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The Hallelujah Chorus --  from Alaska!
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Hallelujah

December 2011

Greetings!


We're all so busy this holiday season, so instead of tips and tricks in this newsletter, I've decided to give you the gift of music -- a fun Hallelujah chorus from Alaska, a link to Classical KING FM's Christmas channel, and two achingly beautiful pieces written by my friend, Melinda Bargreen.

Melinda Bargreen is a Washington state composer and writer, who was the classical music critic of The Seattle Times for 31 years. (She also introduced my husband Don and me 30 years ago- and we're still happily married.)

Melinda now devotes her time to freelance writing about classical music, book reviewing, and choral/vocal composition. You can learn more about Melinda Bargreen here. If you wish to purchase her music for your choir, click here.

Enjoy! and Happy Holidays!  



"The Lamb" by Melinda Bargreen 

Listen to "The Lamb"

From Melinda:

"The Lamb" is probably one of the most famous poems of William Blake. This is one of a pair of pieces based on Blake's poetry; the companion piece is "The Tyger" ("Tyger, tyger, burning bright"). Setting these beautiful and much-loved lyrics is an irresistible challenge for choral composers.

"The Lamb" (and "The Tyger" too) is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing.

 
"There Is No Rose" by Melinda Bargreen 

Listen to "There is No Rose"

From Melinda:

"There Is No Rose" is a medieval lyric that has been set many, many times over the centuries. I've always loved this poem, a paean to Mary that perfectly distills the Christmas story: in modern English, the second sentence states: "For in this Rose contained was/Heaven and earth in little space." Isn't that a beautiful line?

This piece is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing
 


 
Technology Tips

Listen online to the KING FM Christmas channel

If you are using the players on the KING FM web site, the pages use an embedded Windows Media Player, and both Firefox and Chrome are incapable of doing that without a plugin from Microsoft to do that. The plugin can be found here.

 

Download and save the file to your computer. Close all browser windows, then run the installer.  

 

 

 


If you've found this newsletter fun and helpful, please forward it to your friends, teachers and colleagues. I'd love to hear your comments and any ideas or suggestions you might have about content; we can always learn from each other. I promise more tips, tricks and stories in the coming months.

And don't forget to check out my website.

Sincerely,
Bonnie Blanchard
bonnieblanchard.com