Weihnachtliche Melodien für alle!

The three movements of A Winter Breviary are entitled: 'We look for you', 'The year's midnight', and 'The unexpected early hour'. The movements are each based on an Indian classical Raag: Raag Hamsadh...

This imaginative setting of the well-loved text O little town of Bethleham, by Phillips Brooks, displays McGlade's characteristic rich and expressive harmonies, with their jazz inflections. Opening wi...

Traditionally sung on Christmas Eve, 'O Virgo virginum' is often described as the eighth ‘O' Antiphon and praises Mary, ‘O virgin of (amongst) virgins.' McDowall's setting is vigorous and joyful, with...

Setting original words by the artist Marc Bratcher, this tender and evocative carol for unaccompanied SATB choir is suitable for performance at Christmas or Epiphany. The work opens with a gently flow...

Two stanzas of emotive verse by Christina Rossetti are set to music of touching directness in this a cappella offering, whose graceful melodies are often adorned by caressing rhythmic patterns. Offpri...

This carol for a cappella choir juxtaposes Latin text with a jubilee spiritual celebrating the Magi who saw the star to lead them to the newborn child. The natural rhythmic energy is amplified by sync...

McDowall erweckt einen mystischen, grüblerischen Krippentext von Nicholas Dakin mit dramatischen oktatonischen Melodien und parallelen Bewegungen in Quarten und Quinten zum Leben. Das treibende 6/8-Me...

McDowall brings to life a mystical, brooding nativity text by Nicholas Dakin with dramatic octatonic melodies and parallel movement in fourths and fifths. The propulsive 6/8 metre is decorated with du...

In this arrangement of the Appalachian folk carol, Mack Wilberg provides a gentle harmonization suitable for a lullaby to the Christ child. A slight sense of foreboding is introduced in the central mi...

Toby Youngs originelle Vertonung erfrischt diesen bekannten Text mit einer meisterhaften und einprägsamen Melodie, die von einer unauslöschlichen Zärtlichkeit durchdrungen ist. Young macht Gebrauch vo...

Toby Young's original setting refreshes this well-known text with a masterful and memorable melody that is imbued with an indelible tenderness. Young makes use of effective textural changes and syncop...

This gentle and tender anthem is suitable for all church and cathedral choirs. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.

Barnett has kept the straightforward feeling of the original setting and added a bit of harmonic variation through the use of canonic textures and the Lydian mode. Offprinted from the collection An Am...

Dies ist eine charaktervolle Vertonung eines klassischen mittelalterlichen Weihnachtstextes. Festlich und tänzerisch verkörpert die Musik die Freude an der