Winter 2006 NEW ISSUE
SACRED CHORAL - Mixed Chorus and Organ
KEVIN SIEGFRIED [b. 1969]: The Spirit of the Lord 
• SATB & Organ • #6335 • $2.05 • c. 5:00
Composed to words from Isaiah 61 and Luke 4 as adapted by the composer, this uplifting anthem was written for the Investiture of the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson as the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire . It was first performed at St. Paul 's Episcopal Church, Concord, New Hampshire, on March 7, 2004, by the combined choirs of St. John's Church, Portsmouth and St. Paul 's Church, Concord.
USE: general
• moderately easy
• church use only
JON ZEHNAL [b. 1962]: Let your heart keep my commandments
• SATB & Organ • #6394 • $1.75 • c. 3:45
The Properties of Wisdom
• SATB & Organ • #6396 • $1.75 • c. 2:45
Jon Zehnal is new to ECS Publishing. Set to words from Proverbs 3 and James 3, respectively, these two expressive anthems provide an excellent introduction to the music of this talented composer.
USE: general
• moderately easy
• church use only
RONALD ARNATT [b. 1930]: Creator Spirit
• SATB & Organ • #6042 • $1.75 • c. 3:00
Creator Spirit, by whose aid
the world's foundations first were laid,
come, visit every humble mind;
come, pour thy joys on humankind;
from sin and sorrow set us free,
and make thy temples worthy thee.
Composed to words by John Dryden (1631-1700), this tuneful, easy-to-perform anthem was written for the ordination to the priesthood of Susan Esco Chandler, June 8, 2002.
USE: general
• moderately easy
• church use only
FRANK FERKO [b. 1950]: Psalm 96
• SATB (divisi) , Treble & Organ • #6340 • $3.10 • c. 9:10
"Psalm 96 was composed in celebration of 25 years of service by Nancy Lancaster, Coordinator of Music and Organist, and Thomas Lancaster, Choirmaster, at The House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota . The text of Psalm 96 was used in its entirety as it appears in the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. The exclamations of 'Alleluia' which appear in two places in this setting were interpolated by the composer. The music was composed in one movement comprised of several sections to accommodate the sectional nature of the text. Each section is based on its own thematic material and is then connected to the next section without a break."
"Toccata on 'Psalm 96' for organ solo (Catalog No. 6341 (also included in this new issue) was composed for the same occasion as the choral setting of this psalm. The organ work is based on thematic ideas taken from the choral work, and it was originally intended to be performed as a companion work to the choral setting. It is recommended that these two works be performed together as a set, but of course, the two works may also be performed independently of each other." -Frank Ferko
USE: general
• moderately difficult
• accomplished church choirs
SACRED CHORAL - Mixed Chorus and optional Keyboard
DANIEL PINKHAM [b. 1923]: For Behold, I Create New Heavens
• SATB & opt. Kbd. • #5744 • $1.75 • c. 2:00
Set to words from Isaiah 17 and 18 plus an Alleluia, this rousing anthem was composed for Wendell S. Purington and the Seacoast Community Chorus on the occasion of its 30 th anniversary.
USE: general use in church; concerts
• moderately difficult
• skilled church, college, community, professional choruses
SACRED CHORAL - Mixed Chorus unaccompanied
DAVID ASHLEY WHITE [b. 1944]: O taste, and see
• S Solo, SATB • #6392 • $1.45 • c. 2:30
"O Taste and See was commissioned by Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas, and is dedicated to its choir's co-directors, Brady and Courtney Knapp, and the choir. The work was composed to fulfill two purposes: to help celebrate the 75 th anniversary of the parish and to be sung during the choir's summer 2004 residencies at Chelmsford and Ely Cathedrals in East Anglia."
"I chose the text in collaboration with Brady Knapp, first thinking it almost unapproachable because of its association with the Vaughan Williams motet. At first, I planned to use more of Psalm 34, but finally elected only to use verse 8." -David Ashley White
USE: communion anthem or general use in church; concerts
• moderately easy
• church, school, community, professional choruses
LEO NESTOR [b. 1948]: Soli Deo Gloria!
