The Body of Christ - Full Score

SKU: MN.60-8004A

Marilyn BieryÕs new paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 12 celebrates all GodÕs people as individuals and as members of the body of Christ. The familiar tune Nettleton is given new life and vigor in James BieryÕs arrangement for congregation, choir, brass, and organ. Included are a festive introduction, a stanza for choir alone, a celebratory interlude for choir, brass, and organ, and a triumphant final stanza. Reproducible page for congregation included in choral score.

SKU: PR.11140280S

UPC: 680160681341. 9 x 12 inches. Herbert Martin.

NOBODY KNOW is a concert aria based on a text by Herbert Martin, an American poet based in Dayton, Ohio. The work depicts a song from the other cross, a viewpoint of one of the thieves crucified with Christ on Good Friday, the thief who pleaded to be remembered by Christ.

SKU: LO.30-3653L

UPC: 000308152227.

Score and parts plus CD with printable parts for The Body of Christ (55/1197L) Pepper Choplin beautifully and creatively crafted this telling of the final days of Jesus’ life, focusing on the meaning of His words and actions leading to the cross. With stunning melodies and a powerful orchestration by Michael Lawrence, we reflect on the feet that walked the earth, the hands that touched and healed, the voice that spoke the Word of God, and the head that bore a crown of thorns as Jesus was sacrificed. From the worshipful opener, We Behold His Glory, to the meditative and stunningly powerful path to the cross, O Sacred Journey, the importance of Christ’s body remains the center point of this work. The final number, We Are the Body of Christ, is a benediction that can be presented immediately following the preceding number or after closing remarks from a speaker. For Christ is our head and though we are many, His Spirit will make us one…Go now as the body of Christ..

SKU: LO.30-3672L

UPC: 000308152647.

Orchestral Score and CD with Printable Parts for 10/5300L From The Body of Christ (55/1197L), this extended anthem walks through Christ’s progression to the cross in a deeply moving way. It incorporates O Sacred Head, Now Wounded and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and narration is interspersed throughout as images are painted of Jesus’ trial, crown of thorns, crucifixion, and death. Include the full congregation for the final soaring verse of When I Survey the Wondrous Cross..

SKU: LO.30-3678L

UPC: 000308152906.

Orchestral Score and Parts for 10/5301L Pepper Choplin brilliantly ties together Christ’s birth with His death in this anthem from The Body of Christ (55/1197L). New lyrics combine with a traditional Christmas carol to highlight Christ's sacrifice and the promise of His birth. The introspective and thoughtful approach makes this stunning selection the perfect choice for Holy Week.

SKU: GI.G-8155

UPC: 785147815501. English, Latin. Translation: James Quinn, SJ. Text by Thomas Aquinas.

From unison to full 4-part harmony, the gradual amassing of forces adds interest and passion to this essential work. The final statement of the chant brings the piece to a glorious conclusion. Much of the piece is a cappella, but piano reductions and closed-score writing make it easy to double the voices for support, if needed.

SKU: HL.14028037

ISBN 9788759871799.

Ruders writes: gl0rIA is subtitled: a relique for large chorus and 12 brass-instruments. At the same time it is an exercise for chorus because only vowels do occur, or virtually no consonants are heard. The second part of the Missa Ordinarium, the Gloria in Exelcis Deo makes the literary basis of g10rIA, but I employ only the vowels, which in their full context form a non-language, - fragments of a tradition. A less dim vision of the severed body appears in the center of the piece, where the Domini Fili-section surfaces in its original shape. gl0rIA is a 20th century composer's hommage to the innocent faith of bygone days and a fanfare in honour of Claudio Monteverdi; thus the ever present elaborations of the introduction to the Vespro Della Beate Vergine. Superimposed on the torso of Latin, I wedge in a quotation from the Spanish renaissance poet Gonzalo de Berceo's Duelo de la Virgen, a surrealistic Lamento, in which the Jews, sent by Pilate to stand guard at the tomb of Christ, mock and ridicule Maria, Jesu mother. Thus a shadow has been cast over the jubilant religious appraisal of the past, which today's knowledge of atrocities and enormities engineered by Mankind, has - alas - made so hard to repeat.