Chor & Gesang

Born in Glasgow, Hugh Roberton became a funeral director apart from being a conductor and composer. A highly motivated and self-taught choir-master, he founded the Toynbee Musical Association in 1901...

The third from a sequence entitled 'The Painter's Eye', five original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other novels) s...

The fifth piece from a sequence entitled 'The Painter's Eye', five original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other nov...

The third item from 'Scotland at Night', a group of six original poems by well-known novelist Alexander McCall Smith (author of 'The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series and many other novels) set to...

Born in Glasgow, Hugh Roberton became a funeral director apart from being a conductor and composer. A highly motivated and self-taught choir-master, he founded the Toynbee Musical Association in 1901...

A sort of fantasy on 'Goodbye Dolly Gray' for unaccompanied mixed voice choir in eight parts. We hear the bugles, the drums and the boom of the guns interwoven with the beloved song of the First World...

Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky, You mustn't sigh, and you mustn't cry; Just spread a little happiness as you go by. Vivian Ellis' popular song arranged for unaccompanied mixed voice choir...

Time to say Good-Bye . . . in various different ways and different languages set to music in a light-hearted jazzy fashion for mixed voice choir (SATB) either unaccompanied or with piano accompaniment...

Somerset folk song arranged for unaccompanied SATB choir A wonderfully original setting of this well known tune - requires an 8 part choir as all parts divide.

Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel, 'Sometimes I feel like a motherless child', 'Deep river' and 'In that great getting-up morning' arranged for unaccompanied SATB choir. The number of verses in a particul...

A setting of words by John Clare, also suitable for occasions other than weddings! 'O wert thou in a storm, how would I shield thee: To keep thee dry and warm, a camp I would build thee. Though the cl...

Tell me where is fancy bred; Blow, blow thou winter wind; Full fathom five Three superb settings of Shakespeare's famous words, for unaccompanied mixed voice choir (SATB) in four parts. As the parts d...

Gathering the Wheat and 'Suo gan' (Lullaby) for unaccompanied mixed voice choir in four parts.

Traditional Scottish song arranged for unaccompanied mixed voice choir in four parts (although the sopranos divide for one 8-bar passage). Duration 2 1/2 minutes

Traditional tunes muddled together in a humorous medley. 'Humpty Dumpty', 'Old King Cole', 'The Grand Old Duke of York' and 'Sing a song of sixpence' all appear in this arrangement for unaccompanied m...

At the east end of the north aisle of Totnes Parish Church in Devon, high up on the wall, is a small wooden memorial to Grace Gryles. She was buried in the church in April 1636. Grace, who was born in...

A beautiful setting of words by Thomas Campion (1567-1620) to music by Bryan Davies for unaccompanied mixed voice choir SATB. Also available in a version for TTBB - number 53094 Duration 2 1/2 Minut...

Reveillez vous, Le Rossignol and J'ai descendu set for unaccompanied mixed voice choir (SATB). Originally written for a Dolmetsch Summer School to satisfy a requirement for something fairly easy which...

A humorous piece using various bits of Beethoven - Symphony No.5, The Ode to Joy and Fur Elise - for mixed voice choir (SATB) unaccompanied. Duration nearly 3 minutes

No.2 of Four Liverpool Sea Songs, a set of four sea songs with Liverpudlian origin. Arranged for SATB choir unaccompanied. The four songs are also available in a complete edition (Catalogue number 031...

A humorous piece for SSATB choir unaccompanied. This is a setting of a 'pathetic ballad' by Thomas Hood (1799-1845) which tells of Mary who appears as a ghost to her young William to tell him that she...

This is a humorous arrangement of Ravel's Bolero (using some of the words to Bobby Shaftoe) for SSATB choir unaccompanied. It is No.2 of Four Bits of Nonsense by Michael Gryspeerdt - all four Bits are...

This is a humorous original piece for unaccompanied SSATB choir . . . 'Why on earth do people dance the tango, spreading consternation and dismay? Surely a mazurka or fandango is more civilised in eve...

A humorous ballad for unaccompanied SSATB choir which tells in twelve short verses the story of a girl who was poor . . .'but she was honest, victim of a rich man's game; First he loved her, then he l...

A setting for SSATB choir unaccompanied of Percy Bysshe Shelley's words. A companion piece IN PRAISE OF VERONA (Op.24 No.2) with words by the composer is also available under Roberton 63284. Duration...