Leichte Geistliche Musik-Noten

Latin and English texts. Available: SATB a cappella.

A Virgin Unspotted by William Billings, arranged by Richard C. Pisano for SATB choir a cappella.

Lamentation Over Boston by William Billings, arranged by Richard C. Pisano for SATB choir.

A warm and lovely setting of this favorite tune. Opening with a solo or unison women, this arrangement then transitions into beautiful harmony with much opportunity for musical expression. A beautiful...

This edition of the famous Mendelssohn chorus from Elijah is designed for a younger or less experienced choir that wants to go to contest! Available for 3-Part Mixed and SSAB. VoiceTrax CD also availa...

This serene and reflective setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells. With expansive harmonies and...

This edition of the Salve Regina by Portuguese composer Diogo Dias Melgás (1638-1700) is the first published version of the work, which has previously only been available in a library edition. Suitabl...

This tender arrangement of the well-loved Irish folk melody Londonderry Air sets an uplifting poem by Howard Walter: a stirring combination of music and text that was also used at the funeral of Diana...

This is a grand and exultant arrangement of the hymn tune 'Llanfair' and is presented with two text options: 'Hail the day that sees him rise' for use at Easter, and 'Praise the Lord! his glories show...

This powerful motet sets a reflective text by Augustine of Hippo. Connoisseurs of Jackson's music will recognise the hallmarks of his highly accessible style: inventive harmony that is largely diatoni...

In this short introit Bednall sets the 'In manus tuas' responsary for the Compline service. A setting of a useful text for church or cathedral services, the anthem is appropriately serene and luminisc...

David Bednall's unaccompanied setting of this Compline hymn contrasts sections of chant, for tenor soloist, with rich responses for full SATB choir. The introit has a gentle sense of ebb and flow, com...

Skempton's setting of the Preces and Responses is simple, well-crafted, and harmonically rewarding, and is perfect for choirs seeking new material for the liturgy.

This gentle anthem is built around a warm, hymn-like refrain, which gives way first to a free-flowing and expressive section and then to a more sombre section. With a Latin text from Ruth 1, this affe...

Setting a well-known Latin text, Miller mixes expressive harmony and flowing polyphony to create a touching anthem. The opening and closing sections develop the chant-like opening motif, enclosing a j...

This radiant setting of the popular 'O nata lux' text features sumptuous and sophisticated harmonies and accessible vocal lines. The anthem builds to a central climactic moment followed by a reprise o...

William Blake's poem, 'A Cradle Song', is brought to life in this elegant setting by Chilcott. The gentle, recurring melody is passed from sopranos to altos, supported by 'oo's and 'ah's in the lower...

for SATB unaccompanied This setting of Phineas Fletcher's text is gentle and flowing, with a lilting, descending motif to characterise the 'slow tears'. Archer offers nuanced dynamics and imitative e...

Let all mortal flesh keep silence is a reflective, homophonic setting of text from the fourth-century Orthodox Liturgy of St James. Sheehan's setting, an original rather than the customary pairing wit...

Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing is an upbeat setting of a hymn text by seventeenth-century English poet George Herbert. Chilcott uses irregular metres, syncopation, and dancing melodic shapes t...

Dieses kurze Abendgebet von James Whitbourn vertont einen Auszug aus dem Book of Common Prayer. Geschrieben für den Chor des Harris Manchester College, Oxford, ist es eine meditative Bitte um Gottes S...

In Quiet Peace vertont der Komponist Tristino Ali zärtliche Worte über die Ruhe, die man findet, wenn man Zeit allein mit Gott verbringt. Mit leicht zugänglichen und vor allem schrittweisen Teilen sch...

Bewahre mich wie einen Augapfel ist ein ruhiges und meditatives geistliches Werk, das sich für die Aufführung während des gesamten Kirchenjahres eignet. Der Text stammt aus Psalm 17 und ist eine Bitte...

John Sheppard's Verbum caro factum est is perhaps the most magnificent of his Responds, as befits its Christmas context. The music alternates between polyphony and plainchant, and the text is one that...

Russell Robinson has carefully edited this 17th Century madrigal for today's 3-part choirs. The key has been lowered a fourth, allowing part I to sing in a comfortable, one-octave (D-D) range. It also...