Anthems for SA and Men

ISBN-13: 9780193524170 / Angielski

Opis

for sopranos, altos, and unison men, with piano or organ accompaniment Anthems for SA & Men is the perfect collection for church choirs looking for high-quality, accessible material in three parts. Ideal for performance during Holy Communion, and suitable for use across the Church year, the nine pieces by favourite Oxford composers have been re-scored specially for this collection, with a particular focus on producing practical, singable parts for unison men's voices. The approachable accompaniments, for organ or piano, support the vocal lines throughout.

Recenzje

Outstanding among the nine pieces are the two by Bob Chilcott, originally for upper voices, 'I lift my eyes' (text by Timothy Dudley-Smith) and 'This day'. Sarah Quartel's 'Fill your heart with joy and gladness' is a fixed three-part version of an anthem previously published as a flexi-anthem for between one and four parts and keyboard. Cecilia McDowall's 'Bless to me this day', also rearranged from an upper-voice original, is an imaginative and beautifully detailed setting of a Celtic 'Journey Prayer' that proceeds to an ecstatic climax on 'Bless, O God, and give to me thy love'. Malcolm Archer's rather keyboard-dominated 'Faith, hope, and love remain' and Howard Helvey 'O God, you speak your beauty every hour' complete the set.