Colossians.3

Edited by Paul Brainard.  Piano reduction by Joachim Eichhorn.  For SATB soloists, SATB choir & orchestra.  Urtext Edition.  Preface in German ... view details

This volume offers a selection of particularly attractive opera choruses from three centuries in their five original languages (Italian, French, German, English and Russian). Whether cheerful shepherd's

Psalm 137 was an inspiration for many composers including Saint-Saëns, who set the text four times. This setting features alto solo, mixed chorus, piano, and English text. The first version, composed

Based on the well-known bible text "Sing unto the Lord a new song" (Psalm 96:1-3), this upbeat composition with strong dynamics and flowing block chords alternating with fast-paced polyphony brings across

Among Rameau’s stage works which have come down to us in two main versions, such as Dardanus (1739, 1744), Platée (1745, 1749), and Zoroastre (1749, 1756), none fell

This piece uses word painting to re-tell Thomas Hardy's classic poem about an old tenor and the death of his choirmaster. The men and women are divided into two choirs; the men represent the old tenor

Telemann's 1754 chorale setting of the church hymn Christus, der ist mein Leben, based on Melchoir Vulpius' melody from the Hamburg Hymnal, is especially well suited to display his mastery in

This piece is a transcription of a composition originally conceived for choir and large orchestra commissioned by the Knabenkantorei Basel. The text which stems from the liturgical chants