Composed by Mark Portis, Greg Piken, and G.F. Handel
Arranged by Edwin M. Willmington
Heaven and Nature Sing! offers a familiar Christmas text, with a new fluid, reflective tune. As the arrangement builds, there is a unique option for the audience to join the choir in a celebrative verse of Joy to the World. A string and percussion orchestration is available to …
Jubilate! is a unique fusion of ancient texts and a palette of 21st century sounds. This merging of words and music surrounds the listener with a simultaneous sense of tradition while being very much in a modern world.
With the angelic refrain of “Gloria in excelsis!” returning throughout, this piece includes the familiar Christmas text, “Angels, from the Realms of Glory” set to a newly composed melody and optional congregational participation with a newly set text to the familiar melody of “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” The rhythmic vitality of the “Gloria” refrain …
THE HALLEL (Psalms of Praise and Thanksgiving) is a medium length work from well-known composer, Lloyd Larson. THE HALLEL refers to six Psalms, Psalms 113-118, which in the Jewish tradition is one continuous prayer, a prayer used during certain Jewish Holy Days. Larson has set the text using several engaging musical styles in a multi-movement work, …