World Carols for Choirs (SSA)

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.

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