Product Description
For the past decade my Kansas City church has used this choral piece (available at https://www.martin88.com/Product.aspx?Id=10771) to close their annual Tenebrae Service as the Christ candle was carried out of the sanctuary. I've never seen a better choral option for this moment in the church year! (For more information on this service, you can start with the Wikipedia discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenebrae) A few years ago they commissioned me to orchestrate it in order to involve our instrumentalists...and you are looking at the resulting arrangement.
The demo is computer-generated, with all the inherent weaknesses that such a recording carries. However, it will give you a pretty good idea of the big picture. I believe that in performance we usually take it a click or two slower than this recording.
This
PDF contains the full score and all the parts. As is my usual modus operandi, a C score is provided, which allows a supplemental keyboard to cover for any missing instruments. Also, I should mention that there is some redundancy written in, so the piece will fly without all the instruments listed. Or you could satisfactorily use just a string section or just a woodwind ensemble. (The drum part was included with the original octavo, and is really crucial for achieving the effect of a "death march.")
Duration:
approx. 2:50
The purchase price
allows you to
duplicate as many copies as needed for your instrumentalists.
It
has been my lifelong passion to provide fresh, yet accessible music
for
the churches and schools with whom I have been associated. Because of
the slowdown caused by Covid-19, I
finally have the time to start posting 45 years' worth of custom
arrangements on Sheet Music Plus. If you are curious about what else is
available, please navigate to my publisher page here on SMP
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https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/leatherman-music-services/16718>;,
or slip over to Facebook
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https://www.facebook.com/leathermanmusicservices>;,
where you can
see and hear more published works.
Thanks for your interest! If you
perform any of my material and are able to produce a high-quality mp3 recording or a video, please
send it to me at leathmus@aol.com. If it's something that I can use as a demo on
SMP or Facebook, I'll refund your purchase price and give credit where credit is due!
God bless!
Lyndell Leatherman (ASCAP)
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