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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...

Mit einem Text von Thomas H. Troeger erkundet dieses ausdrucksstarke Stück den Gedanken der Kameradschaft und der Widerstandsfähigkeit in schwierigen Zeiten. Die tröstliche, lyrische Melodie liegt übe...

Another issue in the Church Music Society's series of great 16th-century Responds, John Sheppard's Reges Tharsis is for the season of Epiphany, celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. T...

This short anthem or introit by Jack Redman uses verses from Kate B. Wilkinson's touching hymn 'May the mind of Christ my Saviour', first published in 1925. Scored for SATB, it may be sung unaccompani...

This fine Respond by Thomas Tallis is scored for SATTBarB, with the chant placed in the 2nd Tenor part. Intended for the Feast of Corpus Christi, it can be sung at any Eucharistic service, either as a...

SSAATTBB unaccompanied In 1854 Pearsall arranged his madrigal Lay a garland to the text Tu es Petrus. Richard Shephard has taken up this idea and skilfully adapted Pearsall's fine eight-part piece Gre...

For SSATB unaccompanied This piece (entitled Carmen Funebre) and Tu es sacerdos were cited as examples of good church music in S.S.Wesley's pamphlet about the state of church music in 1849. The text h...

Mark's Sirett's setting of these anonymous words has a magical quality that is most attractive to singers and listeners alike. The soprano(s) announce the main tune before it is taken up by the full c...

This setting of the Nunc Dimittis was written for Westminster Cathedral and first performed at Compline on Easter Day 1916. In concerts it could be contrasted with the Latin settings by Howells and Ho...

John Taverner's Respond 'Dum transisset Sabbatum' (I) is now established as one of the finest examples of English polyphony composed in the last days of the Sarum Rite. Scored for SATBarB, alternating...

This is the first published edition of an anthem by Henry Walford Davies that dates from the mid 1890s. Scored for lower voices, AATTBB, it is a setting of an anonymous text from 1836 that is suitable...

This is the first published edition of an anthem by Henry Walford Davies that he composed on the death of William Gladstone in 1898. With rich scoring for SSAATTBB and sumptuous harmonies, it can serv...

The Evening Service by Nicholas Strogers comes from one of the earliest 'short' services to have survived. It was one of six services regularly sung at the Chapel Royal in the early 17th century, and...

This new edition of the classic 'Tudor Responses' volume that first appeared in 1933 preserves the editions by Watkins Shaw that were published in 1966, though without Shaw's adaptations for the 1662...

This lively reimagining of the traditional hymn is a thrilling a cappella arrangement which pairs the soaring legato melody with a rhythmic vocal accompaniment. Together, these elements capture both t...

Sing, my Child sets a joyful text celebrating the beauty found all around us in everyday life. Characterized by tight harmonies and a dynamic percussion line, the buoyant 7/8 metre of the opening driv...

Sarah Quartel brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text in this enchanting carol. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody, in 6/8 metre,...

Voicelinks is an innovative teaching resource for music in early years and primary education. It embraces singing as a means of accessing all areas of the curriculum, to develop the whole child, with...

Bless to me this day is a tranquil setting of 'The Journey Prayer' from the Celtic compendium Carmina Gadelica. The sense of prescient optimism is captured in the flowing piano part, while the simplic...

Brooke's arrangement of this traditional sea shanty is invigorating and atmospheric. Changing voices will enjoy the theme of trains and ships in the text, as well as the boisterous call-and-response t...

This is a powerful setting of a text by Langston Hughes that depicts an experience of racial oppression. Moore's music is highly sensitive to the text, with each new description being given a distinct...

The vocal part is fairly simple, with some interesting rhythms while the organ part adds some 'spice' with Tranchell's individual harmonies. Psalm 133 uses two different antiphons.

This lyrical setting of a text by Colin Coppen has an elegant melody and flowing piano accompaniment. It would make a charming addition to any concert or service, and is also available in a version fo...

One of Chilcott's earliest choral compositions, The Modern Man I Sing is a setting of three poems by Walt Whitman. Initially written for the Gustavus Choir, the leading Lutheran choir in Minnesota, it...