CHORAL MUSIC BY
LOTHAR BANDERMANN
(Click his name for bio information)Easter anthem for SATB choir and organ. A vigorous song of victory over death. Click here for a midi rendition. Duration approx. 3'05". Difficulty level 2-3.
Wedding song for soprano/baritone duet or 2-part mixed choir, with piano. Duration approx. 3'00". Original text by Susan Snook-Luther and vocal melodies by Bandermann added to a piano piece by Robert Schumann (Album For the Young, No.14). Easy vocal ranges. Difficulty level 1-2. Listen to a 2.8 MB mp3 audio file recording by Kama Belloni (soprano), Sofyan Nugroho (tenor), with the composer at the piano [CAUTION: long download on dial-up].
A new musical setting of the famous hymn text (based on John 20:22) by Edwin Hatch (1835-89), for SAB Choir and Piano. Difficulty level 2. Listen to a midi rendition. Duration approx. 2'40".
Festival anthem for soloist (soprano/mezzo or tenor/baritone), SATB choir, organ and optional brass ensemble (2 Tpts, 2 Trbs, Tuba or Bass Trb). Duration about 4'50". Difficulty level 2-3. Text adapted from the Book of Common Prayer's 29th Collect, for the Sunday before Advent. Choral score includes organ with brass cues. The work may also be performed with brass ensemble alone. For instrumental parts order CQ2706-A ($3.50). Listen to audio file.
Text from Matthew 11:28-29. Anthem setting for womens chorus (SSA)and organ/piano - CQ2604, view sample; or mixed choir (SATB) and organ/piano - CQ2605, view sample; both with optional soprano solo. Duration approx. 3'26". Difficulty level 2.
For SSA Choir and Piano. Ranges suitable for children's choir. Original text by Lothar Bandermann and Susan Snook-Luther. Duration approx. 2'15". CQ2610: version for 2-part choir (S/A), $1.65. Listen to audio file [Christian Cadence Children's Choir, conducted by Billie Bandermann with the composer accompanying]. Difficulty level 1-2.
SATB setting for mixed choir with piano accompaniment. The text is by the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau (1802-50) and the piece is in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Click here to see the original text and singable English translation by Wilbur Skeels. Duration approx. 4'45". Difficulty level 2-3. MP3 excerpt from live performance by the Friendship Singers, director James Ou, accompanist Shirley Chen.
SATB (with descant) setting with organ accompaniment. Text by Susan Snook-Luther. A general-use or festival anthem which combines an effective use of organ with some a cappella singing. Duration approx. 3'25". Difficulty level 2-3. Listen to a midi rendition (excerpt).
SSA setting for women's choir with piano accompaniment. Two songs in one octavo! (1) Text by Virginia Grimmer; (2) Text by Susan Snook-Luther. The songs are independent of each other but make a nice 'bouquet' when used together. Approx. duration for both: 3'10". Difficulty level 3. Bandermann's elegant piano accompaniment adds color to the vocal lines, and an optional flute descant is included for (2). Listen to a recording of (1) by the De Anza Women's Chorus, conducted by Billie Bandermann with the composer at the piano.
Three original settings of German texts with English sub-texts for SATB choir with piano: (1) Now softly, softly falling (listen here); (2) The Spirit of Christmastide (listen here); (3) A Prayer At Year's End (listen here). Duration approx. 4'21" for all three. Difficulty level 2. Click here to see the original texts and singable English translations. [Live (low-fi) recordings by the combined choirs (Cupertino, CA) of St. Joseph Church, Union Church, and St. Jude's Episcopal Church, in the St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica, San Jose, December, 1995.]
For SSA choir and piano. Text from Psalms 51 & 46. A passionate cry for forgiveness, in minor key, followed by an affirmation of hope in the corresponding major. Click here to hear a live recording (3.72 MB .mp3) by the De Anza Women's Chorus (directed by Billie Bandermann). Duration approx. 4'05". Difficulty level 2-3.
For SAB choir and piano. Text by Susan Snook-Luther. A lovely, flowing, petition for personal peace and tranquility. Click here to hear a midi rendition. Click here for mp3 recording by the Friendship Singers of Cupertino, California (Director: James Ou) accompanied by the composer. Duration approx. 2'45". Difficulty level 2.
For two-part mixed choir (with an alternate SATB ending) and piano. A delightful song, in the Viennese style, for any romantic occasion, especially anniversaries or Valentines Day. Great for senior audiences. Difficulty level 1. Can be used also as a duet. English text only. Duration approx. 2'10". Click here to see the original text. For German language only edition, Nie schenkte ich ihr Rosen, order CQ2315, $1.65. Listen to recording (duet version) by Mark Adams (baritone) and Billie Bandermann (soprano), with the composer at the piano [2.57MB mp3 file].
SATB setting for mixed choir with organ accompaniment. A setting of Psalm 22 (also spoken at the Crucifixion). A stirringly dramatic sacred motet. Duration approx. 3'45". Difficulty level 2-3. Click here to hear a midi rendition.
SATB setting for mixed choir with piano accompaniment. Lyrics by Louis Benson (1895) cover the span of the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Christ. Suitable for any season of the church year. Duration approx. 3'25". Difficulty level 2-3. Click here to hear a midi rendition, or here to hear a live performance by the choir of St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Cupertino, California, conducted by Billie Bandermann.
An elegant setting of the ancient communion text, for mixed choir (SATB) and piano or organ. Click here for an mp3 recording by the De Anza College Chorale conducted by Billie Bandermann, with Brad Slocum at the organ. Duration approx. 2'46". Difficulty level 2-3.
SATB setting for mixed choir with organ accompaniment. An arrangement of the wonderful hymn by the late Dale Wood (1934-2003). Click here to hear a 3914 kb .mp3 file of a live performance conducted by Apollo Wong with the composer at the organ. [Caution: a long download on a slow internet connection!] Duration approx. 4'07". Difficulty level 2-3.
SATB anthem with piano accompaniment. Text from Psalm 98. Marked Brillante, this work is a splendid coruscation of sound with some contemporary dissonances that give it a good "bite." English text only. Requires an able pianist. Duration approx. 4'50". Difficulty level 4-5.
A beautiful new melody for the famous lyrics by Frances Ridley Havergal, in settings for women's chorus (SSA) and piano - CQ2602, view sample; or 3-pt mixed choir (SAB) and piano - CQ2603, view sample. Easy material for the singers: requires a proficient accompanist. Click here for an mp3 recording (SSA version), with the DeAnza Women's Chorus (Cupertino, CA) directed by Billie Bandermann, with Stefanie Austin (piano). Duration approx. 2'55". Difficulty level 2.
For 4-part women's choir, SSAA, with piano. Duration approx. 2'52". A beautiful setting of the classic text (English and Latin macaronic). Difficulty level 2. Listen to recording by the Los Robles Master Chorale and Amadeus Children's Choir (Donna Young, Director; Wilbur Skeels, piano) [3.24MB mp3 file].
Three songs for children's SA choir, with piano. Duration approx. 5'00". Original texts by Dean Lundholm, Emily Kauffmann and Carol Ames. Easy vocal ranges. Difficulty level 2-3.
A choral anthem on the text from Psalm 42, for mixed choir (SATB) and piano. Click here for a midi audio file. Duration approx. 1'30". Difficulty level 2-3.
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