy Spirit, Come; How Lovely; The King of Love My Shepherd Is; Worthy Praise; Write Your Truth Upon My Heart.