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Looking for repertoire for a special concert focussing on environmental challenges? ICB gathered ideas from all over the world. You can find many more by entering appropriate keywords into the MUSICA database: www.musicanet.org.
AFRICA
- Togo
- Michael Kodzo Ahliya: Spécial environnement. SATB. Self-published: ahliyakodjo@gmail.com.
- South Africa
- Franco Prinsloo/D.J Opperman. Vuurbees. TTBarB + trad. African instruments. Self-published: francoprinsloo.prinsloo@gmail.com
- Franco Prinsloo. Red list. SATB + percussion. Self-published: francoprinsloo.prinsloo@gmail.com
- Franco Prinsloo. Cantata Nr.1 „Modimo“. SMezATB + percussion. Self-published: francoprinsloo.prinsloo@gmail.com
ASIA
- Japan
- Ko Matsushita/Shuntaro Tanikawa: Sora ni Kotori ga Inakunatta Hi (When the skies lost small birds). SATB + Piano. (from Songbook: Each of Us). Edition KAWAI
- Takatomi Nobunaga/ Toshiko Takada: Yuuyake (Sunset). SATB + Piano. A song praying for peace. Don‘t let the red of the sunset turn into fire and blood by war. (from Songbook: Yuuyake). Edition KAWAI
- Franca Sciuto/ Yayoi Sato/Shin-ichiro Ikebe: This is the world of Harmony between Mankind and Nature that I wish to hand down to our children. Female chorus. Edition KAWAI.
- Ryoichi Wago/ Tokuhide Niimi: Heiwa-no Ki-no Kage-wo (A Shade of a Peace Tree) (< I’m Just Humming a Tune). Female chorus + piano. Ongaku-No-Tomo Sha Corp.
- Philippines
- Ruben Federizon: Gabaq-An. SATB div. + finger bells + bamboo buzzers. A Major Music Publishing.
- Ruben Federizon: Tinig ng Lupa. SATB div. + percussions. A Major Music Publishing.
- Singapore
- Toh Xin Long: The Cloud. SATB divisi. Gentry Publications.
- Gerald Tan (Arr.): Di Tanjong Katong (At The Turtle Cape). SA. Muzisea.
- Zechariah Goh: Heart of Pines. SATB. Self-published: zechgoh@yahoo.com
- Inner Mongolia
- Se Enkhbayar/Nasun: Zeregleent Gobi (Mirage on the Gobi Desert). SSAATTBB. earthsongs.
EUROPE
- Estonia
- Tõnis Mägi: Las jääda ükski mets (Let There Be One Forest). Choral version by Tõnis Kõrvits in 2001. Published by Estonian Song And Dance Celebration Foundation.
- Rein Rannap/Wimberg: Lahke loodus (Kind Nature). 2021, not published yet.
- Veljo Tormis/Hando Runnel: Virumaa ja Pandivere (Virumaa and Pandivere). SP Muusikaprojekt.
- Finland
- Reijo Kekkonen/trad.: Gebet des Waldes. Male choir. SULASOL.
- Olli Kortekanga: 7 songs for planet Earth. Solo MezBar + SATB + cildren’s choir + orch. Fennica Gehrman.
- Kuusisto/Raevaara: Puhun sinulle metsästä (I talk to you about forest). SATB + S solo. SULASOL.
- Sanna Kuusisto: Yön hetki. Moment of the night. Mixed choir. SULASOL
- Jaakko Mäntyjärvi/text from the Exeter book (10th century): The Seafarer. Mixed choir. SULASOL
- David Hamilton/Mary Anne Clark: The Arctic Tern’s Prayer. Female choir + Soundscape. SULASOL
- Heikki Sarmanto/Aina Swan Cutler: Song of Extinct Birds. Female choir + jazz trio. SULASOL
- Riikka Talvitie: Pinnan alla (Underneath the water). Mixed choir, AT solo, trumpet and horn. SULASOL.
- France
- Dominique Baduel: Ma copine Gaïa. Children’s choir S. French. Editions A Cœur Joie.
- Daniel Bonnet: De natura rerum canticum. SSA. Latin/French or Latin/English. Editions A Cœur Joie.
