Frauenchor mit Klavier

This jubilant and uplifting carol is sure to become a classic. The memorable melodies have a dance-like quality, and the bell-like piano part adds festive sparkle. Coupling the familiar words with les...

'The Abolition of Slavery' ('Die Abschaffung der Sklaverei') ist der zweite Satz aus Bob Chilcotts Chorwerk '5 Days that Changed the World' ('5 Tage, die die Welt veränderten'). Die ergreifende Kompos...

This playful song sets the famous 'Beautiful Soup' poem from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a suitably tongue-in-cheek manner. With lilting rhythms, intertwining lines, and opport...

Inspired by the simple directness of William Chatterton Dix's vivid, pictorial text, the composer explores the breadth of the choral canvas in this expressive and artful carol. The piece has a straigh...

This playful song sets the famous 'Beautiful Soup' poem from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a suitably tongue-in-cheek manner. With lilting rhythms, intertwining lines, and opport...

This is an attractive, not difficult carol to a traditional Scottish text and with a gentle 'folk-y' feel. A flowing melody, complete with flattened 7ths and delicate Scotch snaps, appears in various...

A bright and joyful piece full of rhythmic invention and energy which sets a Guaymi dawn song.

The music is dynamic, with some funky writing for the piano, and builds to a fabulous climax where several themes are deftly combined together. A great piece to end a concert.

Spells is a song cycle setting four magical poems by Kathleen Raine. Each song is an exquisitely crafted miniature which captures the mood and mystery of the words. This is profound and worthwhile mus...

One of five songs to texts from Shakespeare's plays which may be performed as a sequence under the title 'The Glories of Shakespeare', or individually. Orchestral material is available on hire and inc...

One of five songs to texts from Shakespeare's plays which may be performed as a sequence under the title 'The Glories of Shakespeare', or individually. Orchestral material is available on hire and inc...

One of five songs to texts from Shakespeare's plays which may be performed as a sequence under the title 'The Glories of Shakespeare', or individually. Orchestral material is available on hire and inc...

One of five songs to texts from Shakespeare's plays which may be performed as a sequence under the title 'The Glories of Shakespeare', or individually. Orchestral material is available on hire and inc...

From the collection Hark, hark, the lark, 'And will he not come again?' is a setting by Paul Jarman of words from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Scored for upper voices unaccompanied and with piano, and featur...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Ring the bells' is a joyful carol by Alan Bullard, scored for SSA and piano. Setting a text by Frances Jane Crosby and written in 6/4 time, it features unison a...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Vulcan' is an energetic carol, scored for SSA and piano. The text, written by the composer, hails Christ as a new star emerging from the night. Featuring canoni...

Pastoral is a joyous, celebratory carol with a distinctive folk character. Set to a traditional Hungarian text interspersed with Latin, the first part fizzes with anticipation before giving way to a m...

In this setting for SSA voices and piano Terashima sets a text from William Blake's Songs of Innocence. His prominent use of open fourths in the voices and piano give an oriental flavour to the music...

Inspired by the medieval carol Angelus ad Virginem, Indigo I suggests a distant time, European roots, and the tranquil peace of that starry night when Wisdom descended. Originally published in World C...

The rhythm of this carol resembles that of a lively Polish folk dance, the oberek; usually in triple metre, here it is broken into 7/4. Scored for SSA and piano, it features an English text by Jeremy...

This is a small-scale work, which would make a useful repertoire piece, bearing in mind the need to provide compatible items for groups playing the Debussy flute/harp/viola sonata.

alongside new material by Delphine Chalmers and the composer. It has sections for adult voices alone and sections for children's voices alone alongside passages for the two forces to combine as a full...

The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in this delightful madrigal for unaccompanied choir. Offprinted from Rutter's Three Shakespeare Songs, O mistress mine is a jaunty jazz wa...

I too shall walk to Bethlehem depicts a journey to the Bethlehem stable 'where once a child was born'. The orchestral accompaniment is available for purchase.

I remember sets a text reflecting on the wonder of the natural world and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned by a gently flowin...