Plus New Choral settings of Traditional Carol texts
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The Christmas Carol ‘In Dulce Jubilo’ dates back to the Middle Ages. J M Neale, a Cambridge scholar, translated it into English in the mid 19th Century’. ‘Jesus Christ is born to Save’ is the line that rings out from this carol of rejoicing.
This new setting by Michael Brand has an uplifting Gospel feel which matches the spirit of the text and provides solo opportunities too.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Christmas Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Words | Trans. J M Neale |
| Composer | Michael Brand |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90006 |
| Price | £1.95 |
| Duration | 4.10 |
from ‘King & Country’
For your King and your Country, both needs you so’ says the lyric of the popular British First World War recruiting song. As we now know, the reality of life in the trenches was wholly different from the razzmatazz of the recruitment campaign.
This is one of the three different selections of songs featured in Bramwell and Brand’s musical ‘King & Country’ which received its premiere performance in Brighton, England in 2014. The show dramatically portrays what it was like for the men who fought in WW1… what was it like for those who came back blinded or shellshocked… and for the families of those who did not return. This arrangement features ‘They Fought for King & Country’ and the poignant ‘Let us Celebrate Those who Live and Die’. The audio demonstration excerpt includes names from the impressive WW1 Commemoration panel in the Brighton Unitarian Church, but performances can use names from local memorials as a moving commemoration of war.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Musicals and Stage Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Lyrics | Jane Bramwell |
| Composer | Michael Brand |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90002 |
| Price | £1.95 |
| Duration | 5.10 |
from ‘CLD – The Real Lewis Carroll’
This setting comes from the musical ‘CLD – The Real Lewis Carroll’ – CLD being Charles Lutwidge Dodgson – who published under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. The show received 4 star reviews for its Oxford production, and uses the Alice books and characters to tell the tragic story and consequences of Dodgson’s love for Lorina Liddell, wife of the Dean of Christ Church College, who was Alice’s mother in real life.
Dodgson was in the habit of placing a white stone in a glass jar to mark important occasions in his life. He sings this song as a solo after he has fallen in love with Lorina and in the show it returns as this SATB setting.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Musicals and Stage Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB |
| Lyrics | Lewis Carroll |
| Composer | Michael Brand/Jane Bramwell |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90005 |
| Price | £1.45 |
| Duration | 2.00 |
Phillips Brooks was born in Boston, USA and spent his life there as a Christian Minister. His carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, was written for his Sunday School in 1868.
Michael Brand’s new setting imagines the sleeping town in a lullaby. Opening solos lead to more with choral backing followed by a four part canon and ends with a tutti soprano descent against the reiterated unison tune.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Christmas Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Words | Phillips Brooks |
| Composer | Michael Brand |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90007 |
| Price | £1.75 |
| Duration | 3.15 |
Cecil Frances Alexander was born in Dublin and her husband was an Anglican bishop who she accompanied throughout his Irish travels. She wrote over 400 hymns, her most famous collection, Hymns for Little Children, was published in 1848 and it was here that “Once in Royal David’s City” first appeared. The city, of course, is Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus and of His ancestor King David. Michael Brand’s new setting is a call and response with a gospel style chorus.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Christmas Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Words | Cecil Frances Alexander |
| Composer | Michael Brand |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90008 |
| Price | £1.75 |
from ‘King & Country’
This is one of three different selections of songs featured in Bramwell and Brand’s musical ‘King & Country’ which received its premiere performances in Brighton, England in 2014.
The show dramatically portrays what it was like for the men who fought in WW1… what was it like for those who came back blinded or shellshocked… and for the families of those who did not return. One of the important themes of the show is how it was always the men who made the choices but often the women who faced the consequences.
This arrangement features ‘Only Men go to War’ and ‘We send our men to fight for our Country’.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Musicals and Stage Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Lyrics | Jane Bramwell |
| Composer | Michael Brand |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90003 |
| Price | £1.95 |
| Duration | 4.00 |
from ‘King & Country’
This is one of three different selections of songs featured in Bramwell and Brand’s musical ‘King & Country’ which received its premiere performances in Brighton, England in 2014. The show dramatically portrays what it was like for the men who fought in WW1… what was it like for those who came back blinded or shellshocked… and for the families of those who did not return.
Choice is recurring theme of the show: men choosing to fight or not, women who have little choice, and the choice for Christian men. In the end members of the audience must make their own choice. ‘Only War will Win’ is a featured song with a powerful message in the last Act which gives us time to reflect.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
| Series | Musicals and Stage Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Lyrics | Jane Bramwell |
| Composer | Michael Brand |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90001 |
| Price | £1.95 |
| Duration | 5.10 |
from ‘CLD – The Real Lewis Carroll’
Lewis Carroll wrote many musical verses in his ‘Alice’ books. Some were parodies on well known songs of the day. Alice meets the Mock Turtle in Wonderland and here he describes the Quadrille danced by various sea creatures, including lobsters, whitings, snails and turtles.
This setting comes from the musical ‘CLD – The Real Lewis Carroll’ – CLD being Charles Lutwidge Dodgson – who published under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. The show received 4 star reviews for its Oxford production, and uses the Alice books and characters to tell the tragic story and consequences of Dodgson’s love for Lorina Liddell, wife of the Dean of Christ Church College, who was Alice’s mother in real life.
Audio
Piano rehearsal track
Backing track
| Series | Musicals and Stage Series |
|---|---|
| Voicing | SATB/Piano |
| Lyrics | Lewis Carroll |
| Composer | Michael Brand/Jane Bramwell |
| OMTP cat no. | RS90004 |
| Price | £1.75 |
| Duration | 3.10 |