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These three choral vignettes are inspired by the whimsical poetry of Emily Dickinson. All three pieces require a free play of fancy and imagination. Using extended, aleatoric passages, non-metrical an...

With a debut at Carnegie Hall as part of the New York Pops annual holiday concert, Habari Gani celebrates the inspiring message of Kwanzaa. Drawing from the beat box style so popular in today's a capp...

Long, legato lines and shifting tonal centers describe this setting by Matthew Emery of this famous James Joyce poem. Speaking of the power of both love and music and how they intertwine and collide,...

From the pen of rapidly rising young composer Matthew Emery and winner of the 2013 ACDA Raymond W. Brock Memorial Student Composition Contest, this a cappella setting of the Robert Herrick poem is a b...

This wonderful parable by Will Allen Dromgoole has a dreamy quality and the music reflects that with a mix of soft jazz and classical stylings. Syncopated vocal accompaniment creates an effect that fe...

This jaunty little work on a text from William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, one of his earliest comedies. The tongue-in-cheek text talks of married life and the woe that comes from being unable...

Commissioned by a consortium of choruses including Chanticleer, The Dale Warland Singers, and The Phoenix Bach Choir, this beautiful a cappella setting of Psalm 86 is a delicate powerhouse. In the tex...

This setting of a poem by William Blake is evocative and appealing. Jackson ingeniously offsets simple, pure harmonies against moments of chromaticism to create beautiful, fresh music which perfectly...

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 setting of the Song of Songs is a fine example of Skempton's distinctive ability to distil and express the emotional essence of a text. Beautifully understated, and employing a straightforward to...

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...

Setting a beautiful text by Charles Bennett, this is a gentle, optimistic piece that remembers those lost to conflict and looks encouragingly towards peace. The tenor solo is supported by vocal accomp...

Originally published in the anthology, An American Christmas, this is a serene setting of a macaronic text by M. K. Dean describing the song the angels sang for the birth of the Christ-child.

Following Jackson's settings of the seven 'O' antiphons (Seven Advent Antiphons), this is a setting of the text recognised as the eighth 'O' antiphon and performed as such in many Christian traditions...

The Scholar is a sensitive setting of Robert Southey's poem that explores a man's kinship with the dead. With Bednall's characteristic metrical fluidity and effective word setting, this piece will pro...

This setting of a tune from The Sacred Harp is strong and march-like, with accented rhythms and percussive vocal lines contributing to a rousing overall effect. It was originally published as part of...

Victimae paschali laudes is an atmospheric arrangement of the plainsong melody for this Latin text for Easter Sunday. Lawson employs interjections of 'alleluia' within the main text as an expression o...

Lightly come or lightly go is a playful setting of James Joyce's poem of the same name for SATB double choir. The two choirs portray the conflicting emotions expressed in the poem demonstrated by the...

Skilfully set to tender words by the poet e e cummings, 'I carry your heart' is a secular work originally for men's voices, rescored by the composer in this version for mixed voices. The piece was com...

This contemplative setting of Psalm 23 presents the well-loved 'The Lord is my Shepherd' text within a four-part, homophonic texture. Hymn-like and lyrical, this unaccompanied composition is illustrat...

Parry presents a fresh take on this popular 15th-century macaronic carol through appealing imitation, strong rhythmic interest, and imaginative harmonic language, leading to a satisfying Tierce de Pic...

This is a warm and contemplative setting of the medieval Latin hymn, suitable for communion services or for Lent, Passiontide, or Corpus Christi. Built around harmonic sequences and an appealing openi...

In this lively 6/8 setting, Assersohn explores a macaronic 15th-century text ('A Patre Unigenitus/Through a maiden is come'), with its exclamations of 'Eya!' reinforcing festive celebration. Featuring...

The star has come is an illustrative and imaginative setting of a poem by Robert Seatter. In response to the evocative text, Williams uses portamenti techniques to create musical imagery, and explores...

If you love me is a beautiful and unique setting of a well-known Pentecost text. Coloured by nuanced dynamics, Young's rich, extended harmonies create tension throughout the piece, before finally reso...