Donald Patriquin's Choral Music
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Donald Patriquin’s Choral Music Website: www.DonaldPatriquin.com *** NEW American Civil War Musical soon available! *** th Celebrate THE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR! Details below… Don Patriquin has been composing for over fifty years and is still hard at it. Many of his works have appeared in world festivals and competitions. His vibrant and popular J’entends le moulin, for example, has been performed in every U.S. state and every province in Canada. Whether your choir is professional or amateur, community, church or educational, there is something by Don Patriquin to fill a need or theme. One of his main interests is World Music. Have a look at Donald’s website where you can see and hear a lot of his music. Memberships: Associate Composer Canadian League of Composers, Canadian Music Centre, SOCAN, CMRRA, SODRAC. Please contact him at [email protected] or 450-297-2779 Photo:David Anderson This PDF catalog presents the ‘cream of the crop’ from Donald’s extensive website catalog found at www.DonaldPatriquin.com. Music costs are not shown here but will be found on the website. All music except the most recent (2011/2012) is widely performed. The website contains his entire choral music output, along with a thematic index. Also found are sound clips and sample scores for the majority of the works. Most of the music is available in both hard copy & PDF formats. NEWLY MINTED AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSICAL! KNOWLTON PLAYERS PREMIERE DIRECTED BY VESTA JORGENSEN WAITING ON A DREAM ! ! ! th 2014 – THE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: A tender love story, a bank robbery gone hilariously wrong, a foiled escape to Canada, a tipsy judge, patent medicines, and the hopes and dreams of soldiers and civilians on both sides caught up in an ‘act of war’ –– or was it? Based on the true story of the “Northernmost Battle of the American Civil War” and three remarkable period diaries. Book by Roger de la Mare (Adapted from Raid From Hell by Don Davison) Music by Donald Patriquin – Lyrics by Graham Hardman Contact [email protected] 450-297-2779 for a free original production DVD & info about this fun ‘family’ musical for professional or amateur theatre. It is 1864 and the American Civil War is in full swing – North against South, brother against brother. Canada, fearing the North might annex adjacent Canadian territory, was partial to the South, tacitly allowing Montreal to become headquarters for the Southern Confederates (a.k.a. Rebels) battling the Northern Union Army. There is, however, a commonality in all of this: each of the protagonists – Rebels, Unionists and civilians alike – has dreams of a better tomorrow. It is against this backdrop that Waiting on a Dream unfolds. The essential story – the plotting, the raid, and the subsequent trial – as well as many participants – are historical fact, and are combined with information gleaned from three revealing period diaries penned by a ‘Doc’ Rumsey, in reality a destitute lawyer. The diaries fell into the hands of novelist Donald Davison and became the basis for the shenanigans in which Rumsey was unwittingly involved. He becomes entangled in Confederate Officer Bennett H. Young’s raid on the banks of St. Albans, Vermont, as well as with a bright-eyed ‘Northern’ woman, and thereby hangs the tale. Dreams are realized, dreams are shattered, but throughout there is always hope – and laughter! The show is technically simple to produce, and is in the mould of traditional musicals but with a dash of rap, tango and patter songs along with the big full-cast numbers. The songs – nicely challenging but not tough – are spread among the performers, enabling them to have their moments of glory. Minimum cast: 21 (11 guys, 6 gals, 4 extras). Some male parts may be played by women Accompaniment: keyboard & drum set; optional flute & cello. Length: 2 hours (2 acts) Here are a few more pieces “just off the press”, followed by the catalog excerpted from the website www.DonaldPatriquin.com World Music Suite Three (2011) This half hour work was premiered in May 2011 and consists of nine movements, which may be performed separately. The suite is currently available as a festival piece in SATB+SSA, and will shortly be published in both SSAA & SATB voicings (available summer 2012) Come and See the Little Child (New version for satb + piano 2011). Originally unaccompanied and in hymn format, this lively gospel carol may be accompanied by keyboard and/or guitar. Something new for Christmas?! Un Canadien errant (New 2012) (4:45) ssaa+piano A Tempo (AT627.12) Premiered at ACCC (Podium) in Ottawa, Canada, May 2012. Available June 1, 2012 Contact [email protected] or tel. 450-297-2779 for information or visit www.DonaldPatriquin.com