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Spring 2009 NEW ISSUES

CHRISTMAS CHORAL MUSIC

• twelve carols and a hymn

SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

• Marian anthem
• psalm setting

SECULAR CHORAL MUSIC

• winter-themed song about peace
• two opera extracts
• two titles commemorating the election of Barack Obama

VOCAL MUSIC

• piano/vocal score for an opera

KEYBOARD MUSIC

• two works for organ solo
• four books of piano rags under one cover

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

• three study scores
• string quartet

CHRISTMAS CHORAL —
Mixed Chorus and Instrumental Ensemble or Keyboard

JULIAN WACHNER, arr. [b. 1969]: Joy to the World
   • SATB, Brass Quintet, Timpani, Percussion & Organ
   • Full Score (Composer’s Engraving) • #6957 • $10.00 • c. 3:00
   • Parts (Composer’s Engravings) • #6958 • $12.50
   • SATB, Brass Sextet, Timpani, Percussion & Organ
   • Full Score (Composer’s Engraving) • #6959 • $13.75 • c. 3:00 (pre-revision recording)
   • Parts (Composer’s Engravings) • #6960 • $15.00
   • Keyboard/Choral Score for both versions
   • #6961 • $1.85 • c. 3:00

Un Flambeau (Bring a Torch)
   • Unison Chorus, Brass Sextet & Organ
   • Full Score (Composer’s Engraving) • #6966 • $7.50 • c. 3:00
   • Parts (Composer’s Engravings) • #6967 • $13.75
   • Keyboard/Choral Score • #6968 • $1.85 • c. 3:00

Both Joy to the World and Un Flambeau were arranged for the annual CBC Sing- In, a nationally broadcast radio program originating from the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montréal, Québec. Each year the choir of the church, accompanied by a brass ensemble and an organist, leads a congregation of over one thousand people, many of whom wait for hours to get into the church for this very popular event. Thus the arrangements were written to accompany large numbers of people and they contain some exciting, virtuosic music for the professional players who were assembled. These two arrangements are the first in a series of Christmas carol arrangements created by the arranger. The complete set of Julian Wachner’s Christmas carol arrangements will be recorded by the Washington Chorus and the National Brass Ensemble for release this coming Christmas. Both Joy to the World and Un Flambeau can be performed with instrumental ensemble, or with keyboard accompaniment.

“Joy to the World is quite over the top and is a great concert opener or closer. Un Flambeau is one of the more sedate, and pastoral arrangements, wrapping this beautiful French Carol in a spacious, prairie-like sound world, reminiscent of Copland’s Appalachian Spring.” —Julian Wachner
USE: services, concerts
      • moderately easy choral parts (both)
      • difficult keyboard parts (#6961 & #6968).
      • church, college, community, professional choruses

DANIEL PINKHAM [1923–2006]: A Cradle Hymn
   • SATB & String Quartet
   • Full Score • #6755 • $10.00 • c. 4:00
   • Parts • #6756 • $10.00
   • Piano/Choral Score • #6754 • $1.85

One of the last pieces completed by the Daniel Pinkham, A Cradle Hymn is a poignant setting of words by Isaac Watts dating from 1720 from his collection Divine Songs.

Hush! my Dear, lie still and slumber, / Holy Angels guard thy Bed! / Heavenly Blessings without Number / Gently falling on thy Head. (etc.)
USE: services, concerts
     • moderately easy
     • church, college, community, professional choruses

CHRISTMAS CHORAL— Mixed Chorus unaccompanied

GRANT COCHRAN, arr. [b. 1962]: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
   • Soprano Solo, SATBB • #7120 • $1.85 • c. 3:45

This lovely arrangement combines traditional Polish words translated by Edith M. G. Reed (1883–1933) with the traditional English melody The First Nowell.
USE: services, concerts
     • moderately easy
     • church, high school, college, community, professional choruses

WILLIAM AVERITT, arr. [b. 1948]:
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
   • SATB • #7114 • $1.85 • c. 3:40

A virgin most pure
   • SATB • #7115 • $2.15 • c. 5:00

I saw three ships
   • Soprano Solo, SATB • #7116 • $1.85 • c. 1:30

Masters in this hall
   • SSATB • #7117 • $2:15 • c. 2:20

“Tomorrow shall be my dancing day is a setting of a traditional English carol whose invigorating folk-like tune lends itself to the unique dancing imagery of the words. While the dozen or so verses of the original text trace the entire life of Christ, this setting uses only the first three verses which focus on the nativity of Jesus. This score was planned as a concert finale, with lots of energy throughout and a vigorous conclusion.”