• SATB (divisi) • #6400 • $2.05 • c. 4:00
"Soli Deo Gloria and S.D.G.., the last of the five solas of the Reformation, though encountered with regularity in the oeuvres of many baroque composers, appear with constancy in the Bach manuscripts and became known as 'the Bach motto' to musicians of later generations. Although similar passages occur in the Vulgate Latin of both Romans 16:27 and Jude 1:25, I Corinthians 10:31 is the source employed for this work: 'Whatever you do... do for the glory of God! ' The reference earlier in the chapter ( 10:16 ) to 'the cup of blessing which we bless' findsconnectivity in the verses of Psalm 116, in which the psalmist asks 'How can I repay the Lord for his goodness to me? The cup of salvation I will raise; I will call on the Lord's name.' The text as assembled by the Rev. Dr. Godfrey Mosley will sing well as a motet of power, an anthem of thanksgiving, a paean to the glory of God in its fullest Reformation understanding." -Leo Nestor
USE: general use in churches; concerts
• moderately difficult
• accomplished church, college, community, professional choruses
THOMAS BOLD [b. 1952]: La Corona
• SATB • #6330 • $5.10 • c. 11:00
La Coronan (pg. 5)
Nativitie (pg. 9) (pg. 1)
Annunciatio
Temple
Crucifying (pg. 17)
Resurrection (pg. 21)
Ascention (pg. 25)
Thomas Bold is new to ECS Publishing. La Corona was originally scored down a minor third for Chanticleer (a vocal ensemble of twelve male voices SATB). It was written while on tour in Western Europe in the summer of 2000. This set of seven works provides anthems under one cover composed to powerful words by John Donne for the entire church year. It is a superb introduction to the music of this able composer.
USE: the church year; services and concerts
• moderately easy
• church, college, community, professional choruses
MARK ZUCKERMAN YIDDISH CHORAL SERIES
This new issue brings the first installment of the MARK ZUCKERMAN YIDDISH CHORAL SERIES. Mark Zuckerman has served on the music faculties at Princeton and Columbia Universities. His work is recorded on Centaur Records, Phoenix USA , Living Artists, CRI, DGK Records, and YIVO.
Zuckerman's choral music has been performed and recorded by, among others, the Gregg Smith Singers, Chicago a cappella, and the Goldene Keyt Singers. His collection of Yiddish choral arrangements has been performed internationally by choruses in Toronto, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, and Istanbul as well as the United States. Mark Zuckerman received a 2004 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
The front matter to each edition in the series contains a Yiddish-English transliteration guide, an IPA transliteration guide, the text printed in the original Yiddish language, program notes and biographies of the poet and Mark Zuckerman. The lyrics appear only in Yiddish; no English singing translation is supplied in the music. The teaching aids in the front matter and the similarities between the German and Yiddish languages will make the task of teaching the singers the correct Yiddish pronunciation a straightforward process.
MARK ZUCKERMAN, arr. [b. 1948]: Akhtsik er un zibitsik zi
• SATB • #6187 • $1.75 • c. 1:50
Tum balalayke
• SATB • #6191 • $1.75 • c. 2:00
"Akhtsik er un zibitsik zi [Eighty, he, and seventy, she] was originally titled Di bobe un der zeyde (The Grandmother and Grandfather). Like Warshawsky's Afn pripetshik , which was originally titled Der alef-beyz , it became known by its memorable lines rather than its given title."
"Tum balalayke follows the pattern of the classic riddle song, where a young man poses a series of riddles as a test for a young woman he is considering as a wife. (The girl, of course, finds them no challenge and thus demonstrates her cleverness). Many different versions of this song exist, some of them with political overtones." -Mark Zuckerman
USE: concerts
• moderately easy
• high school, college, community, professional choruses
ROBERT APPLEBAUM [b. 1941]: Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
• SATB • #6362 • $1.75 • c. 2:55
"This setting, composed in November 2003, is dedicated to the memory of my
daughter, Carolyn Applebaum. Carolyn was a gifted drama teacher who loved the works of Shakespeare. She died suddenly of heart failure on October 29, 2003 at the age of 28. This sonnet was read at her funeral." -Robert Applebaum
USE: concerts
• moderately easy
• high school, college, community, professional choruses
GWYNETH WALKER [b. 1947]: If Ever Two Were One
• SATB (divisi) • #6227 • $2.05 • c. 3:15
"The lyrics for this song are taken from two poems of Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672): To My Dear and Loving Husband and A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment. The first poem is a simple testament of loving devotion, while the second (a fragment of which is interspersed into the song text) portrays the pain ofseparation/distance, and the joy of reunion." -Gwyneth Walker
USE: concerts
• moderately easy
• high school, college, community, professional choruses
SECULAR CHORAL - Treble Chorus Unaccompanied
ROBERT KYR [b. 1952]: Three Hopes for the Future
1. May All Living Things Know Peace
• SSA • #6260 • $1.75 • c. 2:52
2. Hold onto Peace
• SSA • #6261 • $1.75 • c. 2:38
3. Peace is a Song
• SSA • #6262 • $2.05 • c. 2:36
The text is based on written responses from members of the Youth Choruses of the Oregon Repertory Singers to the question, "What is your greatest hope for the future?" The responses were written following a dialogue with the composer about the events of September 11, 2001. The second and third pieces also include international words of peace sung in many different languages.
