Chorpartituren

From the larger work Summer Sun, Winter Moon, this movement seeks to give voice to the series of words that the early American explorers had to translate: numbers, seasons, days. Full of musical image...

Past three a clock, and a cold frosty morning, past three a clock; good morrow, masters all, this text is combined with an old English tune in a fresh seasonal setting. With harp. Available for SATB a...

Were we dreaming when the sky turned white and the angel spoke and the heavens sang... This reflective text is artfully set in this original Christmas work. With harp. Available for SATB and SSA. Perf...

A setting of the Beatitudes text, this stately work may be performed by treble voices of all ages. May be performed with piano or organ. Performance Time: Approx. 4:00

The last published poem of Sara Teasdale forms the lyric framework for this setting for mixed chorus, flute and harp. Rich harmonies and vocal textures create an atmosphere of rare beauty. Performance...

In four movements. The first two choral movements memorialize the composer's mother and mother-in-law. The final movement depicts Mary Magdalene, inspired by Harbison's work with Bach's St. John Passi...

The text by an anonymous 15th century poet is illuminated by the legato and expressive phrases of this evocative work. From the Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series. Performance Time: Approx. 6:00

This graceful solo song has been adapted for SSA voices. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough... An ideal selection for treble concert and festival! Performance Time:...

An elegant setting of the poem by Edward Carpenter, this work evokes the boundary between the living and those who have passed on. So thin a veil divides us from such joy... Performance Time: Approx....

Chinese-born Huang Ruo is a bright new presence on the contemporary music scene. In this work for chorus and semi-chorus, finger bells and gently shifting harmonic textures create an atmosphere of con...

After an opening that evokes a confused and troubled world, this work bursts into a sweeping attempt to drive the world's coldness away in favor of love. Flute part included. Duration: Approx. 3:00 Co...

This work is scored for a professional children's choir, or a women's chorus, guiro (s) and harp and is based on a folk song from northern Shaanxi Province in China. The music is a simple rhythmic tow...

Broadway composer Andrew Lippa composed this work for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus to a text by Emily Dickinson. The uplifting message unfolds above an accompaniment that alternates between flowing lines...

Create a meditative moment in your concert with this reflective setting of the famous Praetorius chorale tune from Piae Cantiones. Performed by The Canticum Novum Singers - Harold Rosenbaum, conductor...

This final movement of a larger work An Undaunted Heart: Songs of Elders is a setting of a poem by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore and explores the last stage of life for a man and the ocean of p...

The final section of a larger work, this work opens with a solo voice and weaves a magical spell as the message of peace unfolds. Some fear the world, they hear the dissonance and say it always will b...

All the colors of a Jamaican marketplace burst into song in this rhythmic concert setting by Alice Parker. Taking its text from a poem by Agnes Maxwell Hall, this work is a celebration of life and all...

Winner of the 2007 VocalEssence Carol Competition, this flowing setting of a 16th century anonymous text features the shimmering sounds of a celesta as it echoes and comments upon the vocal phrases, c...

Carlos Chavez' Fragmento, from the ballet 'Piramide', for mixed chorus of speaking voices. The text of this piece is to be spoken, not sung (absolutely not sprechstimme!). Syllables orcombinationof l...

A catchy song for SATB choir on the theme of love. Ideal for teenage/school choirs. Also available for Upper Voices (catalogue no: GS88946)

Exploring themes of infinite possibility and the intersection of the inner and outer essence of life, this setting of the 13th century poetry of Rumi offers a simple but profound reflection on the hum...

Based on a cantillation melody collected by the composer's father in the 1920s, this short work suggests ancient origins. The tonality reflects very little of the modes we often associate with orienta...

The composer writes: Set to a text by E. Y. 'Yip' Harburg, lyricist of the film The Wizard of Oz and the musical Finian's Rainbow, this work looks forward to 'one sweet morning' when, 'out of the flag...

Cary Ratcliff's charming and refreshing oratorio Ode to Common Things is set to poetry by Chilean writer Pablo Neruda, who, over the course of his life, wrote odes to ordinary, everyday objects, five...

Now available in an SSAA edition! After an opening that evokes a confused and troubled world, this work bursts into a sweeping attempt to drive the world's coldness away in favor of love. Flute part i...