This Sephardic wedding song, with rhythmic variety and lively melody, calls to mind gypsies and the Romantic Moorish flavour of Spain. It has a folk-like feel with drums, percussion, and hand-clapping adding to the flamenco flavour. The first line translates as 'Oh, the bridegroom wants no money'.

Country: Spain

Mack Wilberg's arrangement of 'Old Hundredth', paired with William Kethe's popular hymn of exaltation, builds from a simple opening to a rich-textured, rousing conclusion, with a soaring soprano descant for the last verse. An alternative ending is included, providing the option of finishing the piece more softly if preferred.

Refreshing and moving, this arrangement is filled with strong harmonies, light suspensions, and beautiful dissonances.

One of our Christmas best sellers, this arrangement of the traditional French carol is sure to delight your audience. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult. Duration - 00:04:30.

This is the first of Wilberg's three American carols. You can find the others using their ID (Blessings of Mary - HMC1584 and Sunny Bank - HMC1585). These are good concert pieces either individually or as a set and can be used for Christmas or for general use. This one starts things off with a bang; the second song is quietly impressive and the third is lively and dance-like. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Easy concert arrangement for SATB, with keyboard or small orchestra from Four Christmas Carols: O, Green and Shimmering Tree - Good Day - Fum, Fum, Fum - I Saw Three Ships. Difficulty Level: Easy Middle School, High School or Easy Adult.

Setting a text by David Warner, this charming composition has a warm, memorable tune and rich, expansive harmonies. Wilberg masterfully moves through different keys and scorings, culminating in a stirring unison 'amen'. Benediction has been recorded on the CD Heavensong: Music of Contemplation and Light, and is ideal for use both in concerts and services throughout the year.

A wonderful arrangement of the great American folk song. Can be performed with fiddle, bass, guitars, woodblock and tambourine. Fiddle and string bass parts sold separately. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult. Duration - 00:07:00.

for SATB choir, piano four hands, and percussion

This jovial and spirited carol is sure to bring a smile to many faces at Christmas-time. The traditional text is augmented with additional lyrics by David Warner, and Wilberg puts the melody through a wealth of festive musical treatments. Voices range from unison up to six parts, with some verses in canon, and the music goes through five different keys, keeping everyone on their toes! The piano-duet part not only accompanies the choir but adds several layers of interest and colour, with a bass drone, glittering flourishes in the upper register, and passages evoking sleigh bells. Perfect for use as a closing piece or encore in a Christmas concert.

Combining eight-part writing, hand clapping, foot stomping, string bass, and xylophone, this tour de force is excellent concert and festival material.

Wilberg's arrangement of the Christmas favourite Deck the hall is bright and energetic from beginning to end. After an uplifting introduction going through several keys, the choir sings the three carol verses in up to seven parts. The accompaniment provides both a harmonic underpinning and almost continuous flourishing semiquaver movement. Further modulations throughout the piece lead to an extended 'fa la la' section to bring the piece to an exhilarating close.

This enthusiastic and energetic arrangement is one of the more popular folk songs. Written in Spanish, the translation is in the cover notes. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

The rhythmic power of 'Videntes Stellam Magi' is echoed in this jubilant finale.

Adapted from a version originally written for baritone Bryn Terfel, this choral setting of Wilberg's arrangement presents the popular Welsh hymn (Cwm Rhondda) with two English translation options, reflecting text preferences of different denominations. The accompaniment and harmonies provide a new flavour, and a reflective opening gradually gives way to a powerful sense of reverence.

Written for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, this new arrangement of the well-known spiritual is presented in two versions: one for mixed chorus and the other for men 's voices. Each version opens gently with an effective unaccompanied unison section, and the accompa niment and further choral parts are gradually added. In classic Wilberg style, the piece builds up v erse by verse with expanding textures, via two upward modulations, towards a grand and triumphant cl imax, leaving no doubt about the joy expressed in the text.
The male-voice version of He's got the whole world in his hands features on the CD 'Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Cho ir', with the Orchestra at Temple Square, conducted by Mack Wilberg.

Composer: Miscellaneous

This is the second piece in Wilberg's Dances to Life. The percussion simulates the solemn toll of the bells, calling the end to life.

A setting of the hymn Samanthra, this piece combines the original tune's simplicity with rich musical texture and majesty - the hallmarks of Wilberg's style. His voice as the sound features on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's CD 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: American Folk Hymns & Sprituals' (SKU5014332).

Wilberg's arrangement of Robert Lowry's text and melody is a beautifully reflective take on the well-known hymn. Simple vocal lines are enhanced by a gently flowing accompaniment, rich in suspensions and harmonic interest. This part can be played on the piano, or by the unusual combination of flutes, cors anglais, harp, and strings.

This anthem combines original music by Mack Wilberg, words by David Warner, and the celebrated hymn tune 'Old One Hundredth', which emerges from heralding voices, cleverly and majestically interwoven. Hymn of Praise is on the CD 'Glory! Music of Rejoicing' (2012) recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square.

Here is a fairly advanced concert piece for SATB (div) with piano or small orchestra from Four Christmas Carols: O, Green and Shimmering Tree - Good Day - Fum, Fum, Fum - and Away in a Manger. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Middle School, High School or Medium Adult.

