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With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

Also in 100 Carols for Choirs.

This lively reimagining of the traditional hymn is a thrilling a cappella arrangement which pairs the soaring legato melody with a rhythmic vocal accompaniment. Also available in a version for SSA una...

Settings of children's poems and nursery rhymes for unaccompanied SATB (with some divisi)

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. Sarah Quartel's arrangement features close harmonies, idiomatic Scotch snap rhythms, and effect...

An easy anthem with words and music by the composer. There are four different versions of the vocal parts - unison (or two-part) with keyboard, upper voices with keyboard, SA and Men with piano, or SA...

Higgins's setting of this popular folk song is simple and wistful, particularly well-suited for children's and youth choirs. With delicate quaver flourishes, the piano accompaniment flows gently along...

Erster Satz des dreisätzigen Werkes für gemischten Chor SATB begleitet von Sinfonieorchester oder Blechbläser (4 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen, Bassposaune, Tuba), Percussion und Orgel. Alle Begleitsätze für...

An arrangement of Martin Luther's popular hymn Ein feste Burg, with the English translation by F.H. Hedge. Rutter arranges verses 1, 3, and 4, using J.S. Bach's harmonization for verse 2. An accompani...

See the light sets a text by the composer inspired by the Hawaiian story 'The Bowl of Light'. With its uplifting melodies and energetic rhythms, this accessible piece explores the light in each person...

This piece stems from an ongoing partnership between the composer and the writer Richard George Elliott. The profound sentiments expressed in Elliot's poem about the firmament are evoked by Jackson's...

This unison anthem, which may be useful for funeral services, has been reworked into a setting for SATB choir. The solo line introduces the piece with a solemn melody that reappears throughout the ant...

David Willcocks' beliebtes Arrangement von O come, all ye faithful (Adeste, fideles) wurde erstmals 1961 in Carols for Choirs 1 veröffentlicht und dann in 100 Carols for Choirs nachgedruckt. Es wird j...

SATB, optional Bariton-Solo, Cello und Orgel/Streichorchester Dies ist ein melodiöses Epiphanie-Lied, das einen Text des Komponisten vertont. Die Gesangslinien sind reich und fließend, und die Orgel u...

The title piece from a collection for mixed voices, 'Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars' is a gentle, romantic piece setting a text by the composer. The narrator's adoration for their lover is explored through...

Festival hymn with introductory fanfare for mixed choir, brass ensemble (4 trumpets, 2 trombones or 2 horns, bass trombone and optional tuba), timpani, percussion and organ. An alternative orchestral...

An incandescent setting of versicles and responses for Evensong. The music is haunting in its simplicity, supporting and illuminating the text to great effect. The second set includes an account of Th...

This organ version of the final movement from Bach's St Matthew Passion contracts the original 128 bars to 80 bars, maintaining the movement's ternary (ABA) structure, but omitting the passages where...

This heartfelt carol for choir and piano sets a new translation of the sixteenth-century German Es ist ein Ros entsprungen text, and Praetorius's melody makes a fleeting but effective appearance. Offp...

Very moving and dramatic, Wilberg creates a beautiful harmonic language that complements this classic carol. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Georgi Mushel's Toccata, edited for publication by Noel Rawsthorne, is very much in the spirit and style of a Ukrainian Cossack dance; the feel is improvisatory, with contrasting sections allowing dif...

Viola Time Joggers is a landmark book in the popular Viola Time series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell's trademark attractive and e...

Puccini's songs were written as occasional pieces: student works, contributions to periodicals, salon pieces for friends. Some passages pre-echo, or were borrowed for, his operas, and they throw fasci...

This collection includes all the songs with piano published by OUP during the 1920s and 30s, plus eight songs never before published. The songs are extremely varied, and the piano partners the voice t...

The Latin text from the Ordinary of the Mass for mixed voices, brass (4 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba), percussion, and organ. An accompaniment for symphony orchestra without organ...