Mack Wilberg: Mack Wilberg Anthems: SATB: Vocal Score

This anthem will feel immediately familiar to many listeners! Wilberg has adapted the words of a traditional hymn and set them to the melody of O little town of Bethlehem. With a lively accompaniment and spirited counter-melody the result is a sparkling and jubilant work that will suit both concerts and services of thanksgiving throughout the year.Mack WilbergMack Wilberg is the Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He was appointed Music Director in March 2008 having served as Associate Music Director since May 1999. He is a former professor of music at Brigham Young University where he received his bachelor's degree; his master'sand doctoral degrees are from the University of Southern California. In addition to his conducting responsibilities he is active as a pianist choral clinician composer arranger and guest conductor throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to the many compositions he has written for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir his works have been performed by artists such as Renée Fleming Frederica von Stade Bryn Terfel The King's Singers and narrators Walter Cronkite and Claire Bloom. Wilberg's arrangements and compositions are performed and recorded all over the world. With their grandeur energy and craftsmanship they inspire performers and audiences everywhere.

For SATB and keyboard or orchestraMack Wilberg's arrangement of Brother James's Air has been recorded on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's CD Heavensong:Music of contemplation and light. The arrangement is stunning and can be performed throughout the year especially during reflective seasons.

Mack Wilberg's The Morning Trumpet for SATB unaccompanied. This setting of a tune from The Sacred Harp is strong and march-like with accented rhythms and percussive vocal lines contributing to a rousing overall effect. It was originally published as part of Mack Wilberg Anthems and is also available in a version for TTBB unaccompanied.

Mack Wilberg's arrangement of the popular Welsh hymn (Cwm Rhondda) for SATB Choir and Organ or large Orchestra.Adapted from a version originally written for baritone Bryn Terfel this choral setting of Wilberg's arrangement presents the hymn in Welsh with two English translation options reflecting text preferences of different denominations. The accompaniment and harmonies provide a new flavour and a reflective opening gradually gives way to a powerful sense of reverence.Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah features on the Deutsche Grammophon album Homeward Bound in an arrangement for baritone (Bryn Terfel) andchoir.

Mack Wilberg's How Can I Keep From Singing? for SATB choir and Piano. Wilberg's arrangement of Robert Lowry's text and melody is a beautifully reflective take on the well-known hymn. Simple vocal lines are enhanced by a gently flowing accompaniment rich in suspensions and harmonic interest. This part can be played on the Piano or by the unusual combination of Flutes Cors Anglais Harp and Strings.

Mack Wilberg's Deck The Hall for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment or Piano four-hands or Orchestra. Wilberg's arrangement of the Christmas favourite Deck The Hall is bright and energetic from beginning to end. After an uplifting introduction going through several keys the choir sings the three carol verses in up to seven parts. The accompaniment provides both a harmonic underpinning and almost continuous flourishing semiquaver movement. Further modulations throughout the piece lead to an extended 'fa la la' section to bring the piece to an exhilarating close.

Mack Wilberg's The Prodigal for SATB and Organ or Orchestra. With a text by David Warner on the parable of The Prodigal Son from St Luke's Gospel this dramatic choral work brings to life the ancient universal story of reconciliation and belonging. The closely woven text and music feature an expansive range of expression-plaintive exuberant and resolute-before concluding with a transcendent coda that gives way to reverberating 'Amen's. With echoes of some of the minimalist elements of Wilberg's Requiem as well as Arvo Pärt Henryk Górecki and John Tavener the work is scored for mixed voices without soloists allowing the choir to function like a Greek chorus-sometimes narrating sometimes participating in the action sometimes reflecting on it-all underpinned by Organ or Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble.

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands has been here arranged by Mack Wilberg for SATB and Piano or Orchestra.Written for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir this new arrangement of the well-known spiritual is presented in two versions: one for mixed chorus and the other for men's voices.Each version opens gently with an effective unaccompanied unison section and the accompaniment and further choral parts are gradually added. In classic Wilberg style the piece builds up verse by verse with expanding textures via two upward modulations towards a grand and triumphant climax leaving no doubt about the joy expressed inthe text.

Large Orchestra Parts-Includes: 3 Tpt In C 3 Hn In F 3 Tbn Tba Organ Perc For 3 (Timp Sus. Cymbal Gong Glock Xyl B Chime)._x000D_Full Score Sold Separately: (HMB178a)_x000D_Reduced Version (HMB178c): Organ Full Score And Percussion._x000D_Organ Score Only: (HMB178c0)Recording Available (HS254cd): Jubilate! The Music Of Mack Wilberg.

Lament by Mack Wilberg for String Orchestra with optional Organ.This moving piece for String Orchestra is full of pathos and emotion. Stylistically evocative of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the distinctive musical language of Arvo Pärt Lament is based around a two-bar arching ostinato artfully developing musical fragments and enriching the texture to reach a powerful central climax. This is a welcome addition to the String Orchestra repertory.This piece was recorded on the 2019 Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra CD Tree of Life under the title 'And Wept Bitterly (Lament on an Ostinato for StringOrchestra)'.This complete set of parts includes: 4 x vln I 4 x vln II 3 x vla 2 x vc and 1 x db.