This piece draws inspiration from the book City of Falling Angels which gives a rich portrayal of Venice. The use of extended melodies that contrast with fragmented phrases portray the beauty of this city.

Paperback-for SSAATB and organ The first in a new series of Restoration Canticles from the editors of the acclaimed The Restoration Anthem volumes Turner's Evening Service in A (here transposed to B flat) uses rich six-part harmony and displays inventiveness and variety in the verses. The first in a new series of Restoration Canticles from the editors of the acclaimed The Restoration Anthem volumes Turner's Evening Service in A (here transposed to B flat) uses rich six-part harmony and displays inventiveness and variety in the verses.

for SATB and organ or brass ensemble or brass quintet The Face of Peace is a beautiful setting (to an English translation) of verses by the French poet Paul Eluard written in 1951. Chilcott combines the gentleness of the poem's vision with a cast-iron strength that comes out of its message - a message as poignant today as it was then. Bob Chilcott 's The Face Of Peace for SATB and Organ or Brass ensemble or Brass quintet. This is a beautiful setting (to an English translation) of verses by the French poet Paul Eluard written in 1951. Chilcott combines the gentleness of the poem's vision with a cast-iron strength that comes out of its message - a message as poignant today as it was then.

Phoenix is a series of interlinked contrasting sections - by turns elegiac radiant and menacing - culminating in a luminous cantilena for the four melody instruments against densely clustered chords in the piano.

After the volumes on baroque and classical composers Piano Duets: Romantic Composers is the next instalment in this successful series. Providing varied accessible and attractive repertoire this volume is ideal for duettists looking for recital material or for those exploring the medium. After the volumes on baroque and classical composers Piano Duets: Romantic Composers is the next instalment in this successful series. The collection includes new editions of celebrated works written for Piano duet (by Brahms Dvorak and Schumann) and attractive new arrangements of orchestral and chamber pieces including a Piano quartet by Mendelssohn and an orchestral suite by Tchaikovsky. To complete its survey of the Romantic age the collection features a Piano study by Liszt and a nocturnal song-without-words by Fanny Mendelssohn. Providing varied accessible and attractive repertoire this volume is ideal for duettists looking for recitalmaterial or for those exploring the medium. Contents: Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March from La Damnation de Faust Op. 24 Georges Bizet: 'La toupie' Impromptu from Jeux d'enfants Johannes Brahms: Waltzes Nos. 1 and 2 Op. 39 Antonín Dvo'rák: Slavonic Dance No. 2 Op. 72 Franz Liszt: Étude No. 5 'La Chasse' from Grandes études de Paganini Fanny Mendelssohn: Lied No. 3 (Lenau) from Vier Lieder Op. 8 Felix Mendelssohn: Intermezzo from Piano Quartet No. 2 Op. 2 Robert Schumann: 'Versteckens' No. 10 from 12 Vierhändige Clavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder Op. 85 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Suite No. 2 Op. 53

For SATB and piano Don Michael Dicie has created a straightforward unflashy but beautiful arrangement of Lowry's famous 'How can I keep from singing?'. Dicie departs from his typical harmonic style of major and minor seventh chords for a more tertial setting. The variety of textures and its simplicity and accessibility make a lovely effect. The women sing the first verse; men the second; both a cappella for the third; and they finish together with piano.For SATB and piano Don Michael Dicie has created a straightforward unflashy but beautiful arrangement of Lowry's famous 'How can I keep from singing?'. Dicie departs from his typical harmonic style of major and minor seventh chords for a more tertial setting. The variety of textures and its simplicity and accessibility make a lovely effect. The women sing the first verse; men the second; both a cappella for the third; and they finish together with piano.

In this piece a solo (for the first violin) runs parallel to a trio (violin viola cello) but is independent in metre speed and style. The title is from Foucault: 'Truth is a thing of this world: it is produced only by virtue of multiple forms of constraint.' The work was commissioned in 1997 for the Kreutzer Quartet.

for SSATB unaccompanied This five-voice work is an unusual and interesting piece of moderate difficulty and well worth investigation for any concert programme. It ranges in mood from meditative devotional stillness to dramatic contrasts of a more extrovert operatic nature. An English singing translation is included. For SSATB unaccompanied This five-voice work is an unusual and interesting piece of moderate difficulty and well worth investigation for any concert programme. Includes an English singing translation.

for SATB (with divisions) and organ This Easter anthem sets the second part of George Herbert's poem 'Easter'. The opening section has an almost pastoral feel with the sopranos and altos presenting a lilting melody in thirds underpinned by a flowing organ accompaniment. This Easter anthem by Bob Chilcott sets the second part of George Herbert's poem 'Easter' famously set in full by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his Five Mystical Songs . The opening section has an almost pastoral feel with the sopranos and altos presenting a lilting melody in thirds underpinned by a flowing organ accompaniment. The anthem becomes progressively more expansive and reflective with rich textures and harmonies before drawing to a profound close.

