Alexander L'Estrange Noten für gemischten Chor

Now sleeps the crimson petal (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809--92) entreats a lover to emulate nature's patterns, imploring that they first waken like the firefly and then 'slip into my bosom and be lost...

When Cecil Sharp transcribed O Waly Waly in 1908, it bore this title but did not contain the title words (beginning instead with 'Down in the meadows'). It has been suggested since that the version we...

English song in the first half of the twentieth century was largely defined by the wonderful output of Roger Quilter and Gerald Finzi, both of whom delighted in setting fine poetry by Wordsworth, Shak...

Simple Gifts has been sung to numerous different lyrics (particularly Sydney Carter's 1960s hymn Lord of the Dance) and the tune is very well known, thanks to its use in Aaron Copland's score for the...

Siyahamba is one of the best-known African worship songs of recent times. It is presented here in a (mostly) homophonic arrangement that contrasts unison singing with three-part harmonies. As with lot...

Standing in the Need of Prayer is a simple, meditative melody with a pleasing, repetitive chord sequence. This arrangement gives you a chance to 'crank it up a gear' after the modulation; there is als...

Talented duo Joanna Forbes and Alexander L'Estrange have devised a series of jazz warm-ups designed to help choirs swing. Getting into the groove has never been such fun! These warm ups are arranged...

Howard Goodall is one of British TV's finest musical assets. This is an arrangement of Psalm 23 (the theme-tune from the award-winning BBC TV series 'The Vicar of Dibley') and 'Theme-Academy' - a show...

This collection of Music for Special Occasions brings together ten sacred choral works to enhance any occasion whether joyful, reflective or commemorative. Some best-loved pieces as well as new compos...

Commissioned by King's School, Bruton, to mark the school's 500th anniversary, King of glory, King of peace is Alexander L'Estrange's triumphant setting of the George Herbert poem (for SATB and organ)...

Written for the annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Westminster Cathedral in December 2015, L'Estrange has delivered another enjoyable but challenging addition to the Christmas carol repertoi...

Alexander L'Estrange's New College Service (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis) is a tribute to Dr Edward Higginbottom, Director of Music and organist of the choir of New College, Oxford between 1976-2014. Fe...

Alexander L'Estrange's beautiful mixed voice composition, Lute-book Lullaby, is the latest addition to the highly acclaimed Faber New Choral Works series. First performed by the choir Tenebrae, direct...

Get into the festive spirit with this trio of smashing new arrangements for choir, featuring all-time favourites 'Rockin' around the Christmas tree', 'Let it snow' and 'All I want for Christmas is you...

The Germans' love of the Christmas tree was immortalized in the song O Tannenbaum. The fir tree's evergreen qualities, and hence its loyalty, inspired many 'Tannenbaum' songs to be written over the la...

Wassail! Carols of Comfort and Joy is a sequence of 12 uplifting folk-inspired Christmas songs, exploring both sacred and secular aspects of the festive season. Including such favourites as The Sussex...

English song in the first half of the twentieth century was largely defined by the wonderful output of Roger Quilter and Gerlad Finzi, both of whom delighted in setting fine peotry by Wordsworth, Shak...

England 'this scepter'd isle', has been the inspiration fo many beautiful folk melodies through time. Here are three contrasted songs that capture the atmosphere of past times - the hard toil, the lov...

The love of all things retro is a collective cultural obsession through which we celebrate a fondness for bygone days. This collection represents three of the best-known and classic retro hits that, o...

This volume is a toe-in-the-water introduction to some of the great and much loved American folksons. Two individual songs are presented here, Oh Shenandoah and Simple Gifts, which are complemented wi...

An uplifting celebration of King Henry VIII's famous warship, the Mary Rose, it cleverly fuses the music of Tudor times with an array of catchy sea shanties and also includes a sublime setting by L'Es...

Wales - the 'land of song' - has not only produced some of the world's greatest singers, including the bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, but also some of the British Isle's finest folk melodies. Here are thr...

The acclaimed Choral Programme Series is much loved by choral conductors for its breadth of repertoire and practical value-for-money editions. The series has been re-designed and now features a stylis...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...