Please visit www.DonaldPatriquin.com to hear, and see (PDF & Video) the majority of the following selections. (Tel. 450-297-2779) WORKS: A Selected List. (See www.DonaldPatriquin.com for complete listings, prices, PDFs, sound and video clips) Abbreviations: Voicing in caps (S) = Solo voicing; voicing in lowercase (s) = choral voicing. E.g. STsatb = satb choir with soprano and tenor solos. NUMBER OF PAGES (A Tempo only) is shown in the ‘octavo number’. E.g. AT37.8 has eight pages; AT823.12 has 12 pages etc. SA SACRED ORIGINAL 1.Singles !Gaelic Blessing (4:00) (Eng/French) ssaa+piano, opt.fl AT730.6 !Magnificat (Women’s or Children’s voices) (5:51) Sssa & organ AT27.12 American Guild of Organists (Missouri) commission !Magnificat (The Song of Mary) (6:00) ssa(a) a cappella AT820.8 !Make Me a Channel of thy Peace (3:00 - 6:00) Ssa+piano AT675.4 Prayer of St. Francis over Gounod’s Ave Maria and Bach’s Prelude in C !Chants in the Tradition of Taizé, Set 1 satb/sab/sa/unis a cap/kbd AT44.4 SA SACRED ORIGINAL 2.Collections !A Caribbean Mass Unis/2-part M/F voices; steel dr or kbd; opt gt AT47.8 Includes: Kyrie, Great Amen, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Christ has Died, Lord’s Prayer. All movements are available individually. SA SECULAR ORIGINAL 1.Singles !Canada We Love You!/Canada je t’aime! (4:15) ssa+kbd FULL SCORE AT723.12; CHORAL-ONLY SCORE AT722.6 COMBO SCORE (pn fl gt bass dr) AT724.12; SET PARTS AT725 As sung at the Opening Night of the “O Zone”, 2010 Vancouver Olympics !The Parking Lot Song (2:30) s(s)a/unis+pn AT903.4 (fun environmental song by Bevan Skerratt) !With Their Hands Out (3:05) sa/sab+pn AT37.8 (lyrics by Brian Merrett– all about street people) SA SECULAR ORIGINAL 2. Collections !Songs of Innocence (Poems- William Blake 1789) (20’) (45pp) AT700.48 Accompanied by harp or piano. Movements available separately -Prelude-Introduction (1:30) Prelude hp fl; ssaa+hp, fl AT710.10 -Infant Joy (2:19) SAssaa+hp/piano, flute AT712.4 -The Shepherd (2:29) ssaa+hp/piano AT713.6 -Nurse's Song (2:39) ssaa+hp/piano, flute AT714.10 -A Cradle Song (5:13) ssaa+flute AT715.6 -A Dream (3:40) ssaa+hp/piano AT716.10 -Epilogue (1:00) (The Epilogue is identical to the Introduction) Lively, fun and emotive, this suite was commissioned by the St. Lawrence Choir of Montreal, Iwan Edwards conductor. SA SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 1.Singles !En roulant ma boule roulant (Fr. Can. folksong) (8:00) saa/ssa+piano, FULL SCORE AT625.20; CHOIR-ONLY SCORE AT625.12 !Gentil coquelicot s(sa)a+piano earthsongs S-178 A French Canadian folksong all about a gentle poppy !Kali's Song (6:17) ssa+piano earthsongs S-194 Arrangement of Martin Donnelly’s enchanting & majestic song of the sea !Vive la canadienne (3:40) ssaa(opt sa div)+piano AT624.12 The lively French Canadian folksong arr. ‘Vive la Canadienne’ (“Long live the Canadian girl”) was chosen for the prestigious Unisong festival. (See, hear and obtain at www.DonaldPatriquin.com) contd… SA SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS contd. 2.Collections The individual songs in these suites may also be sung alone. !World Music Suite One (21’) ssa+pn, opt:cl Fr.hn vc wdbk earthsongs W54 All with piano accompaniment Jean Ashworth Bartle Choral Series -Cabbage Tree Hat (Australia) (2:28) s(s)a+pn, opt cl earthsongs W-54a -Taivas on sininen (Finland) (3’) s(s)a+pn, opt: hn vc earthsongs W-54b -Stuttering Lovers (Great Britain) (2:39) ssa+pn, opt cl earthsongs W-54c -Ach! Synku Synku (Czech.) (5:35) ssa+pn, opt: cl vc earthsongs W-54d -Deep River (U.S.A) (3:22) ssa+pn, optional: vc hn earthsongs W-54e -I Went to the Market (QC) (3’) ssa+pn, opt cl hn vc wdbk earthsongs W54f World Music Suite One was commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus (Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor) for its twenty-fifth anniversary festival. A folksong was chosen from each of the six countries from which the choirs came. The complete set is found on the CD: Carmina Slovenica directed by Karmina Silec earthsongs CD-14 !World Music Suite Two (aka Canadian Mosaic) (57 pp) (32’) AT600.60 All with piano accompaniment unless otherwise indicated -Tsimshian Welcome Chant (BC potlatch chant) (1:23) ssaa a cap dr AT610.4 -Sakura (Japanese folksong) (3:54) ssa+piano AT611.8 -Hevenu Shalom A'leychem (Trad. Jewish) (1:20) ssaa+piano AT612.4 -Weather Chant (Inuit – Northern Canada) (3:01) ssaa a cap AT613.6 -Flower Drum Song (Trad. Chinese song) (5:25) ssaa+piano AT614.8 -On the Mountain (Ukrainian song) (2:50) ssaa+pn, clapping AT615.8 -Water Come to Me Eye (Jamaican) (4’) (S)sa/saa+pn, opt perc AT616.8 -I'll Go See My Love (Ontario Ballad) (3:46) ssaa+piano AT617.8 -C'est l'aviron (Québec 'canoe' song) (4:50) ssaa+pn, opt wd bk AT618.12 A suite of nine folk song arrangements drawn from Canada's diverse cultures.