- Benoît Menut/Macha Lemaître: À Marée Basse… Children‘s choir + piano. Editions musicales Artchipel.
- Benoît Menut/Xavier Grall: Allez dire à la ville. Mixed choir. Not yet published. www.benoitmenut.com
- Greece
- Theodore Antoniou: Thalassa tou Proiou (ΘάλασΘάλασσα του πρωϊού) (morning sea). SATB a cappella. AUTH Archive Collections.
- Manos Hatzidakis: Thalassa Plateia (Θάλασσα πλατεία), wide sea. SSA. ISMN 979-0-69151-751-2 Editions Papagregpriou Nakas. www.panasmusic.gr.
- Manos Hatzidakis: O efialtis tis Persefonis (Ο Εφιάλτης της Περσεφόνης: The Nightmare of Persephone) SATB and Piano. Score: http://bit.ly/NightPers
- Tasos Pappas: 4 shepherds’ songs. SATB or SSA. From “Choral works of Greek composers“ by Maria Meligopoulou. Editions Papagregpriou Nakas. www.panasmusic.gr.
- Traditional folksong: Thalassaki mou (Θαλασσάκι μου). (My little sea). Available for SATB a cappella or SSA and piano. Editions Papagregpriou Nakas.
- Lena Platonos: To iliako leoforio (Το ηλιακό λεωφορείο: The Solar Bus). From Εδώ Λιλιπούπολη τα τραγούδια. SSA and piano. Editions IANOS.
- Hungary
- Balázs Árpád: Bodzavirág (Elderflower). Children’s choir SA + piano. Editio Musica Budapest Ltd.
- Zoltán Kodály: Hegyi éjszakák (Mountain Nights). SSSAA. Universal Music Publishing / Editio Musica Budapest Ltd.
- Miklós Kocsár: Ó, havas erdő némasága (Oh, silence of snowy forest) from Három nőikar. Editio Musica Budapest Ltd.
- Italia
- Bepi De Marzi: L‘ acqua zé morta. Edizioni Curci. http://bit.ly/LacquaM
- Latvia
- Uģis Prauliņš/trad.: Hip Hop Folk Trance Variations. SSSSAAAA + String quartett. Self-published: praulins@hotmail.com.
- Uģis Prauliņš/ William Blake:Laughing Song (Hahahe). SSAA, TTBB & SATB versions. Musica Baltica
- Uģis Prauliņš/classical Japanese haiku: Japan impressions.
- Uģis Prauliņš. Viderunt omnes. SATB. Musica Baltica.
- Uģis Prauliņš. Iam ver egelidos. SSAATTBB. Self-published: praulins@hotmail.com.
- Uģis Prauliņš/ De Krudener/Clarence Ford. Imagination. SA + tp,tp,h,tb,tuba. Self-published: praulins@hotmail.com.
- Uģis Prauliņš/ Hans Christian Andersen. The Nightinghale. SSSSSAAAAACtTTTTTBBBBB & recorders (S-nino, S, A, T). Musica Baltica
- Lithuania
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis: On the Other Bank of Nemunas. SATB. Lithuanian. Jonas Petronis Ed.
- Jonas Tamulionis: On the Shore. SATB. Lithuanian. Self-published.
- Nomeda Valančiūtė: The Rain on Thin Glass Legs. SATB. Lithuanian. Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre.
- Russia
- Alexander Borodin: Fly away on the wings of wind (< Prince Igor). SATB. Musik-Edition Lucie Galland
- Serguei Rachmaminov: Zadryemali volny (The waves fell asleep). SATB. Harmonia HU4017-250.
- Sergei Taneyev/ Yakov Polonsky: Evening (N° 2 from 12 Choruses, Op.27). SATB. www.musicaneo.com Sergei Taneyev/ Yakov Polonsky: Behold, What Darkness (N° 4 from 12 Choruses, Op.27). SATB. Public domain.
- Spain
- Eva Ugalde/Josune López: Uraren Besotik. SAA. CM Ediciones Musicales S.L.
- Canarias
- Dante Andreo / José Bergamín: Agua sólo es el mar. SATB a capella.
