Michael Finnissy

This motet is the fifth of a set of seven relating the life story of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finnissy's aim was to hint at technical and expressive continuity with the music of the 11th and 12th cent...

Clemens composed two settings of the Marian text Ego flos campi, one scored for mixed choir of seven voices and this other, more intimate, setting for three voices. Here the voices weave beautiful cou...

These two motets were written at the request of the Park Lane Group. They are both settings of contemplative, religious (but non-liturgical) texts and both are cast in a repetitive, rondeau-like form,...

Setting a newly written text by Charles Bennett, Five days that changed the world takes singers on a journey through five historical events: the invention of printing, the abolition of slavery, the fi...

This anthem sets the Oculi omnium gradual to still, reflective music. Including sections of plainchant alongside richer textures and close harmonics, it is a beautiful piece that will appeal to a rang...

For clarinet in C/violin, cello and piano. Scotch Tape was written in memory of Jack Smith - phantasmagorical film-maker. It is typical of Finnissy in that it is very demanding for the performer. The...

A simple yet subtle and thought-provoking text, written from the perspective of a child present at the Nativity, communicates the wonder of Christ's birth. Orchestral material is on hire.

Gounod's classic Christmas anthem is published here with a new arrangement of the Chorus part for SATB, alongside the Soprano and Alto soloists, Piano and optional Organ/Harmonium.

This arrangement of the well-known Christmas carol uses rich four-part harmonies with some canonic textures. This is an offprint from Benedict Sheehan's musical dramatization of A Christmas Carol.

This poignant and reflective carol is set to a poetic text by Richard Wilbur inspired by verses from St Luke's Gospel. The poem foretells not only of Christ's birth, but also his death; the contrastin...

Skempton's Third Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setting was written for Wells Cathedral and premiered in May 2012. The simplicity and purity of the setting is typical of Skempton's style, ideal for male...

This reflective and affirmatory communion motet features fluid shifts between 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures and expressive melodic lines that are often underpinned by a drone.

John Sheppard's Verbum caro factum est is perhaps the most magnificent of his Responds, as befits its Christmas context. The music alternates between polyphony and plainchant, and the text is one that...

On one level it is an evocation of the vast spaces of the Australian desert . . . on another it is a metaphysical journey through the emotions . . . First and foremost, though, it is a hugely impressi...

Same as We is a 'scena', a 'theatrical monologue', rather than a 'song'. Using text from Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Promise of May, it is intended that the piece be both dramatic and, albeit in a gene...