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The Lord's my Shepherd-for unison and SATB choirs and piano/organ This is an accessible piece that is both rich and moving. The unison line which can be sung by a junior choir has some short sections needing simple divisi. This is an accessible piece that is both rich and moving. The unison line which can be sung by a junior choir has some short sections needing simple divisi.

English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable for use throughout the year inluding seventeen settings of the evening canticles together with settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate and the Preces and Responses. Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable for use throughout the year. The evening canticles are given due space with seventeen settings including those by Byrd Gibbons Purcell Walmisley Stanford Noble Howells Walton and Tippett. Also included are settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate Deo alongside seven settings of the Preces and Responses and two additional early Lord's Prayers. The selection is completed with three supplementary items: a set of previously unpublished Psalm chants byHowells John Sanders's Good Friday Reproaches and a written-out Order for Compline. Robert King has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscripts or printed sources. Playable keyboard reductions have been added for the majority of unaccompanied items.

A collection of hymns set out with varied harmonies and/or descants. They would make attractive choir items in a regular service or in a special service sung by massed choirs. The extended hymns in this collection apart from their inherent appeal to choirs and congregations alike lend themselves particularly well to use as choir items in situations where resources are limited. The suggested methods of performance for example contrast between unison and harmony may be easily adapted to suit local conditons.

for SATB and organ Setting a joyful text by William Chatterton Dix Alleluia sing to Jesus! is suitable for performance throughout the church year. With a bright melody set against a rhythmic organ accompaniment this triumphant anthem will lift the spirits of performers and listeners alike. Setting a joyful text by William Chatterton Dix Alleluia sing to Jesus! is suitable for performance throughout the church year although its Eucharistic imagery will make it particularly poignant at Holy Communion Easter and Ascension. With a bright melody set against a rhythmic organ accompaniment this triumphant anthem will lift the spirits of performers and listeners alike.

for SATB unaccompanied These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting: Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon full of sumptuous harmonies: and Beati quorum via contrasts calm reflective passages with a stirring eight-part quasi-refrain. These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon full of sumptuous harmonies; and Beati quorum via contrasts calm reflective passages with a stirring eight-part quasi-refrain.

A setting in English of the Evening Canticles for SATB and organ.

With a text by G. M. Hopkins this work is interspersed with frequent solo passages initially for baritone (whose delicate solo opens the piece) but later for tenor soprano and alto soloists also. The polyphonic choral passages provide a balance to these frequent solos to mesmerising effect.

James Vivian is currently Director of Music at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle having previously served as Director of Music at the Temple Church in London. He was educated at King's College Cambridge where he was the Dr AH Mann Organ Student and studied the organ with Colin Walsh David Sanger and Marie-Louise Langlais. He is active as a recitalist and conductor and has performed concerts in Brazil the US Japan South Africa and throughout Europe. He has recorded with labels such as Signum EMI Decca SonyBMG and Hyperion.

Paperback-for SATB chorus with SAT and ATB verses and organ As the scholar John Stainer writes: 'There is in it a quaintness not without tenderness and devotional feeling which recalls the style of the composer's brother Henry by whose brilliant career and fame he was no doubt overshadowed'. Daniel Purcell 's setting of Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis for SATB chorus with SAT and ATB verses and Organ accompaniment. In the absence of any original material Geoffrey Webber's preparation of this edition has been influenced by the scholarly reconstruction of the work by John Stainer. In Stainer's words: 'there is in it a quaintness not without tenderness and devotional feeling which recalls the style of the composer's brother Henry by whose brilliant career and fame he was no doubt overshadowed' .

Full score-for soprano and baritone soloists SATB chorus and the composer's original chamber instrumentation Orchestral and vocal material is available on hire. Organ plays from the vocal score. Gabriel Faure: Requiem (1893 Version) for soprano and baritone soloists SATB chorus and the composer's original chamber instrumentation Orchestral and vocal material is available on hire. Organ plays from the vocal score.