A virgin most pure is an arrangement of a remarkably beautiful, ancient English folk carol which combines the haunting original Dorian modal tune with stylistic pedal drones and a straightforward 20th-century harmonization.

I saw three ships is a setting of a very lively old English carol. Its nine tiny verses last just over a minute and a half. In that brief span an arc is built from a simple opening solo through five verses, leading to a climactic key change at the sixth verse. The music eventually reverts to the original key and also reverses itself texturally, working its way back to the solo texture in the ninth verse.”

Masters in this hall is an arrangement of a delightfully rousing medieval French carol sung in English. Like most of my arrangements, it was written for an ensemble of talented singers called Winchester Musica Viva, a group I founded in 1981 and conducted for ten seasons. Completed in 1986, this arrangement appeared on our Christmas concert that year and, along with half-a-dozen other carol settings, was included on a concurrent recording project.”—William Averitt
USE: services, concerts
     • moderately easy
     • church, high school, college, community, professional choruses

CHRISTMAS CHORAL— Male Chorus unaccompanied

ROBERT KYR [b. 1952]: Carols Ancient and New
1. Good People All
   • Tenor Solo, TTTBB • #7171 • $2.15 • c. 2:50

2. Sir Christemas
   • Tenor or Baritone Solo, TTBB • #7172 • $2.15 • c. 2:47

3. Peace to All Life
   • TTBBBB • #7173 • $2.15 • c. 2:33

4. Balulalow
   • TBBB • #7174 • $1.50 • c. 2:54

5. Welcome Yule
   • Tenor, Bar. and Bass Soli, TTBBBB • #7175 • $2.65 • c. 2:22

Good People All
“Good People All tells the story of the shepherds and three wise men who followed the Star of Bethlehem to find and adore the newborn Jesus. The traditional English and Irish text finishes with the image of ‘gifts of gold and incense sweet’ which is evoked by a flowing vocalise passage for the entire chorus.

Sir Christemas
This carol on a text attributed to Richard Smart (1435–1477) is a dialogue between‘Sir Christemas’ (tenor solo) and a group of his friends. Sir Christemas arrives at a gathering to announce the birth of Jesus, upon which he encourages everyone to celebrate: ‘Drink well (buvez bien)... Make good cheer and be right merry /
And sing with us now joyfully.’ The dialogue is interwoven with a jovial refrain of ‘Nowell, Nowell.’

Peace to All Life
This carol on a text of Tate and Brady (1696) evokes the angelic celebration over the birth of Christ in a style reminiscent of Sacred Harp music. The angels proclaim,‘Glory to God on high, and to all life be peace’ alternating with triumphant canonic refrains of ‘And glory shone around.’

Balulalow
This tender setting of Balulalow features a continuously unfolding melody in the tenor over gentle swaying in the lower voices, which suggests the rocking of a child to sleep. This gentle lullaby is also a song of praise: ‘The knees of my heart (shall) I bow, / And sing that (true) balulalow.”

Welcome Yule
This carol is a gaming song, a call-and-response between solo voices and the chorus, which continually answers with ‘Welcome Yule’ in jubilant acclamation. In this piece, ‘Yule’ is celebrated as the new year that follows the birth of Christ, a symbol of goodwill and hope.”—Robert Kyr
USE: services, concerts
     • moderately easy
     • college, community, professional choruses

SACRED CHORAL — Mixed Chorus unaccompanied

LEO NESTOR [b. 1938]: Tota pulchra es, Maria (Ah, how fair are you, O Mary)
   • SATB • #7158 • $1.85 • c. 3:00

“In the anthologies of Marian texts, few are more beautiful or more loving than the Tota pulchra es, Maria. The text in both its liturgical and fuller devotional manifestations, now so common to our ears, is a fascinating amalgam derived in part from the book of Judith (15:9b), in part from the Song of Songs (4:7; 6:10), and woven with litanic invocations referencing Revelation 1:16 and Daniel 7:9. Tota pulchra es, Maria is celebrated at Second Vespers of the Immaculate Conception. This setting, equally apt for the concert hall or church, is simple, unapologetic in its harmonic richness and dependent wholly upon the singers’ dedication to linearity.”
Paraphrase of program notes by Leo Nestor
USE: services, concerts
     • moderately easy
     • church, college, community, professional choruses

