Arr. Gawan Roberts. Par GODDARD BENJAMIN. / Niveau : 1.5 / Répertoire / Fanfare

Samuel Dushkin a écrit plusieurs transcriptions de violon de mélodies puis connus et populaires, naturellement prises de oeuvres par son ami Stravinsky, mais aussi par d'autres compositeurs comme Bizet et Rachmaninov du, Gershwin et Boccherini et d'autres. Dushkin formé une complainte profondément émouvante pour violon et piano hors du monologue de self-doubting Boris Godounov de l'opéra du même n…

Par JANSSON MARTEN. “Triptyk” (“Triptych”) and “Mörkblå tillit” (“Dark Blue Trust”) have been written by hospital chaplain/author Kerstin Dillmar. In her work she often meets people who walk in the shadow of death and her dealings and thoughts about this are a central part of her writing. This is most clearly seen in “Mörkblå tillit” whose key message is to trust that we will be safe and secureaft…

Par PART ARVO. Composed in 1990, and revised in 1991, for SATB Choir or soloists with organ accompaniment, Pärt's setting of The Beatitudes is one of only a handful of works (Litany and And One of the Pharisees also falling into that category) composed in English. Taken from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, as found in Matthew 5:1-12, The Beatitudes provide a fitting structure for Pärt's setting. Each …

Nowhere else will you find gathered together into one priceless treasury so many of your favourite American folk songs, patriotic anthems and marches, heart songs, sea chanteys, colonial songs, civil war songs, hymns, gospel songs, spirituals, Christmas carols, memorial songs, and sacred classics. This comprehensive volume includes over 175 full Piano arrangements with complete lyrics and chord sy…

Hymnes. Par GREEN FRED PRATT. With commentary by Bernard Braley This book, published in 1982, contains the texts of 209 hymns and ballads of this well-loved Methodist hymnwriter who died in 2000 and tells many of the stories behind them. The book has proved useful - not only as a book of reference - but as a book of excellent devotional material for the everyday reader. Some may recall Fred's ''Hy…

The Groovy Version of OX. Par SCHONHERR CHRISTOPH. Christoph Schönherr, Professor at the Hamburg Conservatory of Music, is a respected expert in the field of jazz and pop choirs and he is a much sought after choral composer. He has written of his work: “I have been especially influenced by the polarity of the text. On one hand it expresses Mary's joy at her pregnancy, but on the other Mary present…

Motette für gemischten Chor. Par SCHULTZ WOLFGANG-ANDREAS. The title's Third Word of Creation refers to verses from Rilke's Book of Hours which indicate the fear of what other delicate experiments God might come up with after 'light' and 'man'. Schultz contradicts the text by combining it with the monolithic beginning of the First Book of Moses in the Old Testament, which is imbued with the rightn…

'Dieux de l'Olympe' a été commandée par le Choeur Really Big pour la performance au Hall de Londres au Royal Albert en Juillet 2012. En accord avec l'esprit de l'Olympiade de 2012, le morceau est basé sur la Grèce antique, berceau des Jeux Olympiques. Les mouvements sont inspirés par quatre des douze Olympiens, les dieux mythiques qui habitaient sur ??le mont Olympe: Zeus, souverain de l'Olympe- H…