Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. The Sky Stretched Thin, a four-minute piece for baroque or modern violin, takes inspiration from a poem by Simon Armitage written during lockdown with the same title. The week that I read this newly published poem, I also swam in the (very cold!) saltwater of the River Crouch in Essex for the first time in the year. The view from the middle of the river of land, water and …

Par HARVEY JONATHAN. Songs and Haiku is a previously unreleased collection of songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, published to mark what would have been Jonathan Harvey’s 80th birthday in 2019. Two haiku (the first for piano alone – the only piece here to have been published before – the latter by Basho) bookend three love songs dedicated to Harvey’s wife Rosa. The grouping of the pieces into a 8-…

Merry Christmas Everyone presents three all-time festive classics, arranged by the ever-inventive Gwyn Arch. There's something for everyone here: a jolly rendition of Merry Christmas Everyone, the beautiful, poignant When A Child Is Born, and the smoochy classic Last Christmas. Arranged for upper voices with piano accompaniment. The Choral Programme Series is now a well-established programming to…

Par MARLOW TOBY / MOSS LUCY. SIX the musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss has been hailed as, 'the most uplifting piece of new British musical theatre' (The Evening Standard) and is the phenomenon everyone is losing their head over! Critically acclaimed across the UK with a soundtrack storming up the UK popcharts, the sell-out intoxicating musical tells the story of the six wives of Henry VIII. Th…

Par LLOYD WEBBER ANDREW. Mr Mistoffelees & other choruses from Cats includes a selection of songs from the hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arranged for SSA voices with piano accompaniment by Gwyn Arch. The five songs from the musical - Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Grizabella, Mungojerrie & Rumpelteazer and Mr Mistoffelees - provide an ideal set for programming in a concert.  / Choral Music / Re…

This creative pairing of Amanda McBrooms's The Rose with the Praetorius' Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming has become a classic at Conspirare's Christmas at the Carillon concerts. Incredibly moving! Performance time: Approx. 5:35. / Choeur SSATB

Better Get Hit In Your Soul Boogie Stop Shuffle Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love Fables Of Faubus Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Gunslinging Bird Jelly Roll Nostalgia In Times Square Peggy's Blue Skylight Pithecanthropus Erectus Portrait Reincarnation Of A Lovebird Slippers Sue's Changes / Guitare Basse / 64 pages / Partition Cd

Par LAURIDSEN MORTEN. Four poems sharing a common motif of 'Night' provide the texts for my choral cycle Nocturnes, the American Choral Directors Association's commissioned work for its 2005 national convention. For Rilke's atmospheric 'Sa nuit d'ete,” several melodic themes are supported by dense, colorful harmonies in both the choral and piano parts, leading to a climactic section where all are …