Carols of the Nativity 7

Listen 2 Catalog No. 7.0457 Commissioned by the Canada Council and B. C. Arts Council for the Phoenix Chamber Choir,Vancouver, Dr. Ramona Luengen, director Carols of the Nativity 7. Angels We Have Heard On High for SSATBB Chorus and optional Piano or Organ Traditional (eighteenth century) Traditional arr. Stephen Chatman Joyously = c. 126-132 * Soprano

An -gels we have heard on high, heard on

Alto

An -gels we have heard on high, heard on

Tenor

An -gels we, we have heard

Bass

An - gels we have heard Joyously = c. 126-132

Piano or Organ (optional)

* The entire arrangement may be sung one-half step lower if unaccompanied.

Publisher’s Note

The seven titles in Carols of the Nativity are: 1. As I Lay Upon a Night (#7.0451) 2. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (#7.0452) 3. The Huron Carol (#7.0453) 4. A Christmas Lullaby (#7.0454) 5. The First Noël (#7.0455) 6. Wassail (#7.0456) 7. Angels We Have Heard On High (#7.0457)

Carols of the Nativity is also available with accompaniments for brass quintet (#7.0467 [score], #7.0468 [parts]) or orchestra. The former version is available for purchase and the latter version is available for rental from the publisher.

Verse I 4 div. unis. cresc. S

high, on high. An -gels we have heard on high Sweet-ly sing -ing

cresc. A

high on high. An -gels we have heard on high Sweet-ly sing -ing

cresc. T

on high. An -gels we have heard on high Sweet-ly sing -ing stagger breathing * cresc. 1

on high. An -- gels on B cresc. 2

on high. An -gels we have heard on high Sweet-ly sing -ing

marcato cresc.

* This part may be sung by Baritones or Baritones and Tenors. ** Organ only: pedal through m. 13. 4

9 cresc.

o’er the plains, And the moun-tains in re-ply Ech - o - ing their joy - ous strains.

cresc.

o’er the plains, And the moun-tains in re - ply Ech - o - ing their joy - ous strains. cresc.

o’er the plains, And the moun-tains in re - ply Ech - o - ing their joy - ous strains.

cresc.

high, on high, on high, on high,

cresc.

o’er the plains And the moun-tains in re - ply Ech - o - ing their joy - ous strains.

cresc.

* Organ only: pedal. 5

Glo ------ri - a

legato

in ex - cel - sis - De - o, Glo ----

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ----

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ---

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo --- 6

22 ,

--- ri - a in ex - cel - sis De - o. ,

Verse II 27

Shep -herds, why this joy - ous ju - bi - lee? ...strains pro - long?

Shep -herds, why this joy - ous ju- bi - lee? ...strains pro - long?

Shep -herds, why this ju - bi-lee? Why your joy - ous strains pro - long?

Shep -herds, why this ju - bi - lee? Why your joy - ous strains pro-long? 7

What the glad - some tid - ings, Which in - spire heav’n - ly song.

What glad-some tid - ings, Which in - spire heav’n - ly song.

What the glad - some tid -ings be Which in - spire your heav’n - ly song.

35 Descant 1

Glo ------ri - a S

Glo ------ri - a

Manuals only 8

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ----

in - ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ---

in Ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ---

43 ,

-- ri -a in ex - cel - sis De - o. ,

-- ri - a in ex - cel - sis De - o. ,

-- ri -a in ex - cel - sis De - o. ,

ri - a in ex - cel - sis De - o. -- ,

-- ri -a in ex - cel - sis De - o. ,

Organ: + Ped. 9

rit. 48 a tempo

Come a - dore, Come a -dore, a - dore,

sempre

Come a - dore, Come a -dore, a - dore,

Come a - dore,

Come a - dore, a tempo

sempre rit. 10 52 Verse III sempre

Come to Beth - le - hem, Come a - dore, an - gels sing. sempre

Come to Beth - le - hem and see Him whose birth the an - gels sing. sempre

Come to Beth - le - hem and see Him whose birth the an - gels sing.

non legato sempre

Piano Organ

Come, come a - dore, Christ the Lord,

Come a -dore on bend - ed knee Christ the Lord, the new -born King.

Come a -dore on bend- ed knee Christ the Lord, the new-born King.

Come a -dore on bend - ed knee Christ the Lord, the new-born King.

Come a -dore on bend - ed knee Christ the Lord, the new -born King. 11 60

Glo ------ri - a

Glo ------re - a

Glo ------ri - a

Manuals only

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ----

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo ---

in ex - cel - sis De - o, Glo --- 12

68 molto rit. poco a poco al fine

-- ri - a in ex - cel - sis De - o.

-- ri - a in ex - cel - sis - De - o.

-- ri - a in ex - cel - sis De - o. molto rit. poco a poco al fine

Organ: + Ped. Nov. 30, 2002 Vancouver B.C. 2’30”

Stephen Chatman Stephen Chatman (b. 1950) is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) and the University of Michigan (D.M.A.). He is the recipient of numerous awards in composition including a Fulbright Grant, three BMI Prizes, an M. B. Rockefeller Fund grant, and the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received many commissions through the Canada Council and the CBC, including works for the Toronto, Edmonton, and Vancouver symphonies, CBC Radio Orchestra, Montreal’s SMCQ, Vancouver New Music, Verdehr Trio, pianists Jane Coop and Marc-André Hamelin, contralto Maureen Forrester, the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Cantata Sing- ers, Vancouver Phoenix Chamber Choir, Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, and the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. Selections of his music are recorded on CRI, Globe, Crystal, Centrediscs, and CBC Records. Mr. Chatman’s more than ﬁfty published choral works are widely performed and his orchestral compositions have been performed recently by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Seoul, Sydney, San Francisco, Winnipeg, St. Louis, Calgary, Detroit, Dallas, and New World symphonies. Currently, he is Professor of Composition at the University of British Columbia School of Music in Vancouver, Canada.