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Where Charity and Love Prevail
New in the Spring of 2019 is this new setting of the Ubi Caritas text, set both in Latin and English. It is for Mixed Voices and Piano and has an easy level of difficulty. The work is available for purchase from this website!
A Jubilant Song
Brand new in the spring of 2019 is Dr. Helvering's setting of Psalm 98, titled A Jubilant Song. Commissioned by Northway Christian Church in Dallas, TX, the work for mixed chorus and organ with optional obbligato instrument is an exuberant and lush work.
Medium Difficulty. No divisii. Many options are
available for the obbligato instrument.
Available for purchase now!
But Seek Thy Sheep
Brand new for Holy Week, especially Good Friday, in 2019 is But Seek Thy Sheep, an anthem for SATB voices and piano, using a moving poem by Christina Rossetti.
Available for purchase now!
We Call This Place Our Home
(new hymn and anthem)
Dr. Helvering has written 'We Call This Place Our Home', based on the Emmaus story in Luke 24 for SATB choir and piano. An accompanying congregational hymn version is also available. It was premiered at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Princeton Junction, NJ on April 29, 2018 as part of the congregation's 50th anniversary.
OPEN THE WORLD now available
In the same tradition as his earlier Christmas motets Ave Maria and All My Heart Again Rejoices, Dr. Helvering has penned Open the World with poet Adam Tice for Dr. James Jordan and his Westminster Schola Cantorum. The work will be premiered in December 2017. It is scored for SSAATTBB voices and is now available from GIA Music.
'Love Unceasing' - a new hymn and anthem
Dr. Helvering wrote Love Unceasing, a new hymn
(tune name FOX) and anthem based on the hymn for
the Northridge Presbyterian Church in Dallas.
The work was premiered on May 21, 2017
and is available via this site!
New Commercial Recording now available!
The Kantorei of Kansas City has released To Bethlehem: Motets and Carols for Christmas via Resonus Classics. The recording features my 'Ave Maria' and 'All My Heart Again Rejoices'...both for unaccompanied chorus.
Order your copy today!
New Hymn and Anthem
Dr. Helvering is pleased to offer his first original hymn, written with noted hymn text writer Adam Tice. "Who Will Sing For Peace?" is a congregational hymn. And, there is now an anthem for SATB choir, soprano solo, and piano available as well. The work incorporates 'dona nobis pacem' as
a refrain. Order it today! See the premiere!
A Festival For Christmas available with new instrumentation options
Dr. Helvering's popular suite of carols is now available for chorus with these many options: brass ensemble/organ,
brass quintet/organ, organ, piano, or full orchestra
The Music is available from the composer
View the first portion of the suite at the premiere!
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