Sarah Quartel

This atmospheric setting of familiar words from Shakespeare's As You Like It is sprightly and uplifting, with singers being asked by the composer to perform with 'a bit of frost and a knowing smile'....

This piece, originally for SA choir, has been reworked for a SATB choir, and would suit a funeral or commemoration setting. It begins softly and in unison, until a sudden key change where the mood shi...

Arranged here for unison voices and piano, 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...

Sarah Quartel brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text in this enchanting carol. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody, in 6/8 metre,...

A short anthem setting the Lord's Prayer in the version of the text from the First Prayer Book, hence the unusual spelling. This was premiered at the Brighton Festival in 2012.

I remember" vertonte einen Text, der über das Wunder der Natur und die Menschen, die unser Leben prägen, nachdenkt. Die mitreißende Melodie erinnert an die Volksliedtradition und wird von einer sanft...

Dieses weltliche Werk für Oberstimmen vertont einfühlsam das gleichnamige Gedicht von Langston Hughes. Eine beschwingte melodische Linie, ein wortgewandter Satz und ein wirkungsvoller Klavierpart verb...

This work reflects on the journeys to be found in the wide open spaces within ourselves and the world around us. An uplifting melody opens out into an expansive texture with rich harmonies, followed b...

Like the original version for SATB voices, this new male-voice arrangement of Wide Open Spaces reflects on the journeys and adventures to be found in the wide opens spaces within ourselves and in the...

I remember sets a text reflecting on the wonder of the natural world and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned by a gently flowin...

This secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. A lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part combine to create a piece that w...

This work is classic Chilcott - vibrant, fresh, and great fun. It is an exuberant setting of the well-known carol in which the 'five gold rings' refrain is re-written to appear in an array of guises:...

Set in four parts, this atmospheric carol unfolds simply, from stillness and silence, in awe and contemplation. The choral writing is punctuated with a high solo voice singing phrases that call to min...

There are three songs making up this cycle entitled Western Songs - 'Buffalo Gals', 'Green Grow the Lilacs', and 'The Ol' Chisholm Trail'. The arrangements by turn spin contrapuntal and antiphonal tex...

In this gently uplifting setting of the opening of Psalm 25, Skempton's seamless homophony creates a reflective sound-world. With beautifully blended vocal parts, resonant harmonies, and a supportive...

Dieses friedliche und meditative Werk vertont William Butler Yeats' klassisches Gedicht The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Untermauert von einer balladesken Klavierbegleitung vermitteln die fließenden Gesang...

This peaceful and meditative work sets William Butler Yeats' classic poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Underpinned by a balladic piano accompaniment, the flowing vocal lines convey a message of longin...

This evocative anthem, opens with a haunting cello line, the first section is mystical and ethereal, until a vibrant figure from the djembe lifts the music into the second section which is uplifting a...

This evocative anthem, from the larger work Snow Angel, is a piece of two halves. The first section is mystical and ethereal, until a vibrant figure from the djembe lifts the music into the second sec...

Im Auftrag der Schule Benenden zur Feier ihres hundertjährigen Bestehens im Jahr 2024 erweckt All the World with Joyful Sounds einen Text von Thomas Troeger zum Leben, der von Engeln, fröhlichem Gesan...

This anthem from the larger work Snow Angel is in two halves. The first section ('God Will Give Orders') is ethereal, until a vibrant figure in the djembe lifts the music into the uplifting second sec...

The wind is my shepherd was commissioned by National Concerts for 'Canada at Carnegie' and premiered at Carnegie Hall in April 2023. The text, by Steven Heighton, is a secular rewriting of Psalm 23 'T...

Die ergreifende Vertonung eines Textes von Angier Brock durch Quartel lädt uns ein, darüber nachzudenken, wie wir die imago dei in anderen empfangen. Sanft und zugänglich, aber dennoch fesselnd, konze...

This secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. A lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part combine to create a piece that w...