Kantate Zum Ersten Ostertag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The words are based on the Easter Gospel, the account of the Resurrection of Jesus, which is first joyfully celebrated. Then follows a call to the faithful: every Christian must make the Resurrection a reason to renew himself spiritually, so as to complete a kind of inner Resurrection himself. For his scoring – which changed slightly from per…

Kantate Zum Ersten Ostertag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The words are based on the Easter Gospel, the account of the Resurrection of Jesus, which is first joyfully celebrated. Then follows a call to the faithful: every Christian must make the Resurrection a reason to renew himself spiritually, so as to complete a kind of inner Resurrection himself. For his scoring – which changed slightly from per…

I Never Saw a Moor (after Emily Dickinson): This piece expresses a steadfast faith in God, and thus the central message of Dickinson's poem. The music describes feelings of trust and wonder, joy and gratitude. The piece was commissioned for the German women's choir Cant'Ella, who premiered it in Mönchengladbach (Germany) on 25 October 2014 in a concert celebrating the choir's 20th anniversary. / C…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Commissioned by the University of Sussex to celebrate their Silver Jubilee in 1986, God is Our Refuge sets Psalm 46 and is one of Harvey's easier choral works offering all choirs an ideal introduction to his choral writing./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par PANUFNIK ROXANNA. Fairfield Fanfare (expanded version) by Roxanna Panufnik is a 4-minute work for youth and mixed choirs, brass band and orchestra. Originally commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fairfield Halls, Croydon in 2012, the opening chords are based on all the alphabetic note names from FA-ir-F(#)-i-E-l-D, heralding a flourishing section of hustle and bustle that is t…

Par MEALOR PAUL. For SATB choir and brass band. Commissioned by the people of Arbroath to celebrate the 700th year of the Arbroath Declaration 1320-2020. 16 minutes. Text from ‘The Declaration of Arbroath’ (1320) and poetry by Grahame Davies, from ‘The Light that Wakes the Land’. / Date parution : 2024-06-01/ Répertoire / SATB et Brass Band

Par PART ARVO. Estonian minimalist composer Arvo Pärt has adapted his celebrated work, Summa, for recorder quartet. Originally written for four solo a cappella voices, it is also available in arrangements for string quartet, string orchestra, and choir with organ. Summa bears the distinctive qualities of Pärt's music, masking its great collective complexity with simplicity in each part. This arra…

for 5 soloists (SSATB), speaker, 3 mixed choirs and orchestra. Par PENDERECKI KRZYSZTOF. Deeply moved by his first visit to the city of Jerusalem with its seven gates, Krzysztof Penderecki composed this major vocal work to celebrate the city's 3,000th anniversary in 1995. Two years later, it was premiered as Symphony No. 7 in which the magic number seven has a special meaning: From the seven movem…

8 Shakespeare settings for upper voices. Par CHILCOTT BOB. Variety of composers, including Bob Chilcott, Alan Bullard, Jussi Chydenius, and Andrea Ramsey Two or three vocal parts (SA/SSA) Accompanied and unaccompanied settings Well-known Shakespeare texts, including 'When icicles hand by the wall', 'Blow, blow, thou winter wind', and 'And will he not come again?' Moderate difficulty - ideal for ad…