The third and final movement of Dances to Life. The vocal writing and keyboard accompaniment create a grand anthem extolling life and the contributions that our lives make to the world. An uplifting ending to a sometimes playful, otherwise serious work, the bells simulated in the percussion and keyboard celebrate the cycle of life from beginning to end.

This joyful take on the festive favourite would be the perfect ending to any Christmas concert. The choir grows from unison to eight parts, and a string of modulations keeps the audience on their toes. The orchestration features sleigh bells and brass interjections.

Coming from the repertoire of Gregorian chant, Jubilate Deo is part of Mack Wilberg's Tres Cantus Laudenti (Three Songs of Praise). It is arranged for special services, taking advantage of the accompaniment for brass and/or organ with percussion. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.

This short, energetic piece sets words by contemporary hymn-writer Mary Louise Bringle. The text is full of positivity and hope, and Wilberg's use of a 7/8 time signature keeps the verses propelling forward joyously, while undulating quavers shape the refrains. Several key changes are supported by a continuously rhythmic accompaniment in the form of piano duet or large orchestra, and an instrumental interlude precedes the third and final verse.

This piece features a lovely modal tune in a folk lullaby perfect for Christmas. The verses alternate between rich four-part and unison voices (or solos), and the choruses end in warm-hued, velvety major chords. The carol rises nicely to a climax, the chorus breaking into shining five-part harmonies.

An excellent setting based on Psalm 23 which will serve your choir well on many occasions throughout the church year.

Celebrating the deeply personal comforts offered by hope and faith, My Song in the Night is a calm and solemn piece. Its simple harmonies, supporting piano accompaniment, and reflective text are suitable for choirs of all levels, and allow for a moment of quiet reflection during mass or a busy concert programme.

This meaningful text by David Warner is accompanied by beautiful leaps and subsequent suspensions in the memorable melody, which is supported by rich textures in the organ and orchestra. Appropriate throughout the year, this piece is especially suited for Pentecost. Orchestral material is available on hire.

A breathlessly quiet mood piece, chant-like and slow moving.

This exquisite arrangement of an American folk hymn will be a universal favourite with choirs of all ages and levels. The atmospheric tune is perfectly offset by the floating instrumental counter-melody, while the keyboard or orchestral accompaniment brings harmonic depth and gravity to the music. A wonderful addition to the choral repertory. Orchestral material is available on hire.

One of our most popular sacred titles. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult.

This lovely arrangement of the popular American folk song perfectly captures the sense of loss and longing in the words. From the gentle unison opening, the music builds up through a range of textures and harmonies to a rich climax, before gently relaxing for a quietly evocative close. Ideal with either piano or orchestral accompaniment.

This lovely arrangement of the popular American folk song perfectly captures the sense of loss and longing in the words. From the gentle unison opening, the music builds up through a range of textures and harmonies to a rich climax, before gently relaxing for a quietly evocative close. Ideal with either piano or orchestral accompaniment.

Very effective, this arrangement using gently blending vocal lines evokes wonderful imagery.

Composer: Miscellaneous

This gentle arrangement of Will L. Thompson's words and melody (1880) is ideal for mixed-voice choirs of all levels of experience. The melody is sympathetically treated, with simple vocal harmonizations alongside unison singing, reflecting the humble message of the text: 'Jesus is calling, come home'. The accompaniment, for piano or small orchestra, creates a lush bed of sound over which the voices resonate.

This is the third of Wilberg's three American Carols. These are good concert pieces either individually or as a set and can be used for Christmas or for general use. This one is lively and dance-like. Difficulty Level: Medium Middle School, High School or Easy Adult. Duration - 00:02:30.

This gentle setting of the traditional Welsh lullaby features a new English text by David Warner. An alternative Christmas text is included.
The story depicts someone at the end of life who is asking to be led into eternal life. The altos sing the text of the hymn, while the sopranos, tenors, and basses accompany them on "oo." Accessible for most church choirs and suitable for performance throughout the year.

Country: Wales

This hymn set to the old tune 'O Waly, Waly' begins with an optional solo passage for men's voices with beautiful imagery in text and sound.

This new composition by Mack Wilberg is a perfect example of the beauty of simplicity. Combining words from the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries, the text of Thou lovely source of true delight portrays an affectionate yet powerful sense of reverent praise and wonder. Wilberg's music is the ideal match, with an original, tuneful hymn melody running throughout, amid a variety of choral textures and dynamics, all underpinned by affecting harmonies in the accompaniment.

Setting two verses of the Irish traditional carol, Wilberg's version opens simply with unaccompanied unison men, before the piano creeps in gently. Upper voices take over and an imitative section leads to a more dramatic, thicker-textured section. The carol melody's slightly haunting, modal qualities are complemented by colourful harmonic touches, and a final statement of the melody in the piano brings the piece to a calm close.

This is the first piece in Wilberg's Dances to Life. The text speaks of the wonders of childhood, and the music is playful and dance-like, set mainly in 7/8. The choral writing is uncomplicated, and the piano and percussion portray the playfulness and impishness of children.