“Five from the Folder: Mixed Voices” by Steve Barton

FIVE FROM THE FOLDER: MIXED VOICES by Steve Barton

 

1. O Magnum Mysterium SSAATTBB (Acapella) Kevin Memley Pavane Publishing P1395

Gorgeous. Full textured, colorful, delicate. Great piece to create a profound sense of intimacy without suppressing voices.

 

2. Sure on this Shining Night. SATB with piano. Morten Lauridsen. Peer Music 0124115

Lyrical with gentle harmonies. Very legato, but with intervalic leaps. Great for developing portamento vocal technique.

 

3. Song to the Moon (La luna). SSAATTBB with piano, flute and oboe. Z. Randall Stroope

Full textured with both lyrical and extremely dramatic moments. Evocative text setting. Highly recommended.

 

4. "Hallelujah" from Christ on the Mount of Olives. Ludwig van Beethoven. SATB with piano or organ. G Schirmer (Hal Leonard) HL50293600

Powerful with easy-to-learn fugal and homophonic texture. Great for a choir of big voices. Start it up and let them sing.

 

5. Christ the Appletree. SSATTBB. Stanford Scriven. Earthsongs (no order number listed on octavo)

Beautiful setting of 1794 New Hampshire hymn. Limited, yet strategic divisi. A great favorite of our choir.

 

(“Five from the Folder” provides brief, text-length reviews of vocal works currently in the folders of choral directors throughout the United States.  To share five from your folder, contact Scott Dorsey at )