The Form, Order of Service and Music. Par . The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023, which was watched by millions around the world, was not just a state event of immense historical significance. It was also a major musical landmark. Twelve contemporary composers were twenty performed during the two-hour Service, while there were also four original instrumental commissions and…

' Ave verum was commissioned early in 2011 by Edward Rowntree for the birthday of his father, John Rowntree, director of music at Douai Abbey in the UK. My aim was to write a piece both short and simple, suitable for regular liturgical use. There are, of course, many wonderful settings of this text already, not least those by William Byrd and Edward Elgar, both of which I sang as a boy. In this in…

Par PANUFNIK ROXANNA. When the London International Festival of Early Music came to me with a commission to write a solo harpsichord piece for Jane Chapman, they asked me to relate the new piece to Byrd, as it’s the 400th anniversary of his death, this year. Jane introduced me to Byrd’s arrangement of Dowland’s wonderful Pavana Lachrymae (‘Pavan of tears’) – a piece of many layers but simple and e…

The composer states:'The term 'oblique strategies? was coined jointly by British musician Brian Eno and German-born British visual artist Peter Schmidt to describe a series of printed cards they developed throughout the 1970's. The cards had their origins in sets of uncannily similar working principles that both artists had established independently, and featured aphorisms intended as a means of t…

Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI / KULA. When Stalin announced in 1936 that all artistic and musical work would henceforth be under the control of the Party, Shostakovich had already composed the first Jazz suite. When he composed the second suite in the autumn of 1938, it was on commission from the newly formed U. S. S. R. State Jazz Band, an ensemble created to control the public's taste in popular mus…

Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823. In the last movement of this symphony Beethoven set music to the 'Ode to Joy' by Friedrich von Schiller from 1785. This poem sprang from Schil…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823. In the last movement of this symphony Beethoven set music to the 'Ode to Joy' by Friedrich von Schiller from 1785. This poem sprang from Schiller's idealistic vision of men who become brothers –…

Ed. Critica Di Alessandro Borin - Ril. Brochure. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. La Gloria e Imeneo, RV 687, belongs to a group of so-called ‘French serenatas’ by Antonio Vivaldi, namely a series of works composed and performed between the mid-1710s and mid- 1720s of the eighteenth century in celebration of importantrecurrent and non-recurrent events relating to the Kingdom of France and its diplomatic repre…

(from 'Nocturnes'). By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #62128-122. Published by Peermusic

By Arvo PaRt. For SATB Choir. World Premiere: in St. Peter's Church Drogheda / Republic of Ireland by State Choir Latvija conducted by Fergus Sheil. Secular, choral. Composed 2007

By Arvo Part (1935-). For SATB, piano. This edition: Language: Russian. Published by Universal Edition

By Ola Gjeilo. For SSAATTBB Choir, a cappella. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 5 minutes, 40 seconds. Published by Edition Peters

Prayer by Rene Clausen. For SATB choir divisi (a cappella). Prima Cantate Series. Concert. Octavo. Published by Roger Dean Publishing

Composed by Martin J. Wimmer. For SAB choir, Flute and Piano. Level 3. Octavo. Duration 4 minutes. Published by Imagine Music

Composed by Mark Hayes. Octavo. Heritage Music Press #15/3322H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.15-3322H).

By Frank Ticheli. Concert band. Suitable for advanced middle school, high school, community and college bands. Level: Grade 3. Conductor Full Score. Duration 6:40. Published by Manhattan Beach Music.

By Libby Larsen (1950-). For SATB Choir, keyboard, Winds. (Mixed Voices). Secular. Choral. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing.

Composed by Alfred V. Fedak. Organ Recital Music, Offertories, Preludes, Partita/Variations, Postludes. Reformation, Church Anniversary, Commitment/Discipleship. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.10-653).

Composed by Robert W. Smith. Concert Band. Opus III Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR368). Oversized spiral-bound score. Composed 2010. Duration 14 minutes, 53 seconds. Published by Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications

By Robert W. Smith. By Robert W. Smith. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Belwin Symphonic Band. Level: 3 (Medium Easy) (grade 3). Conductor Score and Parts. 356 pages. Duration 7:57. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Frank Ticheli. Concert band. Suitable for high school, community, and college bands. Level: Grade 4. Conductor Full Score. Duration 11:10. Published by Manhattan Beach Music.

(For Solo Xylophone or Marimba with Piano Accompaniment). By Leroy Anderson (1908-1975). For Mallet Percussion. Part(s); Percussion - Mallet Instrument Solo; Solo. Alfred's Percussion Performance Series. Grade 4. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Composed by Howard J. Buss (1951-). SINFONIETTA for string quintet (2-1-1-1) or string orchestra was commissioned by the Imperial Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the American Music Center, the official United States information center for music. 20th Cen…

Composed by Sean Osborn. Score and part(s). With Standard notation. 32 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41866. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114418660).

Composed by Robert Sheldon. Concert Band; Part(s); Score. Young Symphonic. 132 pages. Published by Alfred Music