Chorpartituren

Eleanor Daley sets the text from Corinthians, 'Love is patient, Love is kind' as a descant above a repeated, polyphonic, and homophonic SATB chant of the Latin text Ubi caritas et amor Deus ibi est. T...

For SATB unaccompanied - DiOrio sets a biblical text appropriate for Holy Week and Easter in a fresh, flowing harmonic style. This piece works well in concert settings and in church services.

A very exciting and dramatic arrangement of a traditional early American folk hymn made up of contrasting sections of homophonic textures and a soprano melody against a rhythmic background.

Out of the depths is a reflective, homophonic, and beautifully written work. The choral parts are very accessible, yet the resulting sound is rather sophisticated and thoughtful. This setting of Psalm...

For SATB unaccompanied - Debra Scroggins' setting of a poem by William Blake is both stunning and gentle. The tight harmonies offer a lush and flowing soundscape that conveys warmth and tenderness per...

All are bound to get caught up in the energy and fervour of this new setting of the spiritual Ride On, King Jesus. Wertsch uses the full range of dynamics and so adds intensity and variety to the vers...

SSAATTBB unaccompanied In 1854 Pearsall arranged his madrigal Lay a garland to the text Tu es Petrus. Richard Shephard has taken up this idea and skilfully adapted Pearsall's fine eight-part piece Gre...

This setting of the Nunc Dimittis was written for Westminster Cathedral and first performed at Compline on Easter Day 1916. In concerts it could be contrasted with the Latin settings by Howells and Ho...

Written in 1844 in thanksgiving for the preservation of the life of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm after an unsuccessful assassination attempt, this is the original a cappella version of the well...

For SATB unaccompanied. This makes a very useful addition to the repertory for Ascension Day - either as an introit or as an anthem. The text is from the Collect for the Sunday after Ascension.

This new edition of the classic 'Tudor Responses' volume that first appeared in 1933 preserves the editions by Watkins Shaw that were published in 1966, though without Shaw's adaptations for the 1662...

SATTBB unaccompanied Gombert's In illo tempore: loquente Jesu is a six-part unaccompanied study in intricate part-writing, with sinuous stepwise motion and persistent imitative entries. The optimism o...

Sibelius composed Den 25 Oktober 1902 for mixed choir as a birthday gift to a friend, Thérèse Hahl (1842-1911) who enjoyed a position of high esteem in Helsinki concert life and was a sought-after ora...

Mysterious yet lyrical, Lars Karlsson's setting for mixed choir to Paula Hiekkala's poem Mare crisium (1990) is a beautiful journey from stormy sea towards radiant peace.

Julinatt på ön (A July Night on an Island, 1974/2022) for mixed choir by Lars Karlsson is set to Arvid Mörne's text in Swedish. A peaceful and atmospheric song lasts about 2 minutes.

Franck Domine Deus In Simplicitate Offertoire 1er Dim Stb A Cappella

French composer, Jean Gilles (1668-1705) received his musical training as a choirboy in Aix-en-Provence. His substantial works are entirely religious, Messe Des Morts being no exception. Gilles catal...

SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra

Composed in 2020 at the invitation of the Festival de Chaillol for the vocal ensemble Musicatreize, 'Lands Unseen' for 6 voices a cappella sets poems of four female writers from different places and t...

Eja, mater, fons amoris ("O, Mutter, Quelle der Liebe") vertont einen Auszug aus dem lateinischen Gedicht Stabat Mater aus dem 13. Jahrhundert, einem Hymnus an die Jungfrau Maria, der ihr Leiden währe...

Philip Kern skillfully weaves together two familiar spirituals, Ezekiel Saw The Wheel and There Is A Little Wheel A'Turning In My Heart, to create a choral gem. The voices sing each melody separately,...

A simple four-measure a cappella opening develops slowly and meaningfully into a gorgeous ballad of farewell. 'I know you must travel your road as I must travel mine, but may our paths meet again some...