Par PART ARVO. The Berlin Mass is intended to be sung liturgically during Pentecost, and includes the Veni Sancte Spiritus specific to that service. The gently unfolding repetition deliberately avoids dramatic and pictorial elements, exuding quiet dignity and a profound sense of joy. The vocal scores have almost no interpretive markings. Dynamics and tempi are left to the performers; it is their t…

The OperAria repertoire anthology was much applauded when it came on stage with three baritone volumes in 2015. The successful baritone debut was followed in 2017/18 by the appearance of the four soprano volumes, also conquering hearts in no time. Now, another performance: The curtain rises on the bass volumes, the foundation of the vocal family for heavier, darker voices, though nevertheless bril…

Par RAO DOREEN. Six hits de série de choeur pour enfants le plus vendu pour les chorales supérieurs (2-4 pt treble voices). Comprend des notes d'enseignants et de prononciation guides. Table des matières : I'll Give My Love une pomme, je suis Goin ' Up A Yonder (gospel), Niska Banja (trad serbe), Kenya mélodies (Kenyan trad.), The Storm est passant au-dessus (gospel), quand je chante. Tout ce que …

Note by the composer:'Triple Quartet is for string quartet and two pre-recorded quartets, or three live string quartets with no pre-recording. The piece is in three movements, fast-slow-fast, and is organized harmonically on four dominant chords in minor keys a minor third apart: E minor, G minor, Bb minor, C# minor and then returning to E minor to form a cycle.The first movement goes through this…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Vocal score to Benjamin Britten's The Rescue of Penleope, for  narrator, four solo voices and orchestra. The concert version of the radio drama The Rescue (1943) prepared by Christopher de Souza in association with Donald Mitchell and Colin Matthews./ Répertoire / Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baryton, Ténor et Orchestr

One Latin phrase, 'Et in terra pax,' is beautifully echoed through the voices in this universal call for peace. Opens with a heartfelt optional solo and builds to a powerful finish. Consider adding sign language (available on Lights!) as a special touch. / 2 Parties Mixtes

Confitebor. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. This composition offers an extensive palette of the baroque master's musical ideas and modes of expression. The piece owes ist attractiveness principally to ist characteristically Vivaldian transparency and formal perfection, and to the way in which the voices are allowed to blossom within clearly fashioned structures, while all the tonal possibilities of the small…

Par VASKS PETERIS. The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, “Cantabile”, “Musica dolorosa” and “Voices”, is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his latest works are the “Partita” for cello and piano, the “Fifth String Quartet” and a piano quartet. Vasks has brought elements of ancient and folk traditions in Latvian music into his co…

Par PART ARVO. 'I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series', said Arvo Pärt in 1994. The neutral title itself embodies the essence of the content as the work is based on the text of the Latin Credo. The great simplicity of the piece masks its complexity. The underl…

Instrumentation: SSATB a cappella Format: Sheet Music Details: 12 madrigals for 5 voices (Italian/German) Contents: Contents: Ch'ami la vita mia A che tormi il ben mio Non si levav' ancor E dicea luna S'andasse amor a caccia O com' e gran martire Ch'io non t'ami Anima mia perdona Che se tu se il cor mio O Mirtillo Era l'anima mia gia presso M'e pi' dolce il penar