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William Romanis's hymn text is brought to life in this enchanting anthem with unexpected harmonic shifts and fluctuating time signatures. Rooney glides gracefully between tonal centres, creating a bea...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this setting by Malcolm Archer of the familiar text by Prudentius and Caswell provides a fresh alternative version of the hymn. Scored for SATB u...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this exquisite piece of 16th century polyphony is here edited by Timothy Morris. Scored for SATB unaccompanied and including a piano part for reh...

Offprinted from the collection "Sprituals for Choirs".

Khorurd Metz is an Armenian sacred hymn, or sharakan, for the feast of the Nativity. Movses Khorenatsi, who wrote both the words and the melody, was one of the Armenia's greatest sharakan composers, a...

The Cherubic Hymn' is a hidden gem from Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, perfect for Trinity Sunday. With flowing melodic lines, exquisite harmonies, and a contrasting second half, the re...

Scored especially for ATB to meet social distancing requirements, this piece has both special resonance and practical application in these uncertain times. McGlade's characteristic unaccompanied style...

A short, but eloquent setting of the eighth stanza of the hymn 'Pange lingua', and thus an effective Holy Week motet.

Setting a hymn by E. H. Plumptre, this rousing anthem is rich in textural and harmonic contrasts and innovative chord sequences. Harris employs effective repetition of the focal word 'rejoice!', which...

This is a lilting take on the Elizabethan lute-song full of smooth Stanford-like nineteenth-century harmonies, exquisitely tempered with modal effects.

Skempton's After Rain sets an evocative text by Edward Thomas with a contemplative choral part over a rich and slow-moving cello line. Skempton alternates between contrasting upper-voice duets and ful...

This setting of the traditional hymn to 'Mary, the star of the sea' contrasts two moods and styles: the flowing simplicity of the 'Ave maris stella' refrain and the slightly faster and more homophonic...

This motet is the fifth of a set of seven relating the life story of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finnissy's aim was to hint at technical and expressive continuity with the music of the 11th and 12th cent...

This setting of this popular text was composed in 1997; choir directors should feel free to put a few sopranos on the alto line in the two polyphonic sections. Offprinted from the collection Cantica N...

This setting was commissioned by Choir and Organ magazine in 2003 and first performed by St Alban's Cathedral Choir under the direction of Andrew Lucas. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This Introit is the first of four Latin motets commissioned for the 1976 Edington Festival and first performed in Edington Priory. The Introit firsty pays tribute to Augustine, and then, in a more liv...

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Written to celebrate the 950th anniversary of St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, this compelling double-choir Missa brevis setting is suitable for liturgical and concert settings. The music is beautiful...

Written in response to Gibbons' famous setting of the same text from Psalm 47, this piece uses syncopated rhythms, imitative polyphonic textures, and declarative homophonic moments to create a piece f...