Howard Skempton Noten für gemischten Chor

In this gently uplifting setting of the opening verses of Psalm 25, a psalm of faithfulness and trust, Skempton employs seamless homophony to create a sound-world that encourages the listener to refle...

More sweet than my refrain is a tender miniature for three-part choir set to the text of a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The motet features on the new Ars Nova Copenhagen recording, 'First Drop' (Cante...

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McDowall's Candlemas is a celebratory and powerful piece. Making use of choral divisions and suspensions and a dynamic organ part, this setting of Denise Levertov's text (on the Presentation of Jesus...

Set to text by John Drinkwater, this work is deceptively simple, making use of repetition and carefully placed harmonies which shift subtly to match the text. A beautiful and unusual setting which is...

With a simple, appealing melody and a flowing accompaniment, The Colours of Christmas evokes a touching sense of longing for the joys of the festive season.

First published in The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols, Alan Smith's In the Beginning is presented here in an alternative mixed-voice arrangement. Kevin Carey's text is set to gently lilting music, per...

This robust carol employs strong, dancing rhythms in the outer sections, while the reflective middle section for unaccompanied voices offers a moment of repose and contrast.

A French traditional carol arranged for mixed voices by John Rutter. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Joy to the World.

The weather, the most quintessentially English of topics, was the inspiration for this work. Chilcott weaves together a tapestry of well-known weather rhymes, such as 'The rain it raineth every day up...

This is a gentle and graceful anthem setting the well-loved words usually ascribed to St Francis of Assisi. It has been arranged for upper voices from the composer's Lux Perpetua, a choral work on the...

This straightforward but effective a cappella arrangement of the well-known English carol speaks directly to the listener, and its occasional unexpected harmonic turns will delight. Offprinted from Ca...

Optional parts for bass and drum set enliven this joyous arrangement of a traditional spiritual. Propelled by a light swing tempo, the mood grows more and more euphoric with each succeeding stanza of...

Parry brings a fresh take to the traditional French carol in an upbeat arrangement that has a memorable refrain and driving rhythms, balanced with polyphonic, graceful verses. Offprinted from from Car...

This choral anthem, suitable for a dedication of a church or other festivals, has been adapted to be accompanied by piano instead of organ. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 1.

This is a beautiful setting of an anonymous medieval text that follows a broken-hearted lover into the woods. Also available in versions for solo low voice and SSA.

Full score and set of parts for John Rutter's Blake's Lullaby, which was written in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. This set includes the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3 x vla, 2 x v...

This important contemporary Requiem demonstrates Gabriel Jackson's gift for writing mesmerising choral music on a large scale. Combining sections of the traditional Requiem text with selected poems fr...

The Unexpected Early Hour brims with energy as the vibrant melody passes between voices and the rocking crotchet-quaver movement drives the piece towards its climactic ending. Offprinted from Carols f...

This setting of the Vesper Responsory exudes a confident radiance and sure belief that the 'Lord he shall be with you'. First published in Advent for Choirs, this setting is both approachable and grip...