The Occasional Overture is a piece of two parts, the first meditative and singing with the dotted rhythms that denote grandeur, while the march is confident of victory. Handel composed the Occasional Oratorio - or cobbled it together, as some sources would have it - in the winter of 1746 and performed it almost immediately.The oratorio contained some new music and some borrowings from earlier musi…

A classic choral work from the oratorio 'Saul' by Handel, carefully edited and arranged exclusively for treble voices by Patrick Liebergen. New secular text by the arranger makes it ideal for the school use. Optional easy flute part is simple to add. An excellent introduction to the Baroque style for any treble choir. / 2 Parties Mixtes

Sing Solo Soprano is a collection of varied pieces edited with the younger singer in mind. The book contains two oratorio arias two operatic arias two Lieder or songs in foreign language and English songs; this is a fabulous volume that covers a wide variety of periods. Where possible each piece has been taken from the most authoriative and accurate sources from Urtext to First Manuscripts - …

G F Handel (1685-1759) was a German-born British composer and organist who spent his life working in London. He is credited with popularising opera and oratorio in Britain both importing Italian works and composing his own. Twelve Songs From The Oratorios have been edited by Alberto Randegger and are scored for Baritone or Bass with Piano accompaniment. It contains 12 airs from popular works su…

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn’s St. Paul with just seven instead of the usual 18 wind instruments? Thanks to this arrangement for chamber orchestra, a performance with smaller forces is now possible, and presents an attractive alternative for performing Mendelssohn’s first oratorio – not only in times of Corona. For it is often considerations of space, a limited budget, or the size …

SATB-Beginning with a trumpet-like fanfare the joyful chorus of this anthem from the oratorio Saul enters in antiphonal statements. The closing hosannas propel the tempo with an upward cascading counterpoint climaxing in a typically rewarding Handelian ending.

BWV 248. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. For this edition, Carsten Klomp has transferred the orchestral movement of the 1st cantata from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio to the organ. It not only enables a performance with a reduced line-up, but also a tonally appealing and surprisingly coherent rendition of this wonderful music. The way the voices are distributed on the manuals and pedal and…

Psalm 96-Uses: Call to Worship General Scripture: Psalm 96 Harkening back to traditional oratorio-styled chorus writing this anthem just springs from the printed page! It features a vibrant touch of the modern complete with a sparkling accompaniment that is immediately engaging lifting the heart and touching the soul. The ranges are achievable and the gentle counterpoint offers some great ar…

Hardback-This hardbound full score is presented in a slip-case embellished with William Walton's signature in gold. William Walton signed the title pages of 350 copies of which only a handful are still left in OUP's stock. An oratorio for baritone soloist mixed chorus and orchestra using text from the Bible selected by Osbert Sitwell Orchestral material is available on hire

The Boosey Voice Coach is an entirely new concept in vocal training. Not a self-teaching manual, and not filled with off-putting diagrams, this series is a wholly practical guide to singing - learning about technique and interpretation through the repertoire itself. Each volume is devoted to singing in one particular language or to singing in a specific context, such as musical theatre or oratorio…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…