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source for New Traditions in Church Music
We invite you to explore our publications,
recordings and opportunities for commissions, hymn festivals and choir
workshops, as detailed on this website. We are here to serve church
musicians, choirs, congregations, organists, and all who love the
music of worship. Please contact
us.
:Advent Press is pleased
to announce our newest publication, now available for shipping:
AND I LOOK FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
an Easter Anthem for SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ
Text by Christina Rossetti
Music by Richard Webster
This new work was commissioned by Church of the Nativity, Huntsville,
Alabama and was premiered there and at Trinity Church, Copley Square,
Boston on Easter 2009. Writes Suzanne Purtee, Organist and Choirmaster
at Nativity:
"This new anthem reflects Webster's exceptional ability to weave music
and text into a synergetic whole. Every gesture, both formal and
harmonic, serves to illustrate the luminous poetry of Christina
Rossetti and the resurrection statement from the Nicene Creed. The
ancient Easter sequence hymn Victimae Paschali laudes resounds
as the consummate concluding accompaniment. Webster has composed a
piece of depth and imagination."
Following the anthem's Alabama premiere, choir members and
instrumentalists wrote:
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"Thank you for something so extremely lovely. It was well worth the
challenge." |
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Great timpani part!
It was thrilling to present your astonishingly beautiful work." |
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Really cool music. What an inspiration!" |
Order
it here
Other new choral releases from Advent Press
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Welcome to Advent Press, a
publisher of sacred music. Why “New Traditions in Church Music”?
Christianity is heir to a glorious musical legacy. Some of the
greatest works of all time -- simple and elaborate -- were
composed in praise of God. To be faithful stewards of this inheritance
is only a beginning. Church music also must speak in new and fresh
ways in our own day to those who seek God. Advent Press offers music
that is grounded in tradition, even as it seeks to renew and enliven
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The music of Advent Press is
practical music. Anthems in our catalog represent a variety of styles
and levels of difficulty for all kinds of choirs. The hymn settings
with brass, timpani and organ inspire congregations to new heights of
singing. The settings of the Eucharist are in demand across the
country and have been well received by congregations in churches large
and small. The new hymn tunes present familiar words in a fresh way. |
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Richard Webster |
| Richard Webster is a composer, church musician,
choral conductor and organist of wide renown. He is in frequent demand
for newly commissioned anthems, organ works, hymn tunes and liturgical
music, and travels extensively to direct hymn festivals, choral
workshops and perform organ recitals. His hymn arrangements for brass,
percussion, organ and congregation are performed in churches and
concert halls throughout the English-speaking world. |
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