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…

Czech Canon. Par RAO DOREEN. The Friendship Song, arranged here by Doreen Rao, was first taught to the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus by their Czechoslovakian hosts, the Jitro Children's Choir. Over 200 children from Czechoslovakia and the United States sang together, exchanging songs on a warm summer morning in the quiet countryside. The Friendship Song has been arranged for 4-part Treble Voices, u…

F majorInstrument : medium voice and pianoSeries : Edition Schott - Single EditionNombre de Pages : 6Content : Guten Abend, gute Nacht, op. 49/4 (Volkslied/Scherer) / Die Blümelein, sie schlafen schon (Volkskinderlied Nr. 4)

Par VILLETTE PIERRE. With music composed by Pierre Villette, O Salutaris, Op. 21 is a an Eucharistic hyhmn written for the Feast of the Corpus Christi, for SATB choral a cappella. Dedicated to Jules Lambert, director of 'La cantate' in Rouen, this religious piece is very lyrical and melodious. Written in Latin, this piece necessitates being sung at a slow tempo (58), including three principal vers…

Par FAURE GABRIEL. This edition of Salve Regina by Gabriel Faure is a version of this Marian hymn for a SABT accompanied by the Piano or the Organ, arranged by Henri Busser. This features lyrics in Latin, and can be sung by two or four voices also accompanied by Violin or Cello ad libitum. This lyrical piece is quite slow (tempo 66) and the Organ score does not feature any pedals: the difficulty c…

Anthem. Par PURCELL HENRY. The Anthem, in the post-Reformation church music of England was initially the term given to a choral work with an English biblical text. By the end of the 17th century it begins to take on Italian stylistic elements and becomes a cantata for solo voices, choir and orchestra. The anthem 'O sing unto the Lord' presented here, based on words of the 96th Psalm, is a particul…

Veni Emmanuel - Il est né - Ding Dong! - Nu zijt wellekome - Gloria in excelsis - In dulci jubilo. Par DE HAAN JAN. A Christmas Collage is a selection of internationally known Christmas songs. The following songs are included either in their entirety or as extracts: Veni Emmanuel, Il est né le divin enfant, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Nu zijt wellekome, Gloria in excelsis Deo and In dulci jubilo. …

Anthem. Par PURCELL HENRY. The Anthem, in the post-Reformation church music of England was initially the term given to a choral work with an English biblical text. By the end of the 17th century it begins to take on Italian stylistic elements and becomes a cantata for solo voices, choir and orchestra. The anthem 'O sing unto the Lord' presented here, based on words of the 96th Psalm, is a particul…

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. During his summer vacation in 1891 Brahms composed six vocal quartets which would appear in print later that autumn. This set, to become Brahms’s opus 112, clearly falls into two groups. The first two in the melancholic tone of the poems Sehnsucht (Longing) and Nächtens (At Night) by Franz Kugler come upon four Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Lieder) bursting with vitality and power. Th…