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In this sensitive choral arrangement of 'Nimrod' from Elgar's Enigma Variations, Michael Higgins sets the Eucharistic hymn 'O salutaris Hostia', written by St Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Ch...

This is an innovative, striking setting of the Magnificat text that is well suited to both liturgical and concert performance. The work celebrates the strength, character, and intelligence of teenage...

Commissioned by King's College, Cambridge, for the 2021 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Cecilia McDowall's setting of this well-known fifteenth-century macaronic text is expressive and ethereal....

A reflection on the plainchant 'Assumpta est Maria' (originally for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary), this setting tenders a festal feel through its dance-like metre and expansi...

Bob Chilcott has composed O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen, a reflection on the 16th-century piece of the same title by William Byrd, for the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum J...

Characteristically sung on Christmas Day, this Catholic chant depicts mystery and wonder at the birth of Jesus, as witnessed by the animals. The second half of the text relates to words spoken by Eliz...

The O nata lux text is taken from a 10th-century anonymous hymn that uses the concept of light to symbolise hope, a particularly pertinent theme for Advent. Throughout this setting the sopranos intert...

A reflection on the plainchant antiphon 'Pulchra es et decora', this hauntingly beautiful piece was commissioned by ORA100 for Suzi Digby and ORA Singers. The original antiphon has been transcribed an...

On the Air (Dear Vaccine) discusses the optimism for a post-COVID world and, particularly, the desire to sing together again. For the text, poet Seán Street drew inspiration from 'Dear Vaccine', which...

This short Missa brevis setting is perfect for choirs looking to bring a fresh soundworld to their worship. Each movement is distinct in character, but with an overall cohesiveness of harmonic languag...

Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing is an upbeat setting of a hymn text by seventeenth-century English poet George Herbert. Chilcott uses irregular metres, syncopation, and dancing melodic shapes t...

A Gaelic Blessing was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh, McDowall's alma mater, for performance by the Edinburgh University Singers conducted by Calum Robertson. This meditative, folk-style...

Edward Margetson was born in St. Kitts, British West Indies, immigrating to the United States in 1919. One of only a few published choral works by the composer, A few more years shall roll sets a hymn...

This gentle anthem, written for the Choir of St Chad's College, Durham, sets a text that is adapted from several prayers of St Chad. Warm dynamic swells and rich harmonies emphasize the meaning of the...

Psalm 57 ist eine gefühlsstarke Vertonung, die Momente der Besinnung mit deklamatorischem Jubel kontrastiert und Passagen aus dem gleichnamigen Psalm in der King-James-Übersetzung verwendet. Das 1972...

Bring me all your dreams ist eine wunderbar schlichte Vertonung vertrauter Worte von Langston Hughes und zeigt Harris' effektive homophone Schreibweise und reiche harmonische Palette. Das Stück ist un...

Dona nobis pacem ist eine ausdrucksstarke Vertonung, die zwei Zeilen zum Thema Frieden aus dem Ordinarium der lateinischen Messe kombiniert. Ein langsames Tempo verleiht den sanften, getragenen Gesang...

Dona nobis pacem combines two lines about peace from the Ordinary of the Latin Mass. A slow tempo lends grace and poise to the gentle, sustained vocal lines, and the composer juxtaposes homophonic and...

The Gift to Sing ist ein unbegleitetes, mehrstimmiges Lied mit einem Text des amerikanischen Schriftstellers und Bürgerrechtlers James Weldon Johnson, der davon spricht, wie die Kraft des Gesangs helf...

A Birthday vertont ein gleichnamiges Gedicht von Christina Rossetti. Chydenius spiegelt die lebhaften Bilder im Text der Strophen durch schöne Gesangslinien mit wirbelnden Gegenmelodien wider. Die Ref...

A Birthday sets a poem of the same title by Christina Rossetti. Chydenius reflects the vivid imagery in the text of the verses through beautiful vocal lines with swirling countermelodies. The choruses...

Dieses Lied verbindet gekonnt ein klassisches Gedicht, Christina Rossettis Uphill, mit einem entspannten, leicht jazzigen Stil. Durch die Erweiterung von drei- auf sechsstimmige Harmonie ermöglicht di...

Becky McGlade has set this well-known Christmas hymn with textures both rich and restrained. The original English language hymn was based on a 19th-century English translation of Prudentius's 4th-cent...

A Tree is a Song wurde a cappella mit Scat-Begleitung geschrieben und ist eine fröhliche Feier der Verbindungen und der Verbundenheit mit der Natur und der Weitergabe von Weisheit und Wissen "wie eine...

Stuart Beatchs a boy & a boy vertont einen romantischen und letztlich tragischen Text des Dichters Matthew Stepanic. Als Antwort auf Eric Whitacres bekanntes Werk A Boy and a Girl geschrieben, beschre...