FRANK FERKO [b. 1950]: Laudate Dominum
   • AATBB • #7105 • $1.85 • c. 4:36

“This setting of Laudate Dominum is based on the first five verses of Psalm 148 as found in The Book of Common Prayer of The Episcopal Church. The music was composed in the autumn of 2005 at the request of Peter Hallock, founder and conductor of The Compline Choir which is in residence at the Cathedral of St. Mark, Seattle. The voicing of AATBB is that of The Compline Choir. Although the original intention of this setting was that it be sung by a chorus comprised entirely of male voices, women’s voices can certainly be used as well. In all cases it is recommended that the singing be done with a straight tone in order to maintain
clarity in the contrapuntal lines.”—Frank Ferko
USE: services, concerts
     • moderately difficult
     • skilled church, college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL — Mixed Chorus unaccompanied

JUDITH SHATIN [b. 1949]: We Bring You Peace
   • SATB • #7150 • $1.50 • c. 2:00

The words to this winter-themed work are by the composer.

We bring you peace, / Visible as the eastern star shining in the winter sky, / Touchable as the snowy pine on the path nearby, / Singable as a joyous song in many parts, Knowable as the word of God to an open heart. / We bring you peace.

USE: concerts
     • moderately easy
     • high school, college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL — Mixed or Treble Chorus and Piano

HENRY MOLLICONE [b. 1946]:
   “Colorado” from the opera Gabriel’s Daughter
   Libretto by WILLIAM LUCE
   • SATB (divisi) & Piano • #7103 • $2.65 • c. 4:15

   “Glory Day!” from the opera Gabriel’s Daughter
   Libretto by WILLIAM LUCE
   • Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano Solo, SATB (divisi) & Piano • #7007 • $2.15 • c. 2:35

   The Dream Goes On (November 4, 2008)
   • SATB & Piano • #7371• $1.50 • c. 4:15
   • SA & Piano • #7372 • $1.50 • c. 4:15

Colorado
“It is April, 1859. In Kansas, a wagon train is ready to head out West. Its goal is Colorado Territory. Lured by stories of gold fields and mountains of silver, hardy pioneers load the wagons for the arduous journey.”
—William Luce

Glory Day!
“In Kentucky in 1857, a slave receives her freedom papers from two daughters of the deceased plantation owner. With gospel elation, the three women celebrate this emotional and joyful event.”—William Luce

The Dream Goes On (November 4, 2008)
Some of the lyrics for this title are from The Declaration of Independence but most of them are by the composer. His program notes follow.

“The election of Barack Obama, the first African-American to assume the office of President of the United States, has given us renewed hope for the future of our society and of the world. I see this historic event as a major step forward in American history, having the potential of restoring justice throughout the world. May God bless us and guide us through the dawn of a brighter future for all of humanity.”—Henry Mollicone
USE: concerts
     • Colorado and Glory Day! - difficult
     • accomplished large college, community, professional choruses
     • The Dream Goes On - moderately easy
     • high school, college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL— Chorus (various voicings) and Piano or unaccompanied

DAVID CONTE [b. 1955]: An Exhortation
   • SSA & Piano • #7390 • $1.50 • c. 2:00
   • SATB • #7391 • $1.50 • c. 2:00
   • SSAA • #7392 • $1.50 • c. 2:00
   • TTBB • #7393 • $1.50 • c. 2:00
The version of this title for SSA chorus and piano was composed for the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Susan McMane, conductor, and the San Francisco Boys Chorus, Ian Robertson, conductor. It received its premiere performance at the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. The lyrics for this piece are adapted from Barack Obama’s victory speech, November 4, 2008.

NB: The piano part for the version for SSA and piano cannot be used with any of the other versions.
USE: concerts
     • moderately easy
     • high school, college, community, professional choruses

VOCAL MUSIC — Opera Piano\Vocal Score

HENRY MOLLICONE [b. 1946]: Gabriel’s Daughter (The Story of a Freed Slave) An Opera in Two Acts
Libretto by WILLIAM LUCE
    • Piano/Vocal Score • #6165 • $45.00 • c. 2:00:00
USE: concerts
     • moderately difficult
     • skilled college, community, professional opera companies

KEYBOARD MUSIC — Organ Solo

DANIEL PINKHAM [1923–2006]:
A Flourish, a Vision and a Commandment
   • Organ Solo • #6332 • $7.50 • c. 5:30
   • moderately difficult

Partita on an Old Norwegian Folk Tune
   • Organ Solo • #6409 • $7.50 • c. 8:00
   • moderately easy

KEYBOARD MUSIC — Piano Solo

GREGORY HUTTER [b. 1971]: The Melancholy Rags (Books 1–4)
   • Piano Solo • #7110 • $32.50 • c. 58:00
   • moderately difficult

