Moderne bis klassische Chornoten

This version of a familiar and frequently set text is predominantly hushed and awestruck in tone rather than jubilatory. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This Introit is the first of four Latin motets commissioned for the 1976 Edington Festival and first performed in Edington Priory. The Introit firsty pays tribute to Augustine, and then, in a more liv...

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

In diesem spannenden Konzertstück werden lateinische Worte aus den Messordnungen der katholischen Kirche und dem Buch Jesaja zu einem vielseitigen Text verarbeitet, der sich sowohl für Weihnachten als...

This exciting concert piece sets Latin words from the mass orders of the Catholic Church and the Book of Isaiah to form a versatile text that is suitable for both Christmas and use throughout the year...

Rajasekar hat die melodische und rhythmische Grammatik beider Traditionen der klassischen indischen Musik, Hindustani und Carnatic, genutzt, um ein einzigartiges Chorwerk über den Frühling zu schaffen...

Rajasekar has drawn on the melodic and rhythmic grammar of both traditions of Indian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, to create a unique choral celebration of springtime. The meaning of the t...

In dieser Bearbeitung des Volksliedes aus den Appalachen liefert Mack Wilberg eine sanfte Harmonisierung, die sich für ein Wiegenlied für das Christkind eignet. Ein leichtes Gefühl der Vorahnung wird...

In this arrangement of the Appalachian folk carol, Mack Wilberg provides a gentle harmonization suitable for a lullaby to the Christ child. A slight sense of foreboding is introduced in the central mi...

Toby Youngs originelle Vertonung erfrischt diesen bekannten Text mit einer meisterhaften und einprägsamen Melodie, die von einer unauslöschlichen Zärtlichkeit durchdrungen ist. Young macht Gebrauch vo...

Toby Young's original setting refreshes this well-known text with a masterful and memorable melody that is imbued with an indelible tenderness. Young makes use of effective textural changes and syncop...

Dieses glorreiche, zu Herzen gehende und bisweilen quälende Werk vertonte einen vorausschauenden Text von Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, einem Opfer des Bombenattentats von Lockerbie im Jahr 1988. McDowall...

This glorious, heartfelt, and at times agonizing work sets a prescient text by Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, a victim of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. McDowall creates a haunting sound-world through voca...

Dieser Introitus, der eine Kollekte aus dem Book of Common Prayer vertont, spielt mit McDowalls charakteristischer Verwendung von Dissonanzen und modalen Beugungen, um eine hypnotische und leicht unru...

Setting a collect from the Book of Common Prayer, this introit plays on McDowall's characteristic use of dissonance and modal inflections to create a hypnotic and slightly unsettled soundworld that re...

Dieses kurze Werk von Marques L. A. Garrett vertont einen schönen und ergreifenden Text von Paul Laurence Dunbar, der von der heilenden Wirkung der Musik erzählt und davon, wie unser eigenes Musiziere...

This short work by Marques L. A. Garrett sets a beautiful and poignant text by Paul Laurence Dunbar that tells of the healing effects of music and how our own music-making can spread joy to those arou...

Lucy Walkers nachdenkliche Vertonung von There is no rose fließt zwischen anschwellenden Gefühlen und warmen chromatischen Beugungen in den lateinischen Refrains. Dieses Stück fängt die natürlichen Be...

This gentle and tender anthem is suitable for all church and cathedral choirs. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.