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The Peacemakers sets words of peace from iconic, world-changing figures such as Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, along with other inspirational quotations of Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, Anne Frank and the Dalai Lama. Also included are religious texts from the Bible, the Qur’an, St Francis of Assisi and Bahá’u’lláh, and the poetry of Shelley, Malory, Terry Waite and Carol Barratt.

One line from the Persian mystic poet Rumi sums up the ethos of the work: ‘All religions, all singing one song: Peace be with you’. Scored for soprano solo, SATB chorus, optional SSA chorus, flute, guitar (acoustic, classical or fretless bass), strings & percussion, with optional soprano saxophone, brass, timpani, solo violin and organ/electronic keyboard. English & Latin text, with ‘peace’ in many languages. 

Table of Contents

ContentsPreface

Text

Scoring

Performance notes

First recording details

The Peacemakers

Part IBlessed are the peacemakers

Fanfara

Peace, peace!

I offer your peace

Inner peace

Healing Light: a Celtic prayer

Evening Prayer

IntermezzoSolitude (optional

voices tacet)- The Peacemakers

Part IIFiat pax in virtute tua

He had a dream (Elegy for Martin Luther King Jr)

The Dove

The Peace Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

One Song

Let ther be justice for all

Dona nobis pacem

Anthem: Peace, triumphant peace

Title: Jenkins, K: The Peacemakers

Composer: Jenkins, Karl

Arrangement: mixed choir (SATB), optional choir II (high voices) and ensemble (Ch-Mixed (SATB), Ch II (H-Voice) optional & Ens)

Orchestration: Flute (doubling piccolo and optional bass flute), 5-string fretless bass guitar (or classical or acoustic guitar), percussion (3), trings.Ethnic percussion:2 low floor tom-toms (different tensions), goblet drum (eg darbuca, tablas, bodhrán), tambourim, pandeiro or riq (tambourine may be substituted), bamboo chimes, mark treeStandard percussion:Glockenspiel, crotales, tubular bells, marimba, 2 tuned bells (E, B), triangle, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, tam-tam (low), cymbals, suspendetd cymbalsOptional

Media: sheet music

Edition Type: Vocal Score

Edition Info: 5. Auflage 2015

Language: English - Latin

Pages: 140

Duration: 70'

Category: Vocal & Choral » Choral » SATB

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Catalogue Number: BH12434

Catalogue Number: M060124341

EAN: 0884088667900

UPC: 884088667900

ISBN: 9780851626963 (0851626963)

ISMN: 9790060124341 (M060124341)

Date Published: 20 Jan 2012