Leichte Noten für Gemischter Chor

This text by the Wedderburns is best known from Benjamin Britten's timeless A Ceremony of Carols. This setting serves as a manger lullaby, with the soprano soloist representing Mary.

This text by the Wedderburns is best known from Benjamin Britten's timeless A Ceremony of Carols. This setting serves as a manger lullaby, with the soprano soloist representing Mary.

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 touching piece sets Yeats' beautiful words describing the love of a parent for their child. Switching between major and minor tonalities, A Cradle Song is quiet and understated, with sensitive a...

John Rutters reizende Version des englischen Volksliedes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert steckt voller Energie!

Ya basta!' is a Spanish saying that roughly translates to 'Enough is enough!'. Regan has combined this with text from a poem by the Spanish poet Antonio Machado. Ya Basta! has an exuberant and carefre...

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...

This compact anthem for unaccompanied choir is the result of another successful collaboration between Bob Chilcott and the poet Charles Bennett. Well-crafted and tender melodic lines are shared betwee...

Alan Smith's setting of the Latin hymn at Lauds for The Feast of Transfiguration is stately and solemn. Featuring imitative entries that open out into rich, expansive textures at climactic moments, th...

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...

'God of creation' sets an English translation of a Latin hymn attributed to St Ambrose. Smith employs a mixture of homophony and independent part-writing, along with a range of dynamic effects, to cre...

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...

This arrangement of the popular American folksong is atmospheric and expressive, with the traditional melody moving seamlessly between voice parts and resting on a cushion of rich harmonies. Shenandoa...

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 secular work by John Rutter is set to the text of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet No. 18. Throughout the work, Rutter skilfully weaves the figurative language of the sonnet within the lyrical melodic...

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...

When spring comes walking is a warm and optimistic setting of an evocative poem by Charles Bennett that explores themes of rebirth, nature, and celebration. Chilcott embraces the return of spring with...

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...

This expressive piece is based on The Seven Sacred Virtues of the Lakota: the title describes a commitment to live by these values, the metaphorical 'red road', being a spiritual way of life. The unhu...