Set Me as a Seal (Choral Score)

Rene Clausen's stirring and inspiring choral work Set Me As A Seal arranged for TTBB choir.As sung by the Kansas City Chorale on the album Life And Breath - Choral Works by René Clausen (Chandos: CHSA 5105).

In Set Me As A Seal with words in English and Hebrew the Choral writing is as warm and freely harmonic as any mid-century English Choral literature while the sometimes jittery Piano accompaniment manifests Muhly’s Glass influences and his later movement into more modern motifs.Contemporary American composer Nico Muhly is a prolific writer and arranger who at 32 is the youngest composer ever to have been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His oeuvre includes two operas and many solo pieces and works for small ensemble Orchestra and Chorus and he has collaborated widely.

Perfect at weddings and church services this anthem by composer Matthew Martin is a new setting of Set me as a seal upon thy heart which describes the power of love and the strength of bonds made in marriage. It is arranged for SATB and suitable for amateur choirs and is part of Faber Music’s Choral Signature Series.

Autograph: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz-?I have never experienced such silence or seen an audience moved in this way.?(Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)Up to the present day there has scarcely been a work in the history of music which has fascinated listeners and performers more than Bach?s ?St Matthew Passion?. Originally composed for Vespers on Good Friday and even longer in duration than the ?St John Passion? it reconstructs the story of Christ?s Passion with immense musical emotional and spiritual intensity.And so this monumental and complex composition has come to rank amongst the high points of Western culture. For good reason the ?rediscovery? of Johann Sebastian Bach?s music began in 1829 with theperformance of this work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the Berlin Singakademie.The autograph manuscript is regarded as one of Bach?s most beautiful the fair copy demonstrates the importance he attached to the careful preservation of the work for posterity. A further special feature is the coloured ink with which he wrote the biblical text and the music of the chorale ?O Lamm Gottes unschuldig?.This facsimile edition reproduces the autograph score of the ?St Matthew Passion? for the first time in high-quality colour printing. The Bach specialist Christoph Wolff introduces the background to the work?s composition and the characteristics of the manuscript.Martina Rebmann (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) provides further details regarding the history of the autograph manuscript; with a preface by Barbara Schneider-Kempf general director of the Staatsbibliothek.BÄRENREITER FACSIMILEThe seal is used exclusively for facsimile editions published by Bärenreiter which meet the highest demands in both scholarly and technical terms.The distinguishing features include:- a facsimile in high-quality colour printing- scholarly commentary- attractive cover designFacsimile of the authograph score in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz.With a commentary by Christoph Wolff Martina Rebmann and Barbara Schneider-Kempf.Documenta musicologica II 47166 pages of facsimile and approx. 30 pages commentary (Eng/Ger)Format: 37.5 x 24cm; Half-leather binding hardbackISBN 978-3-7618-2294-4

A delightful deceptively simple setting in the form of a lullaby for mixed choir and accompaniment of Rudyard Kipling's poem The White Seal. Easy part writing throughout. Commissioned by the Towne Singers.

James Whitbourn's Beatus Vir for SSATB choir with a Piano accompaniment for rehersal. Commissioned for the Choir of St Matthew’s Church Northampton. First performed on StMatthew’s Day 21 September 2017 conducted by Justin Miller. 'With the wedding season soon to be upon church musicians James Whitbourn’s new five-minute wedding anthem  Set me as a seal upon thineheart deserves a warm welcome. It would be easy to learn quickly if rehearsal time is limited with vocal lines that are not demanding and helpfully supported by the organ. But the music itself has a haunting intense beauty thatis very special. Judge for yourself with the performance on YouTube that appears to have been made at the wedding for which it was written. St Matthew Northampton for which Walter Hussey commissioned so notably continues an enterprising music commissioning policy most recently with Whitbourn’s setting of Beatus Vir. The commission was for the feast day of St Matthew last September and the published score describes the text asbeing the Gradual for St Matthew. But that rather limits what is simply the first two verses of Psalm 112 and deserves to be sung throughout much of the church year. Forget Monteverdi and other lively settings of Beatus vir:here we have a contemplation on how blest is the person who trusts in the Lord. Despite a dramatic outburst on ‘potens in terra’ (‘mighty in the land’) the work ends as it began with an extended gentlesetting of the word ‘Beatus’.' - Sunday by Sunday

Translated out of many one this Latin phrase found on the Seal of the United States celebrates the diversity that is so much a part of the American journey. A contrasting lyric middle section provides your choir with the opportunity for more expressive singing. Along with word painting and a rhythmic piano accompaniment this song will create the ideal patriotic moment in your concerts!

Translated out of many one this Latin phrase found on the Seal of the United States celebrates the diversity that is so much a part of the American journey. A contrasting lyric middle section provides your choir with the opportunity for more expressive singing. Along with word painting and a rhythmic piano accompaniment this song will create the ideal patriotic moment in your concerts!

Thy Kingdom Come O God is a work by Nico Muhly taken from the four-movement work 'Our Present Charter' commissioned by the Choir of the Temple Church Mother-Church of the Common Law to celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the Sealing of Magna carta on 15th June 1215. This is the Vocal Score scored for SATB Choir and Organ Accompaniment lasting around 4.5 minutes.

The powerful and beautiful text of Song of Solomon 8:6 has been gorgeously set for concert and contest performance. Brad Nix's arrangement supports and teaches tone and breath control pacing and range as well as effective textpainting with an accompaniment that includes piano and flute. Sure to be a choral standard! Available separately: SATB flute or C-instrument; PianoTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:40.

John Leavitt's simple a cappella setting of the beloved Song of Solomon text features haunting suspensions and warm choral sonorities. Available: SATB a cappella.

Choral Highlights-Motown: The Musical has electrified Broadway with a show that is loaded with great singers overwhelming energy and a jubilant celebration of the music that transformed America! This 12-minute medley showcases 15 top hits: Ain't No Mountain High Enough; Ain't Too Proud to Beg; Baby I Need Your Lovin'; Do You Love Me; I Can't Get Next to You; I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch); I Heard It Through the Grapevine; I'm Losing You (I Know); My Girl; Papa Was a Rollin' Stone; Please Mr. Postman; Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand); Reach Out I'll Be There; Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours; Stop! In the Name of Love.