Noten für Gemischter Chor (SATB)

For SATB unaccompanied. This joyful setting of an old Irish air, arranged by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and edited by John Rutter, features a text by Thomas Moore on life's fleeting pleasures. A re...

Well suited to beginners, this is a piece of elegant simplicity that remains in rhythmic unison throughout, with focus placed on the dynamic range. Its text, written by the composer, emphasizes the co...

This anthem for unaccompanied choir juxtaposes the words of the Antiphon for the Washing of Feet on Maundy Thursday with 'The red rose whispers of passion' by the poet John Boyle O'Reilly. Jackson com...

for SATB unaccompanied

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...

Like as the hart sets reflective yet fervent words from Psalm 42. The vocal writing is emotive and expressive, and the fluctuating metres perfectly complement the rhythm adopted by the psalmist when p...

'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 piece sets a poem by Amy Lowell, vividly conveying the effect of the wind through a moving tapestry of eighth notes/quavers intertwined between the different voices. The melody floats over this b...

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 powerful work is a sequence of meditations on loss, longing, fear, and hope. The text is in Latvian and English - a pronunciation guide for the Latvian text is included in the vocal score. Jackso...

This lucidly reflective miniature sets an evocative text by Lucia Quinault that depicts a rural winter scene. There is a sense of waiting for the 'shining star' and, while it would make a beautiful ad...

McGrath's setting of this well-known fourteenth-century macaronic text is expressive and rich. The melodies have a chant-like quality and the metrical changes create a compelling ebb and flow. This ca...

A group of three miniatures for unaccompanied mixed voices, Some corner of a foreign field sets poems by three First World War soldiers: John William Streets, Goldfeld, and Rupert Brooke. Bednall's se...

This gentle, lilting anthem sets verses from the psalms that speak of devotion to and delight in the Lord. Bednall's sophisticated and appealing musical language gives colour and expression to the tex...

Aspire to God, my soul sets a macaronic text by Canon John Dilnot. This anthem is optimistic and uplifting, with frequently changing time-signatures that convey a rhythmic fluidity and the flexibility...

This tender setting is a partner antiphon to Bednall's Ave Regina caelorum. In turn, this pair compliments Howells's setting of the other Marian antiphons (Salve Regina and Regina Caeli). Triplet move...

This high-energy, majestic setting of well-known words from the psalms is a welcome addition to the service repertory. The changing metre brings the text to the fore, and the semiquaver movement that...

The Scholar is a sensitive setting of Robert Southey's poem that explores a man's kinship with the dead. With Bednall's characteristic metrical fluidity and effective word setting, this piece will pro...

Images of Peace is a work that encourages peace and understanding while not focussing on any particular creed or belief. Alan Bullard chooses texts from a range of sources, including the English metap...

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 setting of a tune from The Sacred Harp is strong and march-like, with accented rhythms and percussive vocal lines contributing to a rousing overall effect. It was originally published as part of...