Karl Jenkins: Chorale: Za Ma Ba: SATB: Vocal Score

In recent years Karl Jenkins has become one of the world's best-selling living composers. He continues to conduct his epic Adiemus Live Concerts with distinguished orchestras including the London Philharmonic featuring in Festivals and concerts in Britain and abroad; and his moving choral work The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace is now firmly lodged as a concert favourite. This new work builds on the style which the British public have come to know and adore. Jenkins has set the usual Latin movements of the requiem mass but in keeping with his usual trait of drawing from other cultures he has also set five Japanese haiku ‘death’ poems. Such poems are usually to dowith nature have a single idea and consist of seventeen syllables divided 5-7-5 over three lines. As one can see from the text the Japanese view nature’s water cycle (precipitation) as being synonymous with life. The Western and Eastern texts are combined in two of the haiku movements Having Seen The Moon and Farewell which incorporate the Benedictus and the Agnus Dei respectively. Both are intoned by male voices in a monastic style as a counterpoint to the Japanese text sung by females. The instrumentation of these haiku settings includes the ancient Japanese wind instrument the shakuhachi. Elsewhere as usual Jenkins has used some ethnic drums (e.g. Arabic darabuca Japanese daiko frame drums) and even a hip-hop rhythm in the Dies Irae!

With words by Carol Barratt this piece is a simple but highly effective meditation from the composer of Adiemus and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. For SATB choir

from Requiem-Last year Karl Jenkins' 'Requiem' for mixed choir and orchestra was a sensational success above all in Great Britain. Now Boosey & Hawkes publish some of the most beautiful movements of the work in separate editions for various choral combinations and piano.Farewell is an atmospheric movement from this chart-topping piece of music by the composer of Adiemus. Setting of the Latin Agnus Dei alongside Banzan's Haiku 'Mame de iyo' ('I pass as do all things like dew on the grass').

As a composer he recognises no boundaries musical commercial geographical or cultural. His is a way of thinking and composing that is perfectly in tune with the spirit of the times Classic FM MagazineReleased ten years after the original Adiemus albums that helped to make Karl Jenkins' name Adiemus Colores draws inspiration from the sights sounds colours and rhythms of Latin American music.As with the original Adiemus Jenkins combines classical principles with the flavours of world and ethnic music supported by lively Percussion. His Choral writing adopts an invented language with nomeaning like scat singing in jazz. Each movement is named in Spanish after a colour and explores the mood that each evokes for the composer embracing Brazilian samba Argentinian tango and Spanish bolero.Adiemus Colores is scored for Choir and Ensemble with Soloists with a total duration of 75 minutes.

from Gloria-The Prayer: Laudamus Te is taken from Karl Jenkins' Gloria a large-scale festival piece cast in five movements and is based on the traditional Latin text. This piece is for SATB Choir.

Karl Jenkins 'Benedictus', l'avant-dernier mouvement de 'The Armed Man: une messe pour la paix', est maintenant fermement établie comme un classique dans son propre droit. Dans les mots de Guy Wilson, ancien maître de manège de commissaire et du travail de parent, 'même les survivants peuvent être blessés à la destruction par la guerre. Le Benedictus guérit les blessures dans son affirmation lent et majestueux de la foi '.Cette nouvelle publication fait le Benedictus disponible pour des performances comme un travail séparé, avec accompagnement de piano. Le score comprend la partie introductive emblématique violoncelle solo sur sa propre page, bien que la performance avec le violoncelle est facultative. L'édition est compatible avec celle de l'Armed Man partition vocale complète et donc avec les notations de l'oeuvre pour orchestre, ensemble, fanfare et orchestre d'harmonie. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

Complete Vocal Score-A powerful and compelling account of the descent into and consquences of war commissioned by the British Armouries and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo conflict. Using the basis of a Christian Mass (Requiem) Karl Jenkins has set both secular and sacred texts inspired and guided by the 15th-century French song L'Homme Arme to create a major and unsettling choral work that raises questions and provokes poignant reflection. This full vocal score features a Piano reduction for rehearsals.