Product Description

for SATB accompanied and unaccompanied 30 varied pieces ranging in style from the classic and sentimental to the humorous and madcap. With the standards of the repertoire are new pieces and fresh arrangements by some of the finest arrangers. The volume provides an unrivalled kaleidoscope of concert encores.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #356678 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 246 pages

Review
Anyone who has tried their hand at programming concerts will know that finding a closer, the piece that will convincingly end the show and bring the house down, is the heardest thing to find. Peter Gritton's new OUP publication, Encores for Choires 2 will, however, make it a little easier - one suspects a few of these numbers will be cropping up in choral competitions over the coming years! . . . But looking at familiar material in a new light is a welcome provocation and a strength of this highly entertaining volume. (Matthew Greenall The Singer June 05 )

Of course, encores need not only be frivolous. Peter Gritton's diverse selection also takes in English folk song, spirituals and his own African-inspired Good Hope, as well as Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov, Reger and Brahms. Most impressive is the fact that half of the 30 pieces that appear here are published for the first time, so you are bound to make new discoveries. On top of the excellent choice of music, this book boasts classy presentation, an informative intoroduction and a sensible price, so gold stars all round for OUP. (Armin Zanner, Music Teacher May 2005 )

. . . a diverse, serendipitous, demanding (some items should carry a health warning) and, in a couple of cases, downright bizarre collection of choral oddities as ever landed on a reviewer's doormat. (Stephen Jackson, Mastersinger Spring 2005 )

Customer Reviews

Not just for encores
This is a handy companion to the first volume in the set. Be warned, though - many of these pieces are not for the faint-hearted! There are also a number which need more than a straightforward SATB to perform them, but there are some wonderful arrangements. Our quartet, CanTAYmus, has a particular liking for Gritton's own "3 Minute Messiah", which is also very popular with audiences. You'll also find Saint-Saens and Sullivan in here, alongside clever arrangements of Walton, Mozart and Bach.