Boosey & Hawkes

Autumn Wind, a haiku of Issa (1763-1827) and translated by Peter Beilenson in Haiku Harvest published by Peter Pauper Press, heralds the ominous onset of the perils of cold windy nights signalling pos...

The main body of this work consists of an extended invocation in the style of a polychoral motet, based on an anonymous Latin text, and ending with a plea for peace. This is preceded by a briefer intr...

In this passage, God envisions a reconciliation, in which God the groom provides the bride-piece of “righteousness and justice” in reaffirming the “marraige,” so that Israel mi...

Battant Son Plein is French slang, literally “hitting his fill,” the equivalent of the English “in full swing.” Written for Scala, a children's choir from Bruxelles, the title...

Glettur is an Icelandic word that means “happiness,” but with a strong teasing edge. Somebody who is glettin will have a warm heart, but watch out for the garlic gym and the dribble glass....

No more heroic example of female mentorship can be found than in the experience of immigrant mothers, caught between two worlds and anxious that their daughters benefit from opportunities in the new c...

Little Bear is one of the 54, 14,000-foot mountains in Colorado, the state where Ebel-Sabo was raised on a cattle ranch high in the Rocky Mountains. Every year, some hiker-climber is killed on this mo...

This short text is exceptional in sentiment and construction. It speaks of all that is embodied in youth - a life that resonates with meaning and purpose, fullness, enchantment and magic. The wistfuln...

Firefly Song attempts to capture the essence of the winking and ever-transforming miniature starscape of the Ojibway text. Points of instrumental and vocal color (in the form of trills, triadic sonori...

In keeping with Sister Rosetta Tharpe's stylistic blend, this arrangement has a funky doo-wop flavored middle section that reminds us just how many different rock styles go back to the gospel source.

Camino, Caminante draws on several Afro-Cuban and Latino influences without emulating a specific sty;e. Much use is made of hemiolas, not only because they are such a part of the Afro-Latino heritage,...

This intriguing pieces, based in the southern Asian tradition of the Tamil people, can be performed by either Treble or Mixed Voices