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RSCM Carols for Sopranos, Altos, and Unison Lower Voices

42 carols for Advent and Christmas, written during lockdown, selected and edited by David Ogden, with rehearsal and back tracks available on demand

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RSCM Carols for Sopranos, Altos, and Unison Lower Voices

42 carols for Advent and Christmas, written during lockdown, selected and edited by David Ogden, with rehearsal and back tracks available on demand

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£17.65

Publisher: RSCM Press
ISBN: 9780854023011
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 15/09/2020

Choirs love Christmas. The pleasure of revisiting the familiar and exploring the new is something singers enjoy year after year. This superb new collection of 42 carols by 26 composers has been specially compiled to appeal to church and school choirs of all kinds. Written during lockdown, choirs and those who listen to them will love the 30 new carols in a wide range of tempos and styles (from plainsong to funk), as well as twelve arrangements of well-known favourites. At least six of the settings can be sung unaccompanied, for the more reflective moments as well as the allimportant impromptu carol singing.

The best-selling first volume of RSCM Anthems for SAMen, published in 2018, continues to give choirs plenty to get their teeth into with many pieces that can be learned quickly and performed over and over again. This book continues that spirit – 3 part settings that are straightforward but innovative, pleasing to sing, have inspiring texts, and are flexible enough so they can be sung by choirs of all shapes and sizes. The accompaniment parts are not complicated and can be played on an organ or piano. These wonderful carol settings will form part of your carol services for years to come.

 

CONTENTS

Seasonal and Thematic Index v

Introduction viii

1 Advent Responsory Sarah Macdonald 1

2 All my heart this night rejoices Philip Wilby 6

3 And Jesus was his name Thomas Hewitt Jones 12

4 The Angel Gabriel Esther Bersweden 17

5 Away in a manger Toby Young 25

6 A babe is born all of a may Amy Summers 31

7 Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light Ghislaine Reece-Trapp 37

8 Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella Alexander Campkin 43

9 Carol of the crib Joanna Forbes L’Estrange 46

10 Child in a stable Philip Moore 53

11 Christ is come David Ogden 58

12 Christmas lullaby Thomas Hewitt Jones 60

13 Come to Bethlem Meirion Wynn Jones 67

14 Coventry Carol David Ogden 73

15 Dans cette étable Piers Maxim 77

16 A day of glory! David Ogden 82

17 Dost thou in a manger lie Richard Shephard 90

18 Eastern monarchs, sages three Ian Carpenter 94

19 The first tree in the greenwood Alexander L’Estrange 104

20 Gaudete Barbara Rusbridge 115

21 Have we a place? Meirion Wynn Jones 120

22 The Holly and the Ivy David Ogden 124

23 Holy Child, how still you lie David Halls 132

24 I wonder as I wander Timothy Noon 139

25 Infant holy Philip Moore 143

26 The Infant King (Sing lullaby) Sarah Macdonald 148

27 The Infant King (Sing lullaby) Timothy Noon 152

28 Isaiah’s Prophecy Alexander L’Estrange 157

29 Lift your heart David Halls 169

30 Love came down at Christmas David Ogden 174

31 Lullaby of Jesus Grayston Ives 178

32 Noël Nouvelet Geoff Weaver 184

33 On Christmas Day in the morning Gareth Treseder 191

34 Rejoice and be merry Timothy Parsons 198

35 See, to us a child is born Piers Maxim 205

36 Shepherds are kneeling Peter Nardone 209

37 Shepherds! Awaken from your sleep Ian Carpenter 214

38 Silent Night Amy Summers 216

39 Song of the shepherds Joanna Forbes L’Estrange 222

40 Sweet was the song the Virgin sang Stuart Beer 233

41 There is no Rose of such virtue Huw Morgan 240

42 When God at first created man Geoff Weaver 247

Composer biographies 256

David Ogden

David Ogden(b.1966) is a professional conductor and composer based in Bristol. He conducts Exultate Singers, City of Bristol Choir, workplace choirs at Royal Mail, Airbus, Arval and Sawday Publishing, and in his post of Head of the Bristol Choral Centre, he conducts the 120 strong Bristol Youth Choirs in association with Bristol Music Trust.

He is Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol where he trains and directs four choirs of young people and adults as part of the church’s active music programme.

David Ogden (editor)