NICK STRIMPLE

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Instrumental works

Harpsichord Concerto (19’)

solo harpsichord, flute, oboe, bassoon, percussion (one player), 2 violins, viola, cello, string bass

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns (4:40, 4:00, 3:40’)

for organ

[ECS Publishing]

 

Cantatas and other large choral works

Franciscan Canticles (9')

mixed chorus, tenor solo, organ and optional brass (2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 1 tuba)

[Galaxy (ECS)]

 

Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) (30')

mixed chorus, mezzo and baritone soli, orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, three trumpets, timpani and percussion [one player for all], handbells [can be played by choir members], strings) or piano

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

(movements published separately and listed below with published anthems)

 

Anthems and Partsongs

A Christmas Lullaby

mezzo solo, unison chorus and piano (or orchestra)

#5 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile)

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Alas and Did My Saviour Bleed

soprano solo, mixed chorus and organ

[CPP-Belwin (Warner)]

 

Annunciation

mezzo solo, mixed chorus and piano (or orchestra)

#2 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile)

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

mixed chorus, optional handbells and organ

[H. T. Fitzsimons Co. (Shawnee)]

                                   

Daily Prayer

SATB, optional congregation, organ

from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

God Is Love, His Mercy Brightens

SATB, organ

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

God Is with Us

unison chorus with descant, optional congregation, organ

from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Hail Sacred Feast

SATB and organ

[ECS (Galaxy)]

 

Hodie

mixed chorus (div.), handbells and piano (or orchestra)

#4 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile)

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

I Sing the Birth

baritone solo and piano (or orchestra)

#6 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile)

[published with Make We Joy]

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

I Will Praise Thee, O Lord, with My Whole Heart

SATB, organ and optional handbells

[ECS (Galaxy)]

 

Lord, Bless and Consider Us

SATB and organ

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake

SATB, unaccompanied

[Southern Music Company (San Antonio)]

 

Lord, You've Been Our Dwelling Place

2-part or 4-part chorus with descant, optional congregation, organ

from  Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Magnificat

mezzo solo and piano (or orchestra)

#3 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile)

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Make We Joy

mezzo and baritone solo, mixed chorus (div.) and piano (or orchestra)

#7 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile) [published with I Sing the Birth]

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

baritone solo, mixed chorus and piano (or orchestra)

#1 from Mother and Child (A Christmas Mobile)

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Psalm 133: Behold, How Good and Pleasant

SATB (div.)

[Oxford University Press]

 

Psalm Verses, Set 1

SAB chorus, unaccompanied

Yihyu Lerazon (May the words of my mouth)

Pitchu Li (Open to me the gates of triumph)

Chakreini El (Examine me, O God)

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Teach Us, O Lord

2-part or 4-part chorus, optional congregation, organ

from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Three Little Communion Anthems

SATB (and organ in #3)

From Whence Does This Union Arise?

Come and Taste Along with Me

Bread of the World

[Oxford University Press]

 

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

SATB, organ

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

Tomorrow

mixed chorus

[Mark Foster Music Co. (Shawnee)]

           

Two Canonic Choruses

SATB

In Heavenly Love Abiding

O Quam Gloriosum

[Southern Music Company (San Antonio)]

 

Two Songs from Psalm 116

SATB (div.)

I Love the Lord

What Shall I Render to the Lord?

[Southern Music Company (San Antonio)]

 

Ubi Caritas

SATB chorus (or ATB or SAB) and clarinet

[Oxford University Press]

 

Valley of Bones (5:50’)

for speaker, mixed chorus and organ

[ECS Publishing]

 

What Shall I Render to My God?

SATB, optional congregation, organ

from Five Easy Hymn-Anthems on Original Texts and Tunes

[Emerson Music (nlsMusic)]

 

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

SATB, baritone solo and organ

[Emerson Music (National Music)]

[Recorded on Music & Arts 4921 (Koch)]

 

 

WORLD PREMIERE

Harpsichord Concerto

Amarillo, TX

 

RECENT COMMISSIONS

Three Sexton Songs (Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide), commissioned anonymously for Emily May

 

Fantasia for Flute and Piano, commissioned by Jack Lachter for the Beverly Hills International Music Festival

 

Music for the Blue Rose, for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Mixed Chorus, commissioned for the Blue Rose Trio and the Choral Society of Southern California by Wilbur Richardson

 

Shir HaShirim, for tenor and mezzo soloists mixed chorus and string quartet, commissioned by Wilbur Richardson for the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale and Sinai Temple of Los Angeles

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century (Amadeus Press, 2008)

 

Dvorák's Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath

(American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006)

 

Hallelujah: 36 Great Sacred Choruses, booklet notes for EMI 2-CD compilation set

(April 2004)

 

RECENT RECORDINGS

Christmas, consultant on Kimberly Locke's (American Idol) 2007 Holiday album

 

The Nativity Story, choral conductor (New Line Cinema, 2006)

 

Max Helfman: Die Naye Hagode, conductor (Naxos American Classics, 2006)

 

RECENT REVIEWS WRITTEN

"Gurrelieder" in the Walt Disney Hall, a review of the Los Angeles Philharmonic performance at ACDA Convention

(American Choral Review, Summer/Fall 2005)

 

COMPOSITIONS PUBLISHED BY

ECS Publishing

Emerson Music

Oxford University Press

Shawnee Press

 

PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE

 

5Nick Strimple with harpsichordist David Lowe at the World Premiere of Strimple's Harpsichord Concerto in Amarillo, Texas, 2007.

 

5Backstage with Martin Sheen at a concert in Beverly Hills, 1999.

 

5Strimple taking bows with Nuremberg Symphony following a concert, 1990.

 

5Nick Strimple with James Stewart in Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, 1985.

 

5(l-r) Rand Harris, Alberto Mizrahi, Nick Strimple, Joe Gole, Ofer Barnoy, David Lefkowitz and Raphael Frieder at the 56th Annual Cantors Assembly, 2003

 

5Composer William Hilsley and Nick Strimple following a concert in Amsterdam, 1999.

 
 

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