Come Dwell in My Garden

SATB/piano (also written for a soprano/baritone duet and piano);  Randall wrote this work in Lithuania on a choir tour, upon the announcement that two of his choristers were getting married.  “Come dwell in my garden, let me hear your voice, let me touch your robe, come dwell in my garden – my song of songs.” Publisher: Colla […]

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Consecrate the Place and Day

SATB/piano 4-hands; festival opener or closer; accompaniment options:  Pno 4-hands, or brass/piano/percussion (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, perc.);  Published by Alliance Music (AMP 1057).

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Conversion of Saul, The

SSAATTBB/unacc; Latin text; Randall set this epic text (the first section of words he wrote) to to describe Saul’s dramatic event on the road to Damascus; often used in international choral competitions; sung by UT Vocal Ensemble (winner of 2016 European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, Lorenzo Donato – conductor), Sofia Vocalensemble Sweden, Tomsic University Slovenia, […]

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Dance for Love

SATB div./unacc. EDITOR’S CHOICE, J.W. Pepper; US Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publ.; Duration 3:54 minutes. NOTES FROM THE COMPOSER Civil War text; subject of perseverance, love & homecoming; commissioned by Choirs of America; recorded by New American Voices. “The cannons are silent, no drum o’er the hedge row; just the sound of rain on summer […]

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Danse Macabre

SATB/piano  – Walton Music Fall 2023 French; very fast-paced, high energy work.  Show piece for both the chorus and virtuosic pianist.   “Tap, tap tap – Death rhythmically taps a tomb with his heel… white skeletons flit across the gloom, running and leaping in playful glee until sunrise.  Then, they rush back to their “earthly homes” […]

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Dies Irae (SATB)

SATB/piano (also available for SSA/pno and TBB/pno); apocalyptic and epic text; needs piano collaborator with strong skill ; dramatic opener or closer Publisher:  Alliance Music Publ.  AMP 1090 (SATB)

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Dona Nobis Pacem

SATB/sop. solo/organ Large festival hymn with organ and tutta forza ending; performed on St. Olaf Christmas Special. Publisher: Mark Foster 2099

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SATB/Virtuoso Piano Collaborator (4 movements) Commissioned by the Music Teachers National Association (work that features the piano, “accompanied by choir”)  James Johnson, pianist Water lilies are not securely grounded. Rather, they are tossed by wind, pounded by rain, and their large, leathery floating leaves wither in dry seasons. Still, water lilies survive. They manage to return year after […]

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Four Spanish Sonnets

SATB/div. (1 & 2 unacc.; nos. 3 & 4 with piano); “Amor de mi alma” is one of Randall’s three most widely performed works 1) En tanto que de rosa y azucenda 2) Si para refrenar deste deseo loco 3) Hermosas ninfas que 4) Amor de mi alma Nos. 3 and 4 are offered individually […]

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Glastonbury Thorn

SATB/Sopr. solo/Piano   Walton Music WW1975 Glastonbury (pronounced “glah-stuhn-bree”) is a town in southwest England known for its natural beauty, ancient sites, myths, and King Arthur legends.  It overlooks the marshes of the Somerset Levels.  Glastonbury and surrounding areas are a pilgrimage for New Age enthusiasts, those with strong religious faith, persons fascinated by legends and […]

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