SKU: MB.WBM75M
ISBN 9781737795353. 8.75X11.75 inches.
This is a collection of 86 guitar solos in notation only from William Bayâ??s books, Solo Guitar in Worship, Communion, Psalms, Timeless Gospel Melodies and Spirituals. The solos work well as preludes, offertories, communion hymns, recessionals or they can be played for enjoyment. All 86 solos have been recorded and are available as online downloads with this book.
SKU: LO.10-5664L
ISBN 9780787776428.
Ruth Elaine Schram and Aren Williams remind us that peace is to be found only in the Father in this gentle new anthem. Incorporating Dona Nobis Pacem and a lovely original melody, your listeners will be captivated and encouraged by this beautiful setting. Optional parts for flute (or violin I), oboe (or violin II), and cello make this anthem a must-do. In this time of national and global stress, this piece will surely speak to your congregation in a special way.
SKU: CF.SGB502
ISBN 9780825856907. UPC: 798408056902. 9 X 12 inches.
A noted church workshop and conference leader, Whitworth has published numerous keyboard collections for the church musician. Thine Is The Glory, one of Whitworth's most useful books, is back in print by popular demand. The updated folio brings the church organist 12 classic hymn settings that are appropriate for the various seasons in the church calendar. The book includes: Thine Is the Glory, We Would See Jesus, What Wondrous Love Is This?, Once in Royal David's City, I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go, 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus, Come, Thou Almighty King, My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, Break Thou the Bread of Life, Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing, and Abide With Me.
SKU: WD.080689633126
UPC: 080689633126.
David T. Clydesdale and Steve Moore have written a Christmas musical that is certain to tug at your heart. That's the Good News! takes a sentimental, honest look at how Christ can bring hope and peace to a hurting world. That's the Good News! tells the story of Will, a radio news announcer in the small town of Pinckney, Nebraska as he faces his first Christmas without his wife of 40 years. Because of her death, Will looks at the world in a different light, especially the news he reads everyday of murder and theft and struggles with bad things happening to good and innocent people. Through a series of events and interaction with key people in his life, Will finds true peace on earth. This drama can be easily staged and additional biblical characters can enter throughout the production to create a live nativity scene.
SKU: GI.G-CD-979
UPC: 028947937883.
Music of Unity and Peace is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between the Community and the international staff of Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Music. The latter offered their experience and expertise to produce this album. The Taizé Community welcomed this project with a view to making its songs known to a wider audience. Those who have already taken part in the international meetings in Taizé will meet once again the atmosphere that touched them. Many others will discover a reflection of that contemplative prayer. After the bells, familiar with visitors to Taizé, we are led into songs interpreted by a choir of young adults and musicians from different countries, some recordings made during the community prayers in July 2014, and also some psalms and responses sung just by the brothers. You will therefore hear on some tracks the choral singing of more than two and a half thousand people, whereas other pieces give a taste of the intimacy which envelops prayer in Taizé. The song “Let All Who Are Thirsty Come†is included for the first time in a recording.
SKU: GI.G-7103
UPC: 785147710301. English.
Unconditional love for one another is the weapon that will end all strife and allow the world to live in peace. After the even-numbered of the six verses, a litany-like section alternates between soloist and choir, with the choir acclaiming “Love is peace.†For cantor or soloist Percussion parts are Hand-Drum, Tambourine or Shaker and Low Drum ad lib.
SKU: CF.CM9760
ISBN 9781491162484. UPC: 680160921232. Key: D major. Original.
Go Now in Peace, My Friends was written as a celebration of friendship and joy. The lyrics remind us of the gift of shared experiences, like singing in a choir. When we part from these gathered experiences, we are fuller of the good than we came; we learn from each other and are forever blessed by it.I wanted this song to feel like home to several traditions. Therefore, I used English, Latin, and Hebrew. The latter are two ancient languages that have endured millennia.Ite nunc in pace is Latin for go now in peace.Shalom chaverim is Hebrew for peace friends.It is my great hope that this song inspires you to appreciate the friends you have and the ones you will meet in the future.James Kevin Gray.
SKU: PR.312419280
ISBN 9781491137925. UPC: 680160692613.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?
