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New music for choirs from Oxford University Press
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Recent New secular choral works music<br />
Alan Bullard<br />
Images of Peace<br />
Images of Peace resulted from a request for a work that would encourage peace and understanding<br />
while not focussing on any particular creed or belief, and Alan Bullard approached this concept by<br />
choosing texts from a range of sources, including the English metaphysical and pastoral traditions, and<br />
the Taoist, Jewish, and Christian traditions. The set of five songs are designed as a symphonic whole, with<br />
the first and last (‘Sweet Peace’ and ‘Bread of Peace’) partly sharing the same material, book-ending<br />
three contrasting movements, a lively scherzo (‘Rainbow of Peace’), an expressive slow movement<br />
(‘Peace in the World’), and an elegant allegretto (‘Doves of Peace’).<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
14 mins, Easy–Moderately Difficult<br />
978-0-19-352465-1 | Published December 2018<br />
Cecilia McDowall<br />
Da Vinci Requiem<br />
This significant work presents an imaginative pairing of the Latin Requiem text and extracts from the<br />
Leonardo da Vinci notebooks. Da Vinci’s reflective and penetrating insights into the nature of mortality<br />
and all that it encompasses cast new light on the familiar Latin Mass, and McDowall contrasts solo and<br />
chorus movements for effective dramatization. Dark, sonorous writing contrasts with an energetic<br />
Sanctus, and a luminous Lux aeterna brings the work to a hopeful close.<br />
Soprano and baritone soloists, SATB, and orchestra<br />
35 mins, Moderately Difficult<br />
978-0-19-351902-2 | Publishing May 2019<br />
Vaughan Williams, arr. Paul Drayton<br />
The Lark Ascending<br />
SECULAR<br />
SATB and violin<br />
2<br />
This innovative choral arrangement of The Lark Ascending incorporates the original solo violin part with<br />
an accompaniment by mixed choir. It combines wordless vocal lines and vocal solos, with a sensitive<br />
setting of George Meredith’s poem (on which the original orchestration is based), carefully preserving<br />
the texture and timeless effect of the original. Commissioned and premiered by the Swedish Chamber<br />
Choir, the work has also been recorded by the choir under the direction of Simon Phipps.<br />
The Lark Ascending<br />
Vaughan Williams<br />
arr. Paul Drayton<br />
Violin and SATB<br />
15 mins, Easy–Moderately Difficult<br />
978-0-19-352820-8 | Publishing February 2019<br />
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