- Dante Andreo / Federico García Lorca: Cantos del agua. SATB a capella.
- Dante Andreo / Pedro García Cabrera: Como un árbol. SATB a capella.
- Dante Andreo / Pedro Lezcano: La mar quiere ser cielo. SMA + piano.
- Dante Andreo / trad.: Mi pequeño planeta. SMA + piano.
- Dante Andreo / Feliciano Sánchez Chan: Soy la ceiba sagrada. SATB a capella.
- Dante Andreo / Felipe Díaz Mazuela: Viene el agua cantando. SMA + piano. Self-published: www.danteandreo.com
- Catalonia
- Josep Oller i Sabaté: Pirinenques IV. SAB, TTB, SSA. FICTA Edicions.
- Sweden
- Anders Edenroth: Water. SATBB. Walton Music
- United Kingdom
- Alec Roth: Earthrise. a capella 40-parts SATB choir. Editions Peters.
- John Rutter: For the beauty of the earth. SATB o. SA o TTBB + piano/organ/orchestra. Oxford University Press.
NORTH AMERICA
- USA
- The Justice Choir Songbook is a powerful new collection of songs for the issues of our time, and includes 43 new and re-purposed songs selected from a national Call for Scores. https://www.justicechoir.org/
- Frank Ticheli: Earth Song. SATB. Hinshaw Music.
- Jonathan Reid: Measure Me, Sky. SATB divisi. Beckenhorst Press.
- Canada
- Stephen Chatman: Due North. SATB. Galaxy Music Co.
- Nancy Telfer: First Snow. Unison & piano. Kjos Music Co.
- Nancy Telfer: There is a Tall Fir Tree. Unison & piano. Leslie Music Supply.
- Nancy Telfer: Canada, the land of Lakes and Rivers. SA & piano. Leslie Music Supply.
- Nancy Telfer: Butterfly. SSA. Earthsongs.
- Nancy Telfer: Chasing the Northern Lights. SSA. Leslie Music Supply.
- Nancy Telfer: The Blue Eye of God. SSAA. Earthsongs
- Nancy Telfer: Requiem aeternam. SSAA, piano, percussion. Porfiri & Horvath Publishers
- Nancy Telfer: The Swallow. SSAA & piano. Kjos Music Co.
- Katerina Gimon: Elements. SATB o. SSAA. Cypress Choral Music.
- Katerina Gimon: The Language of the Stars SATB + piano o. SATB + orchestra. Self-published.
- Katerina Gimon: To the Peak of the Mountain. SATB. Cypress Choral Music.
- Katerina Gimon: The Mountain to the Moon Self-published.
- Katerina Gimon: Spellbound. SSAA divisi. Cypress Choral Music.
- Katerina Gimon: The Birds‘ Lullaby. SSAA. MusicSpoke.
- Marie-Claire Saindon: Terre Neuve. SATB o. SSAA. Cypress Choral Music.
- Marie-Claire Saindon: Day‘s Voices. SATB on composer’s website.
- Marie-Claire Saindon: Day‘s Voices. SSAA. Alliance Music Publications.
- Matthew Emery: Night on a starry hill. SATB. Boosey & Hawkes.
- Matthew Emery: I am the still rain falling. SATB. Santa Barbara Music Publishing.
- Matthew Emery: You Have Made Me, Earth. SA. Galaxy Music Co.
- Matthew Emery: O why do I turn to the wild sky. SATB. Boosey & Hawkes.
OCEANIA
- New Zealand
- Leonie Holmes: The Estuary. SSA + piano. SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music.
- Craig Utting: Monument. SATB or SSAA + piano or organ. SOUNZ.
- Anthony Ritchie: Silver Songs. SATB a cappella. SOUNZ.
- David Hamilton: Sunrise at Mangawhai. SATB a cappella. SOUNZ.
- Gillian Whitehead: Taiohi Taiao. SSAATBB + taonga puoro (Māori instruments). SOUNZ.
SOUTH AMERICA
- Argentina
- Eduardo Alonso Crespo / Martín Alemán: Pachamama (Mother earth) Op.11. Treble choir.
