I was wondering if this piece might be of interest to any choirs with access to orchestras, who are looking for something a little different for a Christmas concert this year. Festive Overture: ‘The Joy of Christmas’ received its first US performance in December. It formed part of a ‘Christmas through the Ages’ concert […]
New Publications
Let the Children Play (and Learn in Peace) – SAB or SAA – appropriate for Newtown observance
ACDA Silver Platter award-winning composer David Avshalomov has released his newly-composed work on an original lyric, “Let the Children Play”. Although it was composed before the tragedy in Newtown and is not a memorial work for those victims , performances of the song may appropriately be dedicated to their memory (or to victims of any […]
Requiem Mass by Antonio Gallego (c.1530) Recently discovered (SATB)
Dear friends, from Fidelio Musica we would like to present the world’s first publication of Misa de requiem (requiem mass) by the Spanish composer Antonio Gallego (c.1530). Antonio Gallego was a spanish polyphonist whose existence has been totally unknown up to the present day. His Pro-defunctis mass has recently been discovered by the Spanish […]
St Pancras Canticles (Te Deum, Magnificat, Nunc dimittis – a5) – as commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music (LFCCM)
http://antonypitts.1equalmusic.com/Details/635?Title=st-pancras-canticles–te-deum–magnificat–nunc-dimittis—a5- Commissioned by and first performed at the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong, these virtuosic 5-part settings of the Te Deum, the Magnificat, and the Nunc Dimittis by British composer Antony Pitts are suited for liturgical and concert performance. printed volume: http://www.lulu.com/shop/antony-pitts/st-pancras-canticles-te-deum-magnificat-nunc-dimittis-a5/paperback/product-20553830.html?showPreview=true
Transfiguration Sunday, Feb 10, 2013
If you’re looking for a short, lovely anthem – to be learned in one rehearsal for this upcoming feast day, take a look at: Transfiguration by Joel Martinson, published by Paraclete Press; unison choir w/ descant, congregation and organ Transfiguration is an original hymn tune that won first place in a hymn […]
New From Routledge – Nineteenth-Century Choral Music edited by Donna M. Di Grazia
Nineteenth-Century Choral Music Edited by Donna M. Di GraziaPublished September 20th 2012 by Routledge – 524 pages Series: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres Paperback: 978-0-415-98853-7: $64.95 Nineteenth-Century Choral Music is an in-depth examination of the rich repertoire of choral music and the cultural phenomenon of choral music making throughout the period. The book is divided […]