New Publications

This week Dr. Joel Tranquilla of the Canadian Chamber Choir takes a closer look at “Tabula Rasa” by BC composer Don Macdonald. Cypress Choral Music Publishing is excited about the work Joel does for choral music in Canada and we are happy to help share it. Enjoy!

Visit the Tabula Rasa page on Cypresschoral.com
https://cypresschoral.com/composers/don-macdonald/tabula-rasa/

The Latvian Radio Choir is one of the finest choral ensembles in the world. Listen to their wonderful recording of Imant’s masterpiece.

STABAT MATER

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This setting of the opening penitential element from the mass employs a somber, descending ostinato. The piece may be sung by unison chorus or solo vocalist while being accompanied by either organ or piano.

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We’re big fans of the work that Dr. Joel Tranquilla does for choral music in Canada. Joel’s “Repertoire Wednesday” series is particularly cool so we figured we’d share it here with all of you. Enjoy!

The link to the Youtube video

To the Cypress site for Matthew Emery
https://cypresschoral.com/composers/matthew-emery/the-song-my-paddle-sings/

New for 2021: “BE NEAR ME” for unaccompanied mixed choir (SATB) by Greg Bartholomew, a setting of Canto 50 from the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by the British Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson (1809 -1892).

Published in 1850, the poem is an extended requiem for the poet’s beloved friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1833, age 22, and is considered one of the greatest poems of the 19th Century. It was reported to be a great favorite of Queen Victoria.

Listen to a recording on SoundCloud by Choral Tracks – Matthew Curtis and Sarah Brailey.

Sheet music is available from J.W. Pepper Sheet Music.
https://www.jwpepper.com/Be-Near-Me/11339264.item

Score video coming soon.

For more info: http://www.gregbartholomew.com/benearmeindex.html

–Greg Bartholomew

Jon Washburn’s arrangement of “Akatonbo”, a popular Japanese children’s song, treats the piece as a choral fantasy. The several phrases of the melody have been separated with wordless polyphonic lines which express the deep feelings that the simple words evoke. Enjoy!

AKATONBO