- Eduardo Alonso Crespo / trad.: Ara Pana (Vuela Mariposa – Fly butterfly). Equal voices. Self-published. eduardoalonsocrespo@hotmail.com
- Claudio Alsuyet: En el Paraná… Coro SATB. Ediciones GCC.
- Héctor Bisso (Arr.): Kadu Walum (Green Spring). Coro SATB. Goldberg Musikeditionen.
- Diego Boero: Naturaleza. Children’s choir SS + piano. Publicación del Instituto Coral Santa Fe.
- Eduardo Ferraudi: De barro y trigo. SATB div. Ediciones GCC.
- Ricardo Fischer: Nauoxo. Coro SATB div. Helbling Verlag.
- Mario Figueroa (Arr.): Seis canciones totémicas Mapuches. Coro SSA. Goldberg Musikeditionen.
- Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana. Boy Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra. Boosey & Hawkes.
- Carlos Guastavino: Arroyito serrano. SATB. Ricordi Americana Buenos Aires
- Carlos Guastavino: Indianas. SATB + piano. Ricordi Americana Buenos Aires
- Oscar Llobet: Tawa Ima. SATB. Verlag: Goldberg Musikeditionen
- Camilo Matta: Cantores por naturaleza. Children’s choir + SATB + instr. Self-published. mattacamiloe@gmail.com
- Oscar Matus/ Armando Tejada Gómez/Rolando Budíni: Zamba del Riego. Ediciones Internacionales Fermata.
- Edgard Moya Godoy: Bosque Arrebol. Coro SATB + body percussion. Goldberg Musikeditionen.
- Laura Otero: Abril. Coro SSMez + piano. Self-published. laurita.otero@gmail.com
- Laura Otero: Plantemos un árbol. Children’s choir + piano. Self-published. laurita.otero@gmail.com
- Mariana Rewerski: De bichos y flores. Children’s choir SmezA. Ediciones GCC.
- Antonio Russo: Canto al sol. Coro SSMAA. Ediciones GCC.
- Damian Sánchez: El árbol ya fue plantado. SATBB. CulturArte Ediciones.
- Damian Sánchez: Tonada de otoño. SATB. Editorial Lagos (Warner Chappell Music).
- Damian Sánchez: El Atuel niño de sueños. SATTBB. CulturArte Ediciones.
- Manuel Tejón/Hugo de la Vega: Remolinos. SATBB. Ediciones GCC.
- Marcelo Valva: Invocación. Coro SSMezA. Self-published. valvamarcelo@gmail.com.
- Cuba
- Wilma Alba Cal / Federico García Lorca: 5 canciones. SATB. Self-published. wilmaalbacal@gmail.com.
- Wilma Alba Cal / Federico García Lorca: Suite. Children’s choir, String quartet + piano. Self-published. wilmaalbacal@gmail.com.
- Wilma Alba Cal / Rafaela Chacón Nardi: Jacarandá. Self-published. wilmaalbacal@gmail.com.
- Freddy Lafont Mena: Canción para sanar. Children’s choir, SATB + piano. Self-published. freddylafont@gmail.com.
- Freddy Lafont Mena: 23:58:20 A solo 100 segundos del apocalipsis. SATB + Sol. + piano. Self-published. freddylafont@gmail.com.
- López-Gavilán, Guido: Caleidotropic II. SSAATTBB. Edition Ferrimontana.
- Mexico
- Rafael Carneras / Metzli Moyer / Julio Morales (Arr.): A la tierra. SATB + Children’s Choir. Self-published.
- Venezuela
- César Alejandro Carrillo/ Fernando Paz Castillo: Encuentro. SATB. Musicarrillo.
- Alberto Grau: Aqua. SATB + Soli + Orch. Carus-Verlag.
- Alberto Grau: Kasar mie la gaji (The Earth is tired). SSAATB. Earthsongs.
- Alberto Grau: Mariposita de primavera. TBB. Earthsongs.
- Alberto Grau: Kasar mié la gaji. SATB o. SSAA. Earthsongs.
- Antonio Lauro: Crepuscular. STB. Fundación Schola Cantorum de Caracas.