Melvin Berger

Fuller's 'Evening Hymn' with the plainsong melody 'Te lucis ante terminum'.

In this expressive setting, Chilcott adapts the Prayer of St Francis, with its focus on peace and unity. A semi-chorus, which may be taken from within the choir or by an upper-voice or children's choi...

Written for the charity Help Musicians, this anthem presents an imaginative setting of Francis Pott's well-known hymn in triple metre. Characterful and contrasting organ writing underpins the melodica...

This setting of Psalm 139 by Chilcott is warm and mesmerizing. The chant-like texture and shifting tonalities impart the sensation of being entranced in prayer. The words offer respite, as one is safe...

This is a charming setting of the well-known Psalm in Chilcott's signature style. The melodies flow gently in three, exuding calmness and expression, underpinned by a delicate keyboard accompaniment....

Written for the charity Help Musicians, this anthem presents an imaginative setting of Francis Pott's well-known hymn in triple metre. Characterful and contrasting organ writing underpins the melodica...

With a restrained tempo and expressive harmonies, this tender anthem sets an extract from the Book of Common Prayer that implores God to listen to our prayers. Originally published as the sixth moveme...

This setting of St Benedict's 6th-century prayer begins with a gentle recurring figure in the keyboard, building to a rousing climax. The primarily homophonic texture allows the timeless text to shine...

Chilcott's setting of Psalm 96 is bright, optimistic, and celebratory. The sparkling organ part and fluctuation between 7/8 and 4/4 metres give the opening and closing sections a dance-like feel, whil...

Epiphany takes for its text a translation of two verses by French hymn-writer Charles Coffin, augmented by a newly written verse by Chilcott's long-time collaborator Charles Bennett. The result is a c...

In this expressive setting, Chilcott adapts the Prayer of St Francis, with its focus on peace and unity. A semi-chorus, which may be taken from within the choir or by an upper-voice or children's choi...

This is Chilcott's first setting of the Evening Service, written for the Choir of Downing College, Cambridge. The Magnificat is a powerful setting of the Canticle of Mary, with homophonic textures and...

This triumphant anthem for mixed voices and organ sets a well-known Easter text by Edmund Spenser. Building from a calm, reflective soprano melody to a grandiose fortissimo climax for full choir under...

This Easter anthem sets the second part of George Herbert's poem 'Easter'. The opening section has an almost pastoral feel, with the sopranos and altos presenting a lilting melody in thirds, underpinn...

The King shall rejoice was commissioned by Westminster Cathedral to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's coronation. Setting powerful and optimistic words from Psalm 21, Chilcott e...

A mysterious and mesmeric anthem for SATB and organ, using the beautiful words from Matthew 11:28-9. The piece is suitable for use in Lent and throughout the year as a general anthem.

An evocative and stirring arrangement of Rachmaninov's celebrated fifth movement of the Vespers (or 'All-Night Vigil'), with guitar accompaniment and an alto solo. The piece may be performed in Englis...

For children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra or tubular bells and organ. A dark and beautiful, yet also extremely approachable, work in three movements. The first two are darker in character: eveni...

A setting of texts from Ecclesiasticus, and by Martin Rinkart. Material is available on hire.

This is a beautiful setting of an anonymous medieval text that follows a broken-hearted lover into the woods. Fluctuating between major and minor keys, Chilcott's melody is full of nostalgia and grows...

Our Roots is an upbeat setting of evocative words by Delphine Chalmers on the themes of unity and commonality. An effective syncopated, single-note motif in the piano underpins the piece, rooting the...

Our Voice sets the poem 'Murmuration' by contemporary poet Eleanor Stewart-Pointing, which explores the relationship between the human voice and the sounds and music of the natural world. The piano wr...

This is a profound setting of a selection of poems by Wilfred Owen. The sense of human connection and imagery of the natural world imbued in Owen's poetry is perfectly conveyed in Chilcott's music, wh...