A huge hit for Adele in 2011, Someone Like You has here been expertly arranged by Chris Hussey for choirs seeking a powerful centrepiece to their repertoire. Full of gripping emotion and resolve, this dignified tale of romantic reflection won Adele the 2012 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance and now choirs too can reap the rewards of this show stopping signature tune. Arranged here for SSA with …

Book 2. Par FELLOWES E.H.. Edited by Edmund Fellowes CONTENTS ANONYMOUS: Willow Song (D - D) CAMPIAN, Thomas: Follow your saint (D - D); When to her lute Corinna sings (B - D) DOWLAND, John: Come again, sweet love doth now invite (C - D); Sleep wayward thoughts (E flat - C); Sorrow, stay (C - C) FORD, Thomas: Fair sweet cruel (D sharp - D) JONES, Robert: Now what is love (C - C) PILKINGTON, Franci…

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. We are often so focused on presenting the entire ensemble that it’s easy to forget we can also program solo feature pieces. There are so many reasons to do just that. It rewards that special player who has been working so hard. It sets an example for other players in the section. It provides a nice contrast regardless of what else is programmed. Be sure to put on the demonstra…

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As the possibilities of summer are gone and the chill of winter is on the horizon, people may reflect on what could have been and what lies ahead. This piece depicts these inward reflections as well as the joy of abundance found during this season. (2:45) / Concert Band

Par SEITHER CHARLOTTE. “Lauschgut” (2018/19) follows the idea of freeing the piano from its chordal tradition. Instead, the single note is fringed so far inwards that pitch and noise can meet in “fanned-out unanimity”. The piece consists of five short fragments reduced to very little material. They are further dispersed by extensive silences between the movements: what is once said stands irretrie…

O dear Lord, three things I pray.' The famous words of the 13th century poet reverberate with contemporary urgency in this SAB setting by David Catherwood. 2-part writing dominates the simple choral texture. A gently rocking, unforgettable melody will charm singers of all ages throughout the year, especially during Lent and for stewardship services. / Choeur SAB

Musical Drama In Three Acts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The composition “Semele”, which premiered in February 1744, does not correspond to the genre criteria of either opera or oratorio and thus belongs to a number of significant works by Handel that elude clear classification. The editor of this edition calls the work a “musical drama in three acts”. The secular material is borrowed from Greek …

Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. This composition was never called a Nocturne by Chopin. It was probably written in 1830 when he was 20 years old, for his sister Louise, and was marked simply Lento, con gran espressione. It cannot be said to be in the form of a Nocturne, as Nocturnes are not written in any definite form, but the content justifies the name. It is interesting not only for itself but because it …