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC — Orchestral Study Scores

GREGORY HUTTER [b. 1971]:
Deploration
   • String Orchestra • Study Score • #6913 • $7.50 • c. 11:00
   • moderately easy

Electric Traction
   • Orchestra • Study Score • #6916 • $55.00 • c. 6:30
   • difficult

Sinfonietta Concertante
   • Chamber Orchestra • Study Score • #6943 • $32.50 • c. 10:00
   • moderately difficult

Full conductor’s scores and players’ parts for all three works are available on rental.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC — String Quartet

GREGORY HUTTER [b. 1971]: Deploration
   • String Quartet • Score & Parts • #6915 • $17.50 • c. 11:00
   • moderately easy

RECORDING CREDITS - The Philovox Ensemble

Track 4 was recorded on January 18, 2009 at the recording studio of WGBH Radio, Boston, MA, and Track 16 was recorded on January 19, 2009 at The Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA, by the Philovox Ensemble directed by Robert Schuneman. The soprano soloist was Shari Alise Wilson (track 4). The members of the Philovox Ensemble were sopranos Rebekah Alexander, Kristi Vrooman and Shari Alise Wilson, altos Carrie Cheron, Mary Gerbi, and Catherine Hedberg, tenors Michael Barrett, Jason McStoots and Steven Soph and basses Marc DeMille, Thann Scoggin, Sumner Thompson and Darrick Yee.

Tracks 9–13 were recorded on March 16, 2009 at the recording studio of WGBH Radio, Boston, MA, by the men of the Philovox Ensemble directed by Robert Schuneman. The members of the chorus were tenors Steven Soph, Owen McIntosh, Dave Scott, Michael Barrett, Brad Gleim and Marc DeMille, baritones Jake Cooper, Kyle Siddons, Sumner Thompson and Thann Scoggin and basses John Proft and Darrick Yee.The vocal soloists were tenor Owen McIntosh (track 9), tenor Steven Soph (track 10) and tenor Owen McIntosh, baritone Thann Scoggin and bass John Proft.

Tracks 14 and 17–18 were recorded on March 23, 2009 at the recording studio of WGBH Radio, Boston, MA, by the Philovox Ensemble directed by Robert Schuneman. The members of the chorus were sopranos Yulia
Van Doren, Mary Sullivan and Shari Wilson, altos Jennifer Ashe, Carrie Cheron and Mary Gerbi, tenors Randy McGee, Owen McIntosh and Michael Barrett, baritones Marc DeMille and Sumner Thompson and basses Thann Scoggin and Darrick Yee. The pianist was Scott Nicholas.

The producer, engineer and editor was Antonio Oliart Ros and the mastering was by Robert Schuneman, Arsis Audio, Boston, MA.

RECORDING CREDITS - Guest Artists

Tracks 1–2, Joy to the World and Un Flambeau arranged by Julian Wachner, were recorded on December 9, 2007, at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, Quebec, for broadcast on CBC Radio. It was performed by The Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Julian Wachner, conductor. The soprano soloist was Marianne Fiset and the organist was Jonathan Oldengarm. The brass players were trumpeters
Niklas Eklund, Russell Devuyst and Marc Dharmaratnam, and trombonists Guy Bernard, Jean-Michel Malouf and Angelo Munoz. The producer was Kelly Rice, the associate producer was Elin Soderstron, the recording
engineer was Pierre Léger and the assistant recording engineer was Normand Dionne. Permission to use these tracks was kindly given by Barbara Brown, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Track 2 is a pre-revision recording.

Track 3, A Cradle Hymn by Daniel Pinkham, was recorded December 17, 2006 at the Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. It was performed by the the Harvard University Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor. The instrumentalists were the Appleton String Quartet. The recording engineer was Anthony Di Bartolo. This track is used with the kind permission of Carson Cooman.

Tracks 5–8, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, A virgin most pure, I saw three ships and Masters in this hall arranged by William Averitt, were recorded in December of 1987 and 1989 at Market Street United Methodist Church, Winchester,VA. They were performed by the Winchester Musica Viva, William Averitt, conductor. The recording engineer was Russell Courter. Permission to use these tracks was kindly given by William Averitt.

Track 15, Laudate Dominum by Frank Ferko, was commissioned for the Compline Choir of St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, Washington. The recording was made by the Compline Choir on May 25, 2008 at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Peter Hallock conducting. Further information about the choir may be found at www.complinechoir.org. This track is used with the kind permission of Peter Hallock.

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