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62ChoirSCHOTTChoral Musicof Our TimeBryars, GavinEdwin MorganSonnetsfor male choir (2006-2008)The works in these three volumesfor eight-part male choir are settingsof sonnets by late ScottishPoet Laureate, Edwin Morgan(1920-2010). An admirer ofMorgan’s virtuosic poetry, Bryarswrote Silva Caledonia for theEstonian National Men’s Choir in2006, eventually adding sevenmore settings, including twoderived from his Piano Concerto.A great collection for any ambitiousmale choir.choral scoresGrade: intermediateVol. 1ISMN 979-0-2201-3357-2ED 13346-01£ 4.99 / € 5,99Vol. 2ISMN 979-0-2201-3316-9ED 13346-02£ 4.99 / € 5,99Vol. 3ISMN 979-0-2201-3317-6ED 13346-03£ 3.99 / € 4,99availableSCHOTTSchronen,Alwin MichaelLight & Lovefor men’s choir (TTBB) a cappella(2012)In this sonorous and colourfulcomposition for male choir, commissionedfor the award-winningmale-voice choir of ChorknabenUetersen who recorded the pieceon CD under the direction ofHans-Joachim Lustig (productnumber RPO6075 on the label‘Rondeau’), Alwin M. Schronenpaints a tonal picture of the poemby Charles Anthony Silvestri.Listen to shades of light, shiningstars, explosions … and … love!choral scoreGrade: difficultISMN 979-0-001-19271-2C 55505 £ 2.99 / € 3,50MarchSCHOTTGroße-Schware,HermannAn den Mond –To the MoonWerbetext folgtfor men's choir (TTTBBB)a cappellaThis musical setting of a Germanpoem by an unknown poet(English translation by LindaGodry) too has won second prizeat the prestigious compositioncompetition of the ChorVerbandNRW in 2012, as has the musicalsetting of the same text for femalechoir by Alwin M. Schronen(product number C55504).In a mostly syllabic setting, thecomposer takes up the images ofthe poem and expresses themthrough musical means. As aresult, the listener hears thedense and deeply felt devotion ofthe singing self to the oneopposite to him, the –unattainable – moon.choral scoreISMN 979-0-001-19294-1C 55552 £ 2.99 / € 2,99March