Be Joyful! (2001)
SATB, and/or SSAA, and/or TTBB and organ
A joyful song of praise, commissioned and first performed by the massed choirs of the National Association of Choirs, Group 20. There are three separate scores: SATB, SSAA and TTBB and they all may be sung separately or together.
An accompaniment for wind orchestra is also available.
Scrolling score of first performance (audio and video) here.
Scrolling score produced digitally, of version with wind orchestra (audio and video) here
Score availability:
Be Joyful!: SATB and organ version
Printed copies are available to order from Colne Edition in the UK only (minimum 5 copies, £2.75 per copy plus postage, delivery approximately two weeks).
Digital downloads (prices vary – do check both – but cheaper and quicker) are available from Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct – minimum order 10 copies.
Be Joyful!: SSAA and organ version
Printed copies are available to order from Colne Edition in the UK only (minimum 5 copies, £2.75 per copy plus postage, delivery approximately two weeks).
Digital downloads (prices vary – do check both – but cheaper and quicker) are available from Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct – minimum order 10 copies.
Be Joyful!: TTBB and organ version
Printed copies are available to order from Colne Edition in the UK only (minimum 5 copies, £2.75 per copy plus postage, delivery approximately two weeks).
Digital downloads (prices vary – do check both – but cheaper and quicker) are available from Sheet Music Plus or Sheet Music Direct – minimum order 10 copies.
Wind Orchestra accompaniment: contact Colne Edition
Here are the final bars, sung by several hundred voices in Ely Cathedral…