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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...

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...

This is a warm and tender piece setting the last three verses of Christina Rossetti's 'What good shall my life do me?', which encourages leading a life of love as an example for others. Daley's heartf...

This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful, swinging syncopations and dancing scat accompaniment. Also available in a version for SSAA...

This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem...

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

This imaginative setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem encourages the use of evocative bird and wind noises to capture the text's natural imagery. In a fresh, a cappella style, Hawley's charism...

Bob Chilcotts ausdrucksstarke Vertonung von Sara Teasdales Gedicht 'Peace' sorgt mit üppigen Harmonien und sanfter Dynamik für besinnliche Momente in Ihrem nächsten Konzertprogramm.

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

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...

Bring me all your dreams ist eine wunderbar schlichte Vertonung vertrauter Worte von Langston Hughes und zeigt Harris' effektive homophone Schreibweise und reiche harmonische Palette. Das Stück ist un...

A Birthday vertont ein gleichnamiges Gedicht von Christina Rossetti. Chydenius spiegelt die lebhaften Bilder im Text der Strophen durch schöne Gesangslinien mit wirbelnden Gegenmelodien wider. Die Ref...

Dieses Lied verbindet gekonnt ein klassisches Gedicht, Christina Rossettis Uphill, mit einem entspannten, leicht jazzigen Stil. Durch die Erweiterung von drei- auf sechsstimmige Harmonie ermöglicht di...

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...