29 carols for SSA accompanied and unaccompanied This upper-voice collection contains original pieces and arrangements from all over the world. In a huge array of styles, there's music here to suit all adult or youth upper-voice choirs. The volume includes carols by popular composers and little-known compositions. Each piece may be sung in its original language or in English, and pronunciation guides are provided for all non-English texts. A helpful introduction includes programme notes for all pieces. Accompaniments for some of the carols are available on hire.
Table of Contents: Mesrob Mashtots: Looys parats (The light of glory) - Armenia - Stephen Leek: An Australian Christmas - Australia - Javier Busto (arr.): Oi Bethleem! (O Bethlehem!) - Basque Country, Spain - Kurt Bikkembergs: Omnes nu laet ons gode loven (Now Let Us All Praise God) - Belgium - Ernani Aguiar: Acalentando Jesus (Sleep, little Saviour) - Brazil - Eleanor Daley (arr.): The Huron Carol - Canada - Gilbert Patenaude (arr.): Notre divin Maitre (Our master, Lord Jesus) - Canada (Quebec) - Juan Tony Guzman (arr.): Cantemos a Maria (Let us sing to Mary) - Dominican Republic - Mart Siimer (arr.): Nuud ole, Jeesus, kiidetud (Now blessed be thou, Christ Jesu) - Estonia - Pekka Kostiainen (arr.): On lapsi syntynyt meille (A Son to us is given) - Finland - Bruno Gousset (arr.): Vieux Noel pour les Tout-petits (Awake, awake!) - France - Karsten Gundermann (arr.): Nikolauslied (St Nicholas Song) - Germany - Miklos Kocsar: Pastoral (Angels Bright) - Hungary - Mist orkelsdottir: Jol (Who lies a-sleeping?) - Iceland - Seamas de Barra: Oigbhean a chanaim (I sing of a maiden) - Ireland - Rikuya Terashima: The Divine Image - Japan - Hyun Chul Lee: Ju nashuhtdah (Jesus is born) - Korea - Selga Mence (arr.): Sudrabina lietins lija (See the silver rain is falling) - Latvia - Jenny McLeod: Indigo I - New Zealand - Christian Onyeji: Amuworo ayi otu nwa (For unto us a child is born) - Nigeria - Ola Gjeilo: Det hev ei rose sprunge (A spotless rose) - Norway - Stanislaw Szczycinski: Tance-lamance w cudownej stajence (Joyous Dances) - Poland - Peter Louis van Dijk: Susa ninna - South Africa - Robert Sund: Ett Nyfott Barn (A Newborn Child) - Sweden - Carl Rutti (arr.): Auf, ihr Hirten, von dem Schlaf (Wake up shepherds from your sleep) - Switzerland - Bob Chilcott (arr.): Sussex Carol - UK - Libby Larsen (arr.): Jesus, Jesus, rest your head - USA - Rosephanye Powell: Who is the baby? - USA - Alberto Grau: Ananay, nanay (Christmas Carol) - Venezuela
