Ach! Synku Synku


I have always loved J.S. Bach’s suites for unaccompanied cello and, as a student under composer Istvàn Anhalt’s tutelage, happily analyzed them to death! The haunting, balanced perfection of their implicit lines and counterpoint comes back to me often and, unbidden, at times pervades my writing. I was most certainly influenced by the tenderness and beauty of one in particular as I was working with the gorgeous folk melody of Ach! Synku Synku. It is part of World Music Suite One. See it on YouTube!

Ach! Synku Synku 


I have always loved J.S. Bach’s suites for unaccompanied cello and, as a student under composer Istvàn Anhalt’s tutelage, happily analyzed them to death! The haunting, balanced perfection of their implicit lines and counterpoint comes back to me often and, unbidden, at times pervades my writing. I was most certainly influenced by the tenderness and beauty of one in particular as I was working with the gorgeous folk melody of Ach! Synku Synku. See it on YouTube! 

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Available through Earthsongs, for SA and SATB  Click here for Order information

World Music Suite One (21:00) 

All with piano accompaniment Jean Ashworth Bartle Choral Series    

Commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus; Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor

Full score set  ssa+piano, opt: clarinet, French horn, cello, woodblock  earthsongs W-54 (Full)   

Instrumental parts (Full set - clarinet, French horn, cello, woodblock) earthsongs W54p 

   Cabbage Tree Hat (Australia) (2:28)  s(s)a+piano, optional: cl  earthsongs W-54a    

   Taivas on sininen (Finland) (3:11)  s(s)a+piano, optional: hn vc  earthsongs W-54b   

   Stuttering Lovers (Great Britain) (2:39)  ssa+piano, optional: cl  earthsongs W-54c    

   Ach! Synku Synku (Czechoslovakia) (5:35)  ssa+piano, optional: cl vc earthsongs W-54d   

   Deep River (U.S.A) (3:22)  ssa+piano, optional: vc hn  earthsongs W-54e  $1.70  

   I Went to the Market (Quebec) (3:15)  ssa+piano, opt cl hn vc wd.bl  earthsongs W-54f    

The original SSAA version of World Music Suite One was commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus;

Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor.

Pronunciation CDs are available. Please see earthsongs site: www.earthsongschoralmusic.com

Complete set on compact disc: Carmina Slovenica directed by Karmina Silec  earthsongs CD-14  

SATB SECULAR ARRANGEMENTS 2. Collections

World Music Suite One (21:00)

(All with piano accompaniment) Jean Ashworth Bartle Choral Series 

   Taivas on sininen (Finland) (3:15)  satb+piano, opt: hn vc  earthsongs S-154b   

   Deep River (U.S.A.) (3:25)  satb+piano, optional: hn vc  earthsongs S-154e   

   I Went to the Market (Quebec) (3:20) s(s)atb(b)+pn, opt: hn cl vc wd.bl  earthsongs S-154f   

Pronunciation CDs are available. Please see earthsongs site: www.earthsongschoralmusic.com

The original SSAA version of World Music Suite was commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus;

Jean Ashworth Bartle, conductor.

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