for four male voices. Par BRYARS GAVIN. Glorious Hill may be performed by a male choir. Text by Pico della Mirandola (1463-1497) from De Hominis Dignitate. Glorious Hill was commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble and first performed by them at its summer Festival of Voices in Lewes, Sussex, in August 1988. It was the first piece I wrote for the ensemble and I focused on the singers' unique abilit…

A superb collection of classical songs by great composers including Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn ideal for auditions or just for the sheer pleasure o singing some of the finest classical pieces ever written. With 2 sections comprising songs scored specifically for male and female singers with Piano accompaniment, the collection comes complete with 2 CDs of backing tracks to sing along to. A so…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Freedom Is Coming is an incredibly infectious celebration of hope and freedom from oppression and is coupled here with Hamba Vangeli (‘Spread the new word’) for Soprano, Alto and combined men's voices along with a piano accompaniment. Pay attention to the dynamics – there are lots of opportunities for contrasts and a gradual build-up of texture, as well as chances …

Farewell to St. Petersburg. Par BRYARS GAVIN. This concerto has the unusual addition of an optional male voice choir. Many Russian elements influenced Bryars when he was writing the piece, not least the text for the bass voices which is taken from Glinka’s song cycle Farewell to St Petersburg. Bryars writes ‘The orchestration is quite light throughout, so that the singing quality of the double bas…

SAM-Klang. Par STANFORD CHARLES VILLIERS. The name SAM-Klang takes the three voice parts from the arrangements Soprano, Alto and Men and combines it with the Scandinavian and German words for ‘sound’ to create the portmanteau word ‘sound together’ or ‘harmony’. The SAM-Klang series offers basic and advanced choral repertoire arranged for soprano, alto and one male voice- part. In addition to new r…

SAM-Klang. Par STANFORD CHARLES VILLIERS. The name SAM-Klang takes the three voice parts from the arrangements Soprano, Alto and Men and combines it with the Scandinavian and German words for ‘sound’ to create the portmanteau word ‘sound together’ or ‘harmony’. The SAM-Klang series offers basic and advanced choral repertoire arranged for soprano, alto and one male voice- part. In addition to new r…

SAM-Klang. Par . The name SAM-Klang takes the three voice parts from the arrangements Soprano, Alto and Men and combines it with the Scandinavian and German words for ‘sound’ to create the portmanteau word ‘sound together’ or ‘harmony’. The SAM-Klang series offers basic and advanced choral repertoire arranged for soprano, alto and one male voice- part. In addition to new repertoire and new arrange…

Vol.1. Par WILHELM GADE NIELS. Works for Male Choir / Works for Equal Voices, Volume 1 Niels W. Gade. Werks Volume IV/10 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817& 1890) Works Edited by the Foundation for the Publication of the Works of Niels W. Gade, Copenhagen Niels W. Gade is one of the leading Danish composers of the nineteenth century. However only about half of his prolific œ uvre has appeared in print…

Motet after Friedrich Rückert for Double Male Choir (Organ ad lib.). Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. At first described as 'religious song' by Schumann, the motet 'Verzweifle nicht' could be heard with organ accompaniment for the first time on 4 July 1850 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the University's choral society St. Pauli in Leipzig. He wrote the organ version specifically for this performan…