Becky McGlade

Scored especially for ATB to meet social distancing requirements, this piece has both special resonance and practical application in these uncertain times. McGlade's characteristic unaccompanied style...

In O be joyful, McGlade presents the words of Psalm 100 with a clarity and sincerity that amplifies the message of the text. The piece moves through a variety of tonalities and metres, which is typica...

Setting a text by Elizabeth Barratt Browning, this thoughtful and evocative piece compares a dying relationship with the changing of the seasons from summer to winter, which McGlade skilfully reflects...

This simple setting of words by Tennyson reflects a different side to McGlade's compositional style, without sacrificing any of her trademark characteristics. The largely homophonic vocal lines move a...

The Christmas motet Ex ore infantium was published with an organ continuo accompaniment, but the piece works equally well unaccompanied. The alternation of busy rhythmic writing with homophonic statem...

Lucy Walker's thoughtful setting of There is no rose flows between swells of emotion and warm chromatic inflections in the Latin refrains. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

This gentle arrangement for a cappella choir of the well-known fifteenth-century carol conjures a restful but evocatively melancholy atmosphere. The texture is varied by the use of a soprano soloist,...

This secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. Featuring a lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part. Also available in ver...

Garden of Dreams sets of fragments of text by Sappho, translated by Arthur Sanders Way and A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel has used cross-rhythms, syncopation, and flowing melodic lines to create a sense o...

Walt Whitman's poetry abounds in references to music and song but nowhere more so than in 'That Music Always Round Me'. Skempton's captivating setting acknowledges the serenity and timelessness of the...

This gently flowing, contemplative sacred choral work sets words from Isaiah 26 and Psalm 73, expressing gratitude for God's protection and guidance. McGlade includes a short passage which may be sung...

I too shall walk to Bethlehem depicts a journey to the Bethlehem stable 'where once a child was born'. The orchestral accompaniment is available for purchase.

This sequence of six carols explores the role of Mary in the Christmas story, focussing on her human experience within a story of the divine. The work has two accompaniment options: piano (using the v...

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer. Rutter employs artful word-painting throughout, and the verse-refrain st...

The wonderful choral music of Howard Skempton has a unique voice that is instantly recognizable. Four by the Clock, which sets words by Longfellow, is a rich and brooding piece that although quiet and...

O the depth ist ein andächtiges Werk, das sich als Eingangslied oder kurze Hymne eignet. Es verbindet Textpassagen aus dem Neuen Testament (Römer 11) mit einem einzelnen Vers aus dem Alten Testament (...

Dieses kurze, rhythmische Werk ist von einem Gebiet in McGlades Heimatland Cornwall inspiriert und verwendet den Text des gleichnamigen Gedichts von Percy Bysshe Shelley. Das Gebiet, in dem eine Gemei...

Das alte und bekannte Lied O come, O come Emmanuel drückt die Sehnsucht des Volkes Gottes aus, durch das Kommen des verheißenen Messias aus der Dunkelheit befreit zu werden. In der Vertonung von Becky...

Anmerkung der Komponistin:'In the bleak midwinter ist die Vertonung des berühmten Gedichtes von Christina Rossetti für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor. Dieses Gedicht kam mir in den Sinn, als ich an ein...

Anmerkung der Komponistin:'In the bleak midwinter ist die Vertonung des berühmten Gedichtes von Christina Rossetti für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor. Dieses Gedicht kam mir in den Sinn, als ich an ein...

This imaginative setting of the well-loved text O little town of Bethleham, by Phillips Brooks, displays McGlade's characteristic rich and expressive harmonies, with their jazz inflections. Opening wi...

Anmerkung der Komponistin:'Ich lernte das Gedicht The Lamb von William Blake vor vielen Jahren durch John Taveners berühmte Vertonung kennen. Als mich York Minster mit der Komposition eines Weihnachts...

Anmerkung der Komponistin:'Ich lernte das Gedicht The Lamb von William Blake vor vielen Jahren durch John Taveners berühmte Vertonung kennen. Als mich York Minster mit der Komposition eines Weihnachts...

Anmerkung der Komponistin:'Die Worte dieser Übersetzung eines traditionellen polnischen Gedichtes durch Edith Reed fangen ganz wunderbar die weihnachtliche Botschaft ein. Ich liebe die Art, wie der Te...