Geistliche Noten für Chor

My soul is awakened vertont Worte von Anne Brontë über die erbauliche Wirkung der Natur auf den menschlichen Geist. Alis Vertonung ist ebenfalls angemessen erhebend, mit einer einprägsamen und synkopi...

Bewahre mich wie einen Augapfel ist ein ruhiges und meditatives geistliches Werk, das sich für die Aufführung während des gesamten Kirchenjahres eignet. Der Text stammt aus Psalm 17 und ist eine Bitte...

Basierend auf dem bekannten Gedicht von William Blake entführt dieses Weihnachtsstück die Zuhörer mit Klängen von himmlischen Engeln, die das kleine Lamm in überlagerten melodischen Fragmenten herbeir...

Diese überzeugende doppelchörige Vertonung der Missa brevis wurde anlässlich des 950-jährigen Jubiläums der St. Mary Magdalen Church in Oxford geschrieben und eignet sich sowohl für liturgische als au...

Written to celebrate the 950th anniversary of St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, this compelling double-choir Missa brevis setting is suitable for liturgical and concert settings. The music is beautiful...

Written in response to Gibbons' famous setting of the same text from Psalm 47, this piece uses syncopated rhythms, imitative polyphonic textures, and declarative homophonic moments to create a piece f...

SSATB unaccompanied Harrap's inventive and dramatic setting of the well-known Eucharist hymn text provides a contemporary alternative to more familiar versions by Byrd, Mozart, and Elgar. In five unac...

'Locus iste' has become a popular text for church dedication services. This simple and beautiful linear setting by O'Regan provides a stylish alternative to other, over-familiar settings.

This innovative setting of the Magnificat celebrates the strength of teenage girls and is suitable for both liturgical and concert performance. The upper-voices sing in the style of Bulgarian choral f...

One of the simplest and best-loved of 16th-century anthems.

Another issue in the Church Music Society's series of great 16th-century Responds, John Sheppard's Reges Tharsis is for the season of Epiphany, celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. T...

This short anthem or introit by Jack Redman uses verses from Kate B. Wilkinson's touching hymn 'May the mind of Christ my Saviour', first published in 1925. Scored for SATB, it may be sung unaccompani...

This fine Respond by Thomas Tallis is scored for SATTBarB, with the chant placed in the 2nd Tenor part. Intended for the Feast of Corpus Christi, it can be sung at any Eucharistic service, either as a...

Der verstorbene David Trendell, der als Gelehrter und Chordirigent sehr bewundert wurde, komponierte diese Preces & Responses für SATB, als er um 1985 Orgelschüler am Exeter College in Oxford war. Kür...

Helvey sets a combination of sacred texts to beautiful music. Similar to his Cor mundum crea in me Deus, Helvey writes mainly in homophonic textures, with thick, lush chords.

Out of the depths is a reflective, homophonic, and beautifully written work. The choral parts are very accessible, yet the resulting sound is rather sophisticated and thoughtful. This setting of Psalm...

SATTBB unaccompanied None of the sources of this piece has a text; however, the title clearly suggests a link with Psalm 42 - 'Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks'. The editor, Tim Symons, has s...

SSAATTBB unaccompanied In 1854 Pearsall arranged his madrigal Lay a garland to the text Tu es Petrus. Richard Shephard has taken up this idea and skilfully adapted Pearsall's fine eight-part piece Gre...

Mark's Sirett's setting of these anonymous words has a magical quality that is most attractive to singers and listeners alike. The soprano(s) announce the main tune before it is taken up by the full c...

This setting of the Nunc Dimittis was written for Westminster Cathedral and first performed at Compline on Easter Day 1916. In concerts it could be contrasted with the Latin settings by Howells and Ho...

For SATB unaccompanied. This makes a very useful addition to the repertory for Ascension Day - either as an introit or as an anthem. The text is from the Collect for the Sunday after Ascension.

John Taverner's Respond 'Dum transisset Sabbatum' (I) is now established as one of the finest examples of English polyphony composed in the last days of the Sarum Rite. Scored for SATBarB, alternating...

This is the first published edition of an anthem by Henry Walford Davies that dates from the mid 1890s. Scored for lower voices, AATTBB, it is a setting of an anonymous text from 1836 that is suitable...

This is the first published edition of an anthem by Henry Walford Davies that he composed on the death of William Gladstone in 1898. With rich scoring for SSAATTBB and sumptuous harmonies, it can serv...

This glorious musical depiction of the honour, strength, power and authority of the Holy Trinity by Thomas Tallis is the third issue in the CMS's series of great English Responds from the 16th century...