Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In his Prelude ? The Truth from Above, outstanding arranger and curator Paul Hindmarsh has distilled the essence of a timeless Christmas classic by Ralph Vaughan Williams into five minutes of ravishingly unforgettable music for brass band. The variants of the Herefordshire tune popular from the Fantasia on Christmas Carols and The Oxford Book of Carols are skilfully and…

Handel Coronation Anthems in Urtext editions for the first time'Zadok the Priest?(BA 10258) and 'The King shall rejoice?(BA 10259) are the best-known of the four coronation anthems that Handel wrote for the crowning of George II in London (1727). HWV 258 accompanied the king's anointment, HWV 260 his actual coronation.Thanks to their festive and majestic structure befitting the occasion as well as…

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Par BACH CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL. C. P. E. Bach's nine-movement Magnificat (1749), the first great vocal work from his Berlin years, is among the most magnificent sounding, in which the solo vocal parts are also among the most ambitious settings of the 'Hymn to the Virgin Mary” (Luke 1). The work fulfills all the criteria required for a larger sacred composition: grandeur, dignity, polyphonic and co…

Choralkantate. Par REGER MAX. Reger´s cantata for Good Friday, based on the famous Passion hymn by Paul Gerhardt, was composed in 1904 and belongs to a group with 4 further choral cantatas – Reger´s independent and most comprehensive contribution to a key family of protestant church music. The Carus edition of these works is intended to make Reger´s choral cantatas accessible for musical practice …

Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. This six-verse hymn is based on the melody “Herzlich tut mich verlangen, ” which Buxtehude used both for the solo cantata Herzlich tut mich verlangen BuxWV 42 and for a chorale prelude entitled Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder BuxWV 178. Apart from the “Amen, ” with coloratura decoration, the text is set in a simple four-part texture. The accompanying violins are used in the pre…

Par KEELING ANDREW. Andrew Keeling was the winner of the 2002 Temple Church Prize for his Composition, Ave verum corpus for SATB choir and organ. It is a 14th-century Eucharistic hymn given 21st-century treatment, creating an unusual and evocative work./ Répertoire / Choeur

A Hymn For Peace. Par SPITTAL ROBERT. Une ouverture lyriquement introspectif à un climax emphatique, ce travail songful reflète l'étendue de la lutte pour la paix personnelle et universelle. Un travail musicalement inspirant avec lequel construire jouant ensemble sensible./ Répertoire / Ensemble à Vent

Aussi connu comme Te Deum Laudamus, 'Hymn ambrosien' ou 'A Song de l'Eglise,' La Op de Dvorak. 103 réglage pour soprano et basse solistes, choeur et orchestre est présentée ici sous forme de partition chorale. Les parties chorales et les lignes solistes sont au-dessus de la partie de piano qui est une réduction d'orchestre. Le texte est en latin et le score est de 33 pages, à 7 ½ en format livret …

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Simple Gifts has been sung to numerous different lyrics (particularly Sydney Carter’s 1960s hymn Lord of the dance) and the tune is very well known, thanks to its use in Aaron Copland’s score for the ballet Appalachian Spring, first performed in 1944. Elder Joseph Brackett – a shaker from Maine – originally wrote it as a ‘dancing song’ in 1848. This arrangement by …