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This celebratory carol on the popular fifteenth-century text is full of Christmas cheer. Jaunty, up-tempo, and in 7/8-time, it is an ideal opening for Christmas concerts and services.

John Rutters zartes und zugleich ausdrucksstarkes Arrangement von Stille Nacht in deutscher und englischer Sprache mit Hinweisen zur Geschichte des Liedes und Tipps zur Aufführung.

These attractive settings of the ancient Latin Advent Antiphons will be of interest to any choir seeking imaginative material for Advent or Christmas performances. Within a largely diatonic style, Jac...

This spellbinding setting of words from Act 1, Scene 1, of Hamlet depicts a bird of dawning singing all night long in celebration of the Saviour's birth, with Shakespeare's characteristically evocativ...

This setting of the well-known fifteenth-century text is both simple and effective. With enchanting solos and a gentle choral refrain, this tender carol will bring a moment of stillness and reflection...

This warm and tender carol sets an evocative text by Norman Nicholson depicting Mary's gentle nurturing of her child. There is a beautiful simplicity in Chilcott's setting, which features sumptuous ha...

This warm and expressive carol sets a Christmas poem by English poet U. A. Fanthorpe that centres on the moment of Christ's birth. Fleeting unisons call the listener's attention to the focal point of...

For SATB unaccompanied. This collection presents some of most attractive carols by the composer Charles Wood and the hymnodist, antiquarian, linguist, and musician G.R. Woodward, who both composed his...

for SATB unaccompanied

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. This festive arrangement of a traditional German carol features an English text, translated and adapted by John Rutter. The first two verses are sung by solois...

This straightforward but effective a cappella arrangement of the well-known English carol speaks directly to the listener, and its occasional unexpected harmonic turns will delight. Offprinted from Ca...

In this atmospheric piece Gabriel Jackson sets a text by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti. The first stanza is sung by sopranos only, with expressive chromatic lines evoking the 'darkness' and 'c...

Nach der Zusammenarbeit mit Katie Melua für ihr Album 'In Winter' schuf Bob Chilcott diese Chorbearbeitung des traditionellen ukrainischen Weihnachtsliedes, das auch unter dem Titel 'Carol of the Bell...

Die einfache und anmütige Melodie des rumänischen Weihnachtsliedes haben Katie Melua und Bob Chilcott in ihrer Fassung geschickt zwischen den Stimmen aufgeteilt.

Setting two verses of the Irish traditional carol, Wilberg's version opens simply with unaccompanied unison men, before the piano creeps in gently. The carol melody's haunting, modal qualities are com...

This reflective carol (setting a text by the composer) features an affecting recurring melody, sumptuous harmonies, and long, expressive phrases. Though it has moments of great intensity, the carol is...

Owain Park's arrangement of John Rutter's secular carol presents a new take on this Christmas classic, drawing on Rutter's evocative orchestral colours to create this characterful arrangement. This ar...

James Kevin Gray's tender carol Little Baby, Born of Mary successfully juxtaposes sound and silence, with warm harmonies and gentle rhythms providing the musical backdrop for the timeless story of the...

für SATB (mit Unterteilungen) unbegleitet Dieses Adventslied basiert auf Worten aus John Donnes Holy Sonnets. McDowall schafft eine fesselnde Atmosphäre, während die Stimmen eine mystische Klangwelt e...

This Christmas miniature captures the intimacy and atmosphere of the well-loved 16th-century text. Through homophonic textures, word-painting, the use of extended harmonies, and a lilting rhythm, the...

Pete Churchill's thrilling arrangement of this traditional Cornish carol has a gentle South African feel and features 'scat' singing and chromatic shifts in harmony. The traditional melody in 6/8 time...

This heartfelt setting of words by the composer begins with a pianissimo drone over which the sopranos introduce the expressive melody. With lush harmonies, moments of dynamic intensity, and an overri...

This setting of the well-known fifteenth-century text is both simple and effective. With enchanting solos and a gentle choral refrain, this tender carol will bring a moment of stillness and reflection...

James Kevin Gray's tender carol Little Baby, Born of Mary successfully juxtaposes sound and silence, with warm harmonies and gentle rhythms providing the musical backdrop for the timeless story of the...

In this beautiful, atmospheric arrangement of Franz Gruber's 'Silent night' Sarah Quartel employs choral divisi and unexpected harmonies to create a lush bed of sound over which the soprano duet soars...