USE: concerts
• moderately easy
• middle or high school, college, community, professional choruses
SECULAR CHORAL - Treble Chorus and Piano
MARK SIRETT, arr. [b. 1952]: The Spinning Wheel
• SSA & Piano • #6416 • $2.50 • c. 4:35
Mark Sirett is new to ECS Publishing. This arrangement of a traditional Irish melody is a setting of words by the poet, John Francis Waller (1810-1894). Waller was born in Limerick, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He later studied law in London, England. Waller made frequent poetic contributions under the pseudonym of Jonathan Freke Slingby to various literary magazines of the day, especially the Dublin University Magazine. He later became editor of this magazine, as well as editor one of the most popular novels of the day, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. One of Waller's best known poems, and one still remembered today, is The Spinning Wheel.
USE: concerts
• moderately easy
• high school, college, community, professional choruses
SECULAR CHORAL - Men's Chorus and Piano
JOHN DAVID EARNEST [b. 1940]: Postcards from Frank
• TB & Piano • #5167 • $2.50 • c. 5:00
Hydra, Greece, August 1986 (pg. 1)
Hydra, Greece, August 1995 (pg. 4)
Jaipur, India, March 1987 (pg. 6)
"Each year for a decade my dear friend Frank rented a small house on the Greek island of Hydra for the month of August, hence the two postcards from that beautiful Saronic island. Frank is a producer-director of video films and in 1987 he was working on a documentary about traveling in India at the invitation of the Indian government, so the last postcard in this set is a brief recounting of his experiences there." - John David Earnest
USE: concerts
• moderately difficult
• accomplished college, community, professional choruses
SECULAR CHORAL - Mixed Chorus and Piano
GWYNETH WALKER [b. 1947]: The Dreamers of Dreams
• SATB & Piano • #6291 • $2.50 • c. 4:00
"The text for The Dreamers of Dreams is an abbreviated and adapted version of the Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844-1881). The principal message of this piece is that we 'music makers' are 'dreamers of dreams.' We live a life apart from the rest of the world. 'We live a life of song.' This may be a lonely life. 'We... sit by desolate streams.' But, it is also a life of beauty, imagination and strength." -Gwyneth Walker
USE: concerts
• moderately easy
• high school, college, community, professional choruses
JOHN DAVID EARNEST [b. 1940]: Crickets and Commas (Five Haiku)
• SATB & Piano • #6155 • $2.05 • c. 3:30
Comma (pg. 1)
Tumbleweed (pg. 3)
Lightening (pg. 5)
Crickets (pg. 7)
Preposition (pg. 9)
"When touched by his muse, the poet adds a comma and then takes it out."
"In dry summer wind, a tumbleweed lifted up and danced in the sun."
"Even in the dark, when the lightning breaks the night, the sky is pale blue."
"On warm summer nights I listen to crickets sing their love songs to God."
"A preposition is something you must never end a sentence with."
Text © by Robert Bode. Used by permission.
USE: concerts
• moderately difficult
• skilled college, community, professional choruses
VOCAL MUSIC - Voice and Piano
JOHN DAVID EARNEST [b. 1940]: Postcards from Frank
• Medium Voice & Piano • #6131 • $10.00 • c. 5:00
Crickets and Commas (Five Haiku)
• Voice & Piano • #6133 • $7.50 • c. 3:30
In Tomorrow's Fields
• Voice & Piano • #6132 • $15.00 • c. 5:00
1. Invocation
2. Passing
3. Night: Scherzo
4. Hymn
For information on the first and second sets, please see the two listings above for the choral versions.
Like the second set, the third set features settings of poems by Robert Bode, but the poetry in this set is decidedly more introspective.
USE: recitals, auditions
• moderately difficult
KEYBOARD MUSIC - Organ Solo
FRANK FERKO [b. 1950]: Variations on "Psalm 96"
• Organ Solo • #6341 • $10.00 • c. 5:14
Please see the listing above for Psalm 96 in the choral section.
USE: services, recitals, auditions
• difficult
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC - Now Available
A Study Score for Music by Robert Ward
Dialogues, a Triple Concerto (#7.0497, $52.00, c. 18:30 )
Composer's Engraved Facsimile Edition
Robert Ward (b. 1917) received the 1962 Pulitzer Prize in Music and the New York Music Critic's Citation for his opera The Crucible. He has received many commissions for his works, which have been performed by the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, Central City Opera, Charlotte Opera and the Greater Miami Opera, among others.
His body of work includes seven operas, large and small choral works and diverse chamber music. Ward has conducted his own works with many orchestras throughout the world. A member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, he has held three Guggenheim fellowships and received grants from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Among Ward's many awards are the North Carolina Award in Fine Arts, the Eastman School Achievement Award and the Cleveland Arts Prize. He continues to lecture at colleges and universities throughout the United States .
Instrumentation for Dialogues, a Triple Concerto
2 Flutes (II doubles Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in B b , 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 1 Percussion (Snare Drum, Glockenspiel, Xylophone and Suspended Cymbal), Timpani, Solo Violin, Solo Cello, Solo Piano, Strings
An orchestral reduction for rehearsal of Dialogues, a Triple Concerto is also available. (Catalog No. 7.0506, $20.00).
The Conductor's score and parts are available on rental.
RECORDING CREDITS - The Philovox Ensemble
Let your heart keep my commandments, The Properties of Wisdom, Creator Spirit, For Behold, I Create New Heavens. Tum balalayke, and Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day were recorded on September 20-21, 2005 at Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill , MA by the Philovox Ensemble directed by Jennifer Lester. The organist was Heinrich Christensen (Let your heart keep my commandments, The Properties of Wisdom, Creator Spirit). The members of the Philovox Ensemble were sopranos Rebekah Alexander, Sara Ofner and Yulia Van Doren, altos Carolann Buff, Carrie Cheron and Kristen Vienneau, tenors Craig Hanson, Sterling Lambert and Steven Soph and basses Glenn Billingsley, Thomas Bold, Elliott Gyger and Tim Macri.
Psalm 96, Soli Deo Gloria!, Hydra, Greece, August 1986; Hydra, Greece, 1995; and Jaipur, India, March 1987 were recorded on January 18, 2006 at St. Paul 's Church in Brookline , MA and on January 22, 2006 at Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA by the Philovox Ensemble directed by Jennifer Lester. The instrumentalists were Heinrich Christensen, organ and Michael Monroe, piano. The members of the Philovox Ensemble were sopranos Emily Browder, Elizabeth Canterbury and Jayne Tankersley, altos Carrie Cheron, Thea Lobo and Kristin Vienneau, tenors Bradford Gleim, Craig Hanson and Steven Soph and basses Glenn Billingsley, Thomas Bold, Jacob A. Cooper and Sumner Thompson.
The producer was Robert Schuneman and the recording engineer was Antonio Oliart Ros; editing and mastering was by Robert Schuneman, Arsis Audio, Boston, MA.
The six movements from La Corona by Thomas Bold, were recorded on February 20, 2005 at Mission Church, Boston, by The Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, Conductor. The recording engineer was Tony DiBartolo. Editing and mastering was by Robert Schuneman, Arsis Audio, Boston, MA. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Jennifer Lester.
Crickets and Commas by John David Earnest, were recorded by The Whitman College Chorale, Robert Bode, Conductor. The pianist was Lee Thompson. These tracks are used with the kind permission of Robert Bode.
Two movements from Three Hopes for the Future by Robert Kyr, were recorded by the Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Chorus, Mia Hall Savage, Conductor. These tracks are used with the kind permission of Robert Kyr.
The Spinning Wheel arranged by Mark Sirett, was recorded at the Sydenham Street United Church, Kingston, Ontario, by the Cantabile Choirs of Kingston, Ontario, Mark Sirett, Director. The pianist was Kim Duca. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Mark Sirett.
The Dreamers of Dreams by Gwyneth Walker, was recorded on October 31, 2003 at Pruis Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, IN , by the massed choirs of the Ball State University School of Music, Jeffrey Richard Carter, Conductor. The pianist was Bogdan Minut. The recording engineer was Jeff Nellans. This track is used with the kind permission of Jeffrey Richard Carter.
If Ever Two Were One by Gwyneth Walker, was recorded on April 7, 2005 at Doermann Theater, University Hall, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, by The University of Toledo Concert Chorale, Stephen Hodge, Director. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Stephen Hodge.
O taste and see by David Ashley White, was recorded in May, 2005 at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Houston, TX , by the Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church Adult Choir, A. Courtney Daniell-Knapp and Brady Knapp, Co-Directors. The recording engineer was John Gladney Proffitt. This track is used with the kind permission of Brady Knapp. |
