Par MARTIN MATTHEW. Haec Dies (This is the day which the Lord hath made) is a lively and rhythmic piece. It was commissioned by the choir of Clare College, Cambridge and has recently been recorded by them on the Harmonia Mundi label. It sets a joyful Latin text suitable for Eastertide and, with very little divisi, is within the reach of proficient choirs. For SATB with Organ. Part of Faber Music’s…

Par HARRIS RICHARD. A hymn by Jonathan Harvey based on a text entitled Vexilla Regis by Bishop Venantius Fortunatus, translated by J. M. Neale, 1851. Commissioned by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge in 2004. The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contempo…

Par MARTIN MATTHEW. Commissioned for the Choir of St Paul?s Cathedral, this superb festive choral work brings together the traditional French melody of Veni, veni Emmanuel with the Advent Antiphon O Oriens. The relatively accessible choral lines are underpinned by a wonderfully majestic organ accompaniment, which exhibits Matthew Martin?s genius for creating a new sound-world from the perfect bala…

(Psalm 100). Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. This short work (4 minutes) was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral for their National Millennium Service for England and has since become popular with choirs everywhere. It can be performed with choir and organ (ED 12657) and there is also a version by the composer for brass ensemble. / Date parution : 2001-11-20/ Répertoire / Chœur M…

Capellchor 1. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Concerto for four-part select (solo) choir, two four-part ripieno choirs (ad lib), a three-part solo Violin ensemble, a three-part solo Trombone ensemble and Basso continuo (Cello or Organ). My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Schutz 's impressive and musically colourful setting of the Magnifcat from 1665 shows the influen…

Par GOODALL HOWARD. Howard Goodall's setting of Spared by Wendy Cope, arranged for SATB divisi and piano accompaniment. This work was first performed by The Chapel Choir of The Methodist College Belfast on 27th October 2005 at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. Wendy Cope's poem movingly evokes the events of September 11th 2001, an event that Howard Goodall witnessed firsthand. Faber Choral Signature S…

Par DIVERS AUTEURS / MARAGNO. Argentinian folk music composers Los Hermanos Abal are best known for founding a folk group in 1939. Their career high point came in 1942 when their song, Carnavalito Quebradeno was used in the film, La Guerra Gaucha. Virtu Maragno (1828-2004) sublimely harmonises the song for SATB choir. Argentinian born Maragno was a composer of classical, opera and film music, as w…

Par ARTHUR GEORGE. I Sing of a Maiden is a Middle English lyric Poem in whose setting George Arthur creates a great spatial and harmonic effect. With Susanni, Arthur has written a cheerful and spritely setting of this old German song that begins with a trumpet-like fanfare. Balulalow is a very gentle and tranquil setting in which the text is shared among all four parts, all of which are at some po…

Weltliches Repertoire. Par . With his Hebrew Choral Songbook, Ohad Stolarz presents a new collection of classics of the musical repertoire in Hebrew, arranged by him for mixed choir a cappella. Many of these pieces are published in Germany for the first time; almost all of them are first published as choral arrangements. The first volume contains ten sacred and paraliturgical songs that may be sun…

A set of five classic songs by successful seventies Swedish superstars, Abba! They have been wonderfully arranged here for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. This is a terrific set, suitable for youth choirs and more experienced groups looking for light material. These perfect pop pieces, by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, are as popular today as ever and will delight audiences and excite sin…