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This uplifting anthem sets the Invocation text from Carmina Gadelica. McDowall's beautiful melodies flow and intertwine, decorated by scotch snaps that reflect the text's origin. Suitable for services...

William Romanis's hymn text is brought to life in this enchanting anthem with unexpected harmonic shifts and fluctuating time signatures. Rooney glides gracefully between tonal centres, creating abeau...

William Romanis's hymn text is brought to life in this enchanting anthem with unexpected harmonic shifts and fluctuating time signatures. Rooney glides gracefully between tonal centres, creating a bea...

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...

From the collection Mo Li Hua (Jasmine), 'My Flower' is an arrangement of a well-known Chinese song. This tri-language publication is suitable for Chinese- or English-speaking choirs.

My song is love unknown is an expressive and fluid setting of the well-known Lenten text by Samuel Crossman. McGlade highlights the phrase 'take frail flesh and die' with a sighing musical motif, befo...

My song is love unknown is an expressive and fluid setting of the well-known Lenten text by Samuel Crossman. McGlade highlights the phrase 'take frail flesh and die' with a sighing musical motif, befo...

Allain's appealing take on the popular text from Twelfth Night explores Shakespeare's words with long expressive melodies and evocative textures sure to move the listeners. Originally published in the...

Originally published in The Ivy and the Holly, Andrew's polymetric setting of this traditional text is evocative and energetic, with sustained vocalizations and creative melodies that bounce around th...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Carols 2, 'What child is this' is Chilcott's arrangement of the familiar carol, scored for SATB unaccompanied. The composer's talent for musical storytelling captures...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, this is a beautiful unaccompanied arrangement of a popular Japanese children's song. With a text full of natural imagery and a folk-like pentatonic melody, '...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, this lively energetic piece sets a translated text by Paul Verlaine about a couple enjoying a 'Dance in the Street'. With vocalizations and in quick compound...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Carols 2, 'Il est né, le divin enfant' is Chilcott's gently lilting arrangement of the traditional French carol, scored for SATB unaccompanied. Featuring a flowing cou...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, 'Tonight' is an atomspheric setting of a romantic text by Sara Teasdale. The lilting waltz-like rhythms and soft vocalizations perfectly capture the...

Originally published in The Ivy and the Holly, this expressive setting of a fourteenth-century text is full of energetic melodies, textural variety, and rhythmic drive. Perfect for Advent and Annuncia...

Originally published in The Ivy and the Holly, this evocative setting of a macronic text pays tribute to Mary. Featuring intricate textures and beautifully-shaped chromaticisms, this piece is ideal fo...

With intricate harmonies and a soprano solo, this is a beautiful setting of a text by Peter Dale detailing the gifts given to baby Jesus and in turn, the gifts that Jesus bestows upon humanity. Origin...

Originally published in The Ivy and the Holly, this lively setting of a text by Francis Kinwelmershe features a lilting melody and homophonic texture throughout, allowing the spirit of the text to shi...

Skempton's setting of one of the fool's songs from Twelfth Night is poignant and sombre, featuring angular melodies and homophonic textures that clearly convey Shakespeare's moving words. Originally p...

Originally published in John Gardner Carols, this well-loved text by James Montgomery is given a joyful full-bodied texture with unison verses. With the refrain sung by up to three choral groups, this...

Originally published in John Gardner Carols, this is a sprightly setting of the well-known carol, full of upbeat melodies matching the joy in the text.

This is a striking setting of a poem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, characterised by antiphonal exchanges between the upper and lower voices, and rich, ever-changing harmonies. Originally published in T...

In Grown about by fragrant bushes, Skempton sets a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson using gentle, lilting melodies. The theme of loss is sensitively conveyed in a tonal language that is made more expres...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Anthems 2, 'Queen of the May' is Chilcott's lively setting of a 19th century text, scored for SATB. The time signature of the folk-influenced melody moves between 3/4...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Anthems 2, 'Let the earth acclaim him' is a joyous anthem for SATB unaccompanied. Set to a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, this rhythmic piece evokes a welcoming fanfare...