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This four-movement suite for organ is based on the divisions of the church year, and references plainsong and other hymns relevant to the seasons. Drawing on a wide range of colours and textures, the...

This strikingly effective carol for alto solo and a cappella choir combines verse by Robert Louis Stevenson with an ancient Latin antiphon text in music of great spaciousness and lyricism. Offprinted...

This setting of three stanzas from 'For the Fallen' is poignant and atmospheric. A serene refrain for unison voices is interposed between evocatively turbulent passages for SATB choir. The accompanime...

Setting an invigorating Easter text from the Song of Songs, this episodic anthem is full of expressive passages and lyrical melodies. The canonical soprano parts are echoed in the lower voices, contri...

Field Notes is a compact, one-movement piece of chamber music scored for oboe, violin, viola, and cello. The work is full of harmonic interest with chromatic and melodic passages shared equally betwee...

This continuous cycle (c.16 minutes without narrator, c.24 with narrator) intersperses seven poems by R. S. Thomas with seven movements for solo cello. The music is evocative, moving, and thoughtfully...

Jackson employs his signature harmonies and descriptive working of the text within an expansive polyphony to create a large-scale expressive anthem to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This setting of texts from Cymbeline and The Merchant of Venice, and Sonnet 98, is characterised by inventive textures and vibrant word-setting. The harmonic language is mostly diatonic but never plai...

Erkoreka sets a sixteenth-century poem which contemplates the eternal and boundless beauty of the heavens, and mankind's earthy estrangement from this realm. Serene sections contrast with surging dyma...

An uplifting and joyful concert setting of four texts exploring man's relationship with the earth. Brimming with energy, the work has a wonderful freshness and vitality. Chilcott selects a range of ev...

Sharing its scoring with Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, this work makes full use of the wealth of instrumental combinations available within the septet. The haunting yet quirky theme around which t...

A familiar Christmas carol which is set to the tune of Greensleeves. The first two verses feature the sopranos with the lyrics, opening out to all voices for the final verse. Offprinted from the colle...

Six miniatures for guitar, these instrumental 'songs' were a set work for the final of the London International Guitar Competition 2015. With lilting rhythms and simple lines, these folk-like pieces e...

Set of parts for the brass accompaniment to John Rutter's popular setting of the Te Deum: a hymn of praise that is appropriate for choral concerts, as well as for use in sacred settings. The music is...

Set of parts for John Rutter's joyful carol, Rejoice and be merry!

This work for clarinet and string quartet is in three movements: a subdued prelude, an airy interlude, and a bluesy postlude.

This moving piece for string orchestra is full of pathos and emotion. Stylistically evocative of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the distinctive musical language of Arvo Pärt, Lament is based a...

This moving piece for string orchestra is full of pathos and emotion. Stylistically evocative of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the distinctive musical language of Arvo Pärt, Lament is based a...

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, but has here been rescored for chamber ensemble, broadening its reach to smaller ensembles.

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, but has here been rescored for chamber ensemble.This set of parts contains parts for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. T...

Featured on pianist William Howard's album Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs, this evocative miniature is simple but rewarding, with a repeating eight-bar chord progression that produces a kaleidoscopic...

Full score and parts for the brass ensemble version of Terry Price's rousing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Glory' (Slava, Op.21). For performances with brass, the organ part included in this set s...

Chilcott sets this beautiful text by Charles Bennett in a lush style. The Pear Tree Carol is a contemplative celebration of new life and nature. It would be equally suited to a winter concert or Chris...

With words by the composer, this mesmerising piece comes from the large-scale work, Snow Angel, and celebrates the coming of winter and the everlasting nature of music. Includes an optional cello part...