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BOOSEY & HAWKESBOOSEY & HAWKESBOOSEY & HAWKESConcerts for ChoirsSeriesBritten, BenjaminBritten OperaChorusesContemporaryChoral SeriesHewitt Jones, ThomasThe Same Flamefor mixed choir and piano‘The Same Flame’ was inspired byPierre de Coubertin’s ideals ofOlympism which gave rise to themodern Olympic and Paralympicvalues: Respect, Excellence,Friendship, Courage, Equality,Determination and Inspiration.These seven values are celebratedin five movements, so four ofthem had to double up – Friendshipwith Equality and Courage withDetermination.ContemporaryChoral SeriesHewitt Jones, ThomasRespectfullyYoursfor mixed choir and piano‘Britten Opera Choruses’ is thelatest addition to the ‘Concerts forChoirs’ series, an innovativeapproach to concert planning forchoirs. Each volume contains awealth of material to help thechoral director assemble aconcert programme with ease.Selected and edited bydistinguished choral director,David Wordsworth, this collectionbrings together for the first timein print, opera choruses from thebest known operas by BenjaminBritten, including: Billy Budd,Peter Grimes, The Rape ofLucretia, Gloriana, A MidsummerNight’s Dream and Albert Herring.Suitable for SATB choirs of mixedabilities, the choruses featureaccessible piano reductions withaccompanying notes provided onthe performance and context ofeach piece.song bookGrade: intermediate to advancedISBN 978-0-85162-773-1BH 12172 £ 9.99 / € 12,99MayYou left yourmark on meNr. 1 from ‘The Same Flame’This movement is essentially asurge of enthusiasm, an outpouringof grateful hyperbole from onewho’s inspired towards one whoinspires. Though mostly homophonic,this quick-moving movementwill offer an element of challengeto a choir – the reward willbe an exciting and engaging pieceof music.choral scoreGrade: intermediateISBN 978-0-85162-800-4BH 12528 £ 3.50 / € 5,50availableNo. 2 from ‘The Same Flame’for mixed choir (SA and men) andpianoA slower and more poignantmovement, ‘Respectfully Yours’takes the form of a letter fromthose who have long been disenfranchisedand excluded – theycould be one of a number ofgroups! – and who, though nowwelcomed into the fold, cannottake acceptance for granted. Thememory of rejection is raw andrecent. With polite reserve underwrittenby passion, they respectfullyreaffirm their claim to be ‘ofthe same flame’.choral scoreGrade: easy to intermediateISBN 978-0-85162-801-1BH 12529 £ 2.99 / € 4,5053Choir