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SCHOTTSchneider, EnjottDa pacem,Domine – Verleihuns Friedenfor mixed choir (SATB) a cappellaThis work with its calmly pleadingcharacter lives on the contrastbetween the freely metric, virtuallyGregorian passages and the stricttime-beating sections. It isespecially in the ‘Da pacem’ callwritten in triplets that pressing,accelerating crescendos arisewhich can also be led into theforte excessively. The concludingLatin ‘Da pacem’ should then besung in a deliberately introvertedmanner.choral score (Ger./Lat.)Grade: advanceISMN 979-0-001-19284-2C 55511 £ 1.99 / € 2,50MaySCHOTTChoral Music ofOur TimeBryars, GavinPsalm 141for mixed choir a cappella (2012)Gavin Bryars has written prolificallyfor choirs of all abilities in arange of styles, from his sombre‘Cadman Requiem’ to his upliftingsong, ‘The Open Road’, written forand performed by 300 people whohad experienced homelessness.Bryars’ fourth psalm setting,Psalm 141, is a beautiful and languidsetting of the King JamesBible translation, written shortlyafter the four hundredth anniversaryof the 1611 publication. Thework is scored for a cappellamixed choir with some divisi andwas first performed by Ars NovaCopenhagen. In using the Englishversion of the text, Bryars strivesto make the words clear and highlighttheir poetic beauty, makingthis an ideal setting for liturgicaluse as well as concert performancefor any size choir.choral scoreGrade: intermediateISMN 979-0-2201-3368-8ED 13498 £ 3.99 / € 4,99availableBOOSEY & HAWKESContemporary ChoralSeriesDavies, HywelHey! now, now,nowAnonymous 15 th centuryfor mixed choir (SSATTBB)a cappellaThis carol, written for the choir‘Canticum’, is an upbeat setting ofa rarely-used 15 th -century Englishtext, and would be an exciting newaddition to any mixed-voice choir’sChristmas repertoire.A ‘sung-whisper’ repeating phrasein the basses through most of thecarol adds an air of mystery andmomentum as the text, which usessome early English language,describes the coming of Jesus.choral scoreGrade: intermediateISBN 978-0-85162-805-9BH 12533 £ 2.99 / € 4,50available49Choir