Description
Edited by Neil Jenkins for OUP, this comprehensive collection of solo sacred songs is available for either high or low voice + piano accompaniment. Set for ABRSM Examinations 2018 onwards Singing Grade 3 (List B: Davies), Grade 5 (List A: Franck - Panis Angelicus), Grade 7 (List A: Bist du bei mir or Franck - Ave Maria or Handel - Come unto him) & Grade 8 (List A: Mendelssohn) + Trinity Examinations 2023 onwards Singing Grade 6 (Group E: Franck - Ave Maria) & Grade 7 (Group A: Fauré or Gounod (soprano - high voice volume)) & Trinity Music Certificate: Singing Intermediate (Group A: Mendelssohn) & ATCL (Soprano: Handel - Let the bright seraphim)
Keys/pitches given for high voice volume first.
Adams - Holy City, The: C (e'-g") / Ab (c'-eb")
Allitsen - Lord is my Light, The: Eb (d'-g") / C (b-e")
Bach, J.S. - Christians, on this day of gladness [Schemelli Gesang-Buch]: Bb (f'-eb") / G (d'-c") + Jesu, joy of man's desiring [Cantata 147]: G (g'-f") - both versions - + May the father's boundless love [Wedding Cantata, no.202]: G (d'-a") / E (b-f#") + Sheep may safely graze [Cantata 208]: G (d'-f") / Eb (bb-db") + Up, up my heart with gladness [Schemelli Gesang-Buch]: F (e'-f") / D (c#'-d")
Bennard - Old Rugged Cross, The: D (f#'-g") / Bb (d'-e")
Bizet - Agnus Dei [L'Arlesienne Suite no.2, arr.]: Eb (c'-ab") / C (a-f")
Brodszky - I'll Walk with God: F (c'-f") / D (a-d")
Davies, Henry Walford - God be in my head: A (e'-d") - both volumes
Elgar - Ave verum corpus: G (d'-e") / E (b-c#")
Fauré - Pie Jesu [Requiem]: Bb (eb'-f") / F (bb-c")
Franck - Ave Maria: F (f'–g") / D (d'-e") + Panis Angelicus: A (g#'-f#") / F (e'-d")
Gounod, after Bach - Ave Maria: F (c'–a") / D (a-f#")
Handel - Blessed are all they that fear the Lord [Wedding Anthem, 1736]: A (e'-a") / F (c'-f")
Handel - Come unto him: Bb (f'-f") / F(c'-c") + I know that my redeemer liveth: E (e'-g#") / D (d'-f#")[Messiah]
Handel - Let the bright seraphim [Samson]: D (d'-a") / Bb (bb-f")
Handel - Lowly they kneel (Where'er you walk) [Semele]: Bb (f'-f") / F (c'-c#")
Handel - Merciful God (Ombra mai fu) [Serse]: G (e'-g") / Eb (c'-eb")
Head - Lord's Prayer, The: F (d'-f") / D (b-d")
Irvine - Crimond (Lord is my shepherd, The): F (c'-d") / Eb (bb-c")
Liddle - Abide with me: C# minor (b-g#") / A minor (g-e") + Lord is my shepherd, The: F (e'-f") / D (c#'-d")
MacBeth Bain - Brother James' Air (Lord's my shepherd, The): Eb (d'-ab") / C (b-f")
Mendelssohn - O for the wings of a dove [Hear my Prayer]: G (d'-g") / Eb (bb-eb")
Mozart - Agnus Dei [Coronation Mass]: F (c'-f") / D (a-d")
Mozart - Alleluia [Exsultate Jubilate]: F (g'-bb"/c'") / C (c'-e"/g")
Mozart - Ave verum corpus: D (d'-e") / C (c'-d")
Mozart - Laudate Dominum [Solemn Vespers]: F (d'-g") / D (b-e")
Purcell - Hark, the echoing air [Fairy Queen, The]: C (e'-a") / A (c#'-f#")
Schubert - Ave Maria: Bb (f'-f") / G (d'-d")
Schubert - Litany (Litanei): Eb (c'-eb") / C (a-c")
Stolzel, attrib. Bach, J.S. – If thou art near (Bist du bei mir): Db (db'-gb") / Bb (bb-eb")
Sullivan - God shall wipe away all tears: G (d'-g") / E (b-e") + Refrain thy voice from weeping: Ab (eb'-ab") / Eb (bb-eb") [Light of the World, The] + Lost Chord, The: G (d'-g") / Eb (bb-eb")
Vaughan Williams - He that is down (Woodcutter's Song, The) [Pilgrim's Progress]: G (d'-e") / F (c'-d")
Tags: Singing Grade 5; Singing Grade 7