Jenkins, Karl - The Peacemakers
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Jenkins, Karl - The Peacemakers

Catalogue No: BH12434
Arrangementmixed choir (SATB), optional choir II (high voices) and ensemble
Product FormatSheet Music
Edition TypePiano Reduction
ComposerJenkins, Karl
£17.50
Typically dispatched in 5-7 working days
Pages140
Publication Date20 January 2012
Grade of Difficultyintermediate
ISBN9780851626963 (0851626963)
ISMN9790060124341 (M060124341)
UPC884088667900

The Peacemakers sets words of peace from iconic, world-changing figures such as Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, along with other inspirational quotations of Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, Anne Frank and the Dalai Lama. Also included are religious texts from the Bible, the Qur’an, St Francis of Assisi and Bahá’u’lláh, and the poetry of Shelley, Malory, Terry Waite and Carol Barratt. One line from the Persian mystic poet Rumi sums up the ethos of the work: ‘All religions, all singing one song: Peace be with you’. Scored for soprano solo, SATB chorus, optional SSA chorus, flute, guitar (acoustic, classical or fretless bass), strings & percussion, with optional soprano saxophone, brass, timpani, solo violin and organ/electronic keyboard. English & Latin text, with ‘peace’ in many languages. Performance materials available on hire. Recorded on EMI CD 50999 0 84378 2 2. Duration: 70'

Contents

  1. Contents Preface
  2. Text
  3. Scoring
  4. Performance notes
  5. First recording details
  6. The Peacemakers
  7. Part I Blessed are the peacemakers
  8. Fanfara
  9. Peace, peace!
  10. I offer your peace
  11. Inner peace
  12. Healing Light: a Celtic prayer
  13. Evening Prayer
  14. Intermezzo Solitude (optional
  15. voices tacet)- The Peacemakers
  16. Part II Fiat pax in virtute tua
  17. He had a dream (Elegy for Martin Luther King Jr)
  18. The Dove
  19. The Peace Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
  20. One Song
  21. Let ther be justice for all
  22. Dona nobis pacem
  23. Anthem: Peace, triumphant peace
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