Michael Berkeley

For this joyful arrangement of Henry T. Smart's hymn tune Regent Square, Mack Wilberg has adapted Thomas Kelly's celebratory Easter hymn 'He is Risen Today' and provided an alternative text for use du...

This anthem was commissioned for the Enthronement of the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, and was first performed during the Enthronement ceremony a...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

A setting of two anonymous sixteenth-century poems for unaccompanied SATB

For SATB with divisions unaccompanied. New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small...

Setting a text taken from the Books of Sirach and Ezra, 'Build this House' uses tonal shifts and alternating homophonic and polyphonic sections to create a piece that is both contemplative and joyous.

This setting of the Te Deum was written for the Choir of Lincoln Cathedral Choir to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. It opens with a dialogue between the organ and stri...

Orchestration: Flute (doubling piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon Horn in F (also plays Wood Block) Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Romance of the Rose was commissioned by th...

Traditionally sung on Christmas Eve, 'O Virgo virginum' is often described as the eighth ‘O’ Antiphon and praises Mary, ‘O virgin of (amongst) virgins.’ McDowall's setting is vigorous and joyful, with...

Archer's beautiful setting of this well-known text provides a wonderful alternative to more familiar versions. This charming Advent carol is also available in a version for mixed voices.

This arrangement for choir and orchestra of a traditional American spiritual conjures a deep fervency, belying its simple appearance. The opening instruction is 'With hushed awe', and that encapsulate...

This arrangement meets the demand for timeless popular songs, designed to appeal to teachers and students alike. For three-part choir, it contains that memorable tune, Joel's clever lyrics, riffs asso...

An accompaniment to Crawford's arrangement for the Emerging Voices series, Schubert's original piano part, with slight adaptation by the arranger, is presented here for pianists that wish to embrace t...

The text, by Steven Heighton, is a secular rewriting of Psalm 23 'The Lord is my shepherd'. Quartel pairs the contemplative message with powerful textures and driving triplet rhythms. The wind is my s...

An arrangement of Scenes 5 and 12 from a projected stage-work on the life of Tchaikovsky. They are identical in structure and draw on the set of Russian folk songs that Tchaikovsky arranged for piano-...

This enchanting setting brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody through each of the voice part...

In O be joyful, the lyrical melody lines from the upper voices are supported by a sensitive and melodic piano accompaniment. The piece moves through a variety of tonalities and metres, which is typica...

Howard Helvey's arrangement of this traditional American melody is tender and expressive, with the lilting melody set in a variety of choral textures.

A moving, traditional Irish blessing set to music of great simplicity and beauty. Chilcott perfectly captures the warmth and sincerity of the text, and weaves a memorable melody, which he clothes in r...

In this setting, which includes salient fragments for St Luke's gospel (in Greek), alongside the customary text from the Book of Common Prayer, Finnissy renders this excitement, joy, awe, and trepidat...

Orchestration: Flute (doubling piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon Horn in F (also plays Wood Block) Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) The Romance of the Rose was commissioned by th...

This short Missa brevis setting is perfect for choirs looking to bring a fresh soundworld to their worship. Each movement is distinct in character, but with an overall cohesiveness of harmonic languag...

This uplifting and affirmatory piece sets a text by the composer inspired by the reflections of the Northwest Girlchoir on what their choir means to them. A gradual building of choral texture creates...