Gabriel Jackson

This sensitive arrangement of a well-known Yiddish folksong introduces singers to the harmonic characteristics of Yiddish music. Clapping and body percussion is employed to great effect, and a pronunc...

This beautiful chamber work takes its inspiration from an artist's book by the Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, 'A Litany A Requiem'. This book lists on alternate red, white, and blue paper plants...

Available here in German translation Christmas Lullaby was commissioned in 1989 by the Bach Choir in celebration of the seventieth birthday of its conductor, Sir David Willcocks. Offprinted from Weihn...

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This anthem sets the Antiphon at All Saints to a lively melody and rich, sonorous harmonies. Opening and closing with a drawn-out melisma, the music moves between different rhythms and textures. Ideal...

Based on Feste's famous words from Twelfth Night, this energetic piece abounds in word painting and imitative exchanges, as the music sings, dances, questions, laughs, and teases along with its text,...

A cycle of songs taking their subject from the seven 'themed' floors of the Evelina Children's Hospital, London, opened in 2005. Texts are by John Mole.

Written at the invitation of Cancer Research UK, Look to the day is a tuneful and uplifting anthem with warm harmonies. The words, written by the composer, project a strong central message of hope, id...

Setting words from a manuscript in Westminster Abbey Library, A babe is born joyfully exclaims 'And Jesus is his name'. Park artfully switches between regular and irregular metres within a polyphonic...

This engaging choral work sets five of Aesop's famous fables: 'The Hare and the Tortoise', 'The Mountain in Labour', 'The Fox and the Grapes', 'The North Wind and the Sun', and 'The Goose and the Swan...

This is a captivating setting of Kevin Crossley-Holland's retelling of the Christmas story. Soloists take on key roles in the narrative, with the upper voices acting as the guiding star. The harp writ...

Setting a text from The Old South Church Hymnal, The sun himself shall fade features an expressive Alto solo, grandiose keyboard writing, and call and response between the sopranos and the rest of the...

The composer writes: 'After listening to the Schubert Quintet, it occurred to me that one of the many virtues of that score is the way the second cello is absorbed effortlessly into the texture. I bec...

A riveting setting for women's voices and percussion of a Mexican Indian chant evoking the Divine Spirit and praying for healing and spiritual strength. Full of Larsen's characteristic atmospheric eff...

This condensed arrangement for choir and piano is a useful anthem of thanksgiving. The piece begins and ends with a solo soprano, with grand moments from the whole choir in the middle. Offprinted from...

An Affirmation is a setting of an elegiac text by Richard Brett conveying the themes of grief and remembrance. The piece opens with a single voice that grows into a warm chordal passage before gaining...

This is a beautiful reworking of a popular traditional folk hymn. The parts are arranged sensitively for changing male voices and there are optional solos at the beginning and end.

Setting a text by William Chatterton Dix, this rousing carol celebrates the birth of Jesus, with memorable modal inflections in the melody and a supportive piano accompaniment. Also available for solo...

This setting was commissioned by the BBC Singers and premiered in April 2012. The text recounts the destruction of the ancient city of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.

These two short songs are set to texts by A E Housman and Edward Thomas.