Weihnachten für Chor

With a text inspired by 'Silent Night, ' this lovely Christmas ballad is sure to enchant.

The classic 19th century Christmas text is presented here with new music in this lovely, choral offering. The melody rises to express the key climatic moments: 'Hail that ever-blessed morn, hail redem...

This Christmas anthem opens with the refrain of 'Angels We Have Heard on High' offering an opportunity to include a children's choir along with the adults. Both groups then join together in the middle...

This Christmas title is well-known for its use in J. S. Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio. ' Hymn writer Fred Pratt Green has added two contemporary stanzas which brings the meaning into our lives today with...

This two-part rendition of the 16th century classic canon may be sung by mixed voices, or treble choir, and offers several options to vary the voicing format. Appropriate for Christmas, or anytime. Th...

In Leipzig, in 1723, Bach composed an initial version of the ''Magnificat'' in E-flat Major for Christmas Vespers that year, with added Latin text related to Christmas. And then in 1733, Bach composed...

Gloria in excelsis Deo was performed in 1745 in Leipzig for Christmas Day, as indicated by the heading on the manuscript in Bach's own handwriting: "Jesu Juva Festo Nativitatis Christi -- Celebration...

Die Wurzeln der Pastoralmesse scheinen im 17. Jh. zu liegen. Damals entstanden erste geistliche Vokalwerke mit pastoralem Einschlag. Beispiele sind das 'Pastorale nel nascimento die Christo sopra' >Jo...

This invaluable collection contains 21 hymns, folk hymns, carols, and spirituals -- all set by the renowned talents of Alice Parker and Robert Shaw. The collection serves as a brief history of sacred...