This wonderful American folk song arranged by Marie Pooler is available in SAB, SSA and TTB.
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List: 1.40
The traditional “Te Deum” takes on a fresh perspective with this three-movement work. The entire title really means “praise to God for music,” and the first movement pays homage to our Baroque ancestry in it Handelian treatment, but in modern day tonalities. The second is lush and tender, while the third blends the traditional Latin text with the beautiful poetry of Fred Pratt Green, “When in our Music God is Glorified.” Composed for choir and orchestra, it is performable with just piano and in several different orchestral options. It is already been performed in numerous U.S. halls, including Carnegie Hall, and in Europe. It is medium to difficult.
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Bird Raptures, a set of three pieces which draw inspiration stylistically from twentieth-century partsong, was composed for St Martin's Voices in spring 2025, especially for Lucy Walkers debut album (Resonus, RES10361). The text for The Nightingale, Christina Rossetti's poem Bird Raptures, from which the set takes its title, lulls the listener with a lilting metre, and describes the captivating power of a nightingales song to connote both sorrow and joy. This setting is an invented folksong, beginning with a wistful soprano solo before easing into a full choir verse. The same melody is re-harmonised twice, featuring both sinewy, jazz-influenced chromaticism and expansive harmonic warmth. In Twilight, Sara Teasdale's text evokes a deep sense of yearning and distance by repeating the words 'calling, calling'. Rather than mimicking birdsong, the choir personifies the calling bird with a soaring but melancholy refrain. Overlapping cross-rhythms suggest conversation and tension between the voices, and the tragically inconclusive poetry is reflected by the choral texture fading, unresolved, to a single voice at the song's close. The innocence and unbridled joy of Coleridges Answer to a child's question provide a light-hearted conclusion to this set. With flamboyant rubato and exaggerated dynamics, the piece builds to a theatrical climax, before drawing the listener into the final line, “And my Love loves me!” in whimsical unison. The set would suit a confident choir as a versatile concert feature. These pieces may be performed as a set in the order they are presented in this score, or individually.
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List: 5.50
The composer of the popular Shakespeare Songs brings us this simple and eloquent new setting of the well-known prayer.
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This large work for treble chorus is based on a tale of Hans Christian Andersen, and is not only a journey in the dramatic sense, but also a journey through the possibilities of meter, rhythm, tonality, texture, and timbre. Scored for treble chorus, clarinet, and string bass, the narrative nature of this piece demands excellent diction, and a sense of engaged story-telling. With staging options ranging from very elaborate to non-existent, this work offers many opportunities for a wide range of experiences.
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List: 5.95
The Seven Vocal Fanfares is an cappella work written especially for the renowned Girls' Choir of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, tailored to their most unusual timbre and talents. The music is also designed to suit the acoustical attributes of the cathedral's famous crypt, the largest cathedral crypt in Europe.
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