As publishers and musicians ourselves we understand the financial restraints faced by many choir directors. Even if you use just one of the pieces in the set you are paying only the usual price of a single choral piece. If youuse two you're getting double value and if you use three four five or more you're quids in! Reflective Music - Set 1 includes seven pieces for the Organ: Adagio (ma non troppo) (John Stainer) Allegretto Tranquillo (Alexandre Guilmant) An Evening Meditation (Stanley Vann) Pastorale (Elizabeth Hill) Reflection (Charles Wood) Reflection (Colin Murphy/Andrew Wright) andThe Angels' Song (Charles Villiers Stanford).
SKU: MN.56-0037
UPC: 688670220425. English.
Commissioned for the BBC Singers for “Carols for a New Millennium,†a CD released in November 2000, this piece was first performed by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford under the direction of Stephen Darlington. The text is included in an English translation by the composer and the original 15th century Spanish underneath. The text begins “Let there be joy on earth and heaven,†and the music certainly couldn’t reflect this any better. The music is playful and happy, with an unforgettable organ part that dances without ceasing. Your choir will find this fresh and fun.
SKU: ST.H477
ISBN 9790220223532.
Written in the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Malcolm Archer reflects the mood of national celebration in his new march for organ The Royal Standard. The title alludes to the famous emblem of royalty that flies proudly over Buckingham Palace when the sovereign is in residence. Befitting its subject, this stirring music is in the high ceremonial style of Elgar and Walton, as colourful as the royal banner in blue, red and gold, but with a modern flavour too in its syncopated main theme. Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College, Malcolm Archer needs no introduction as a church musician, conductor, composer and recitalist. The piece is of intermediate standard, and is suitable for a variety of instruments with two manuals and pedals.
SKU: GI.G-9575
UPC: 785147957539. English.
Here in Christ we Gather, is a collection of 14 pieces of of liturgical music by Irish composer Ephrem Feeley The collection was released in Ireland in 2013, and is now available in the US through GIA Publications. The 14-piece collection includes entrance and communion processionals, psalms, reflective pieces, and more. The book carries the complete music score for the compositions, with full choir parts, instrumental lines, and accompaniments. The accompanying CD features a recording of the collection with chamber choir, instrumentalists, soloists, and organ/piano accompaniment. Many of the pieces are suitable for smaller music groups and communities, from the unison gathering hymn Here in Christ we Gather, appropriate for all occasions, to the simple, haunting, Holy Thursday hymn My New Commandment. A number of responsorial psalms are found in the collection: settings of Psalm 34: Taste and See, Psalm122: I Rejoiced, and others. Three hymns are settings of texts by Fr James Quinn, one of the best-known hymnwriters of the 20th century. Larger choirs, too, will find useful material in this collection, with the anthems Communion with Christ and God is Love providing plenty of musical material to learn and perform. This collection will be a valuable addition to the liturgical life of parishes, schools and religious communities, and all who wish to enrich their life of prayer through music. CONTENTS: Here in Christ We Gather • In the Presence of Your Holy Angels • What Marvels the Lord Has Worked for Us • Guard Us, Lord • Taste and See • Called to Be One • I Rejoiced • You Open Wide Your Hand • My New Commandment • I Am the Bread of Life That Feeds All the World • Communion with Christ • Fill Us with Your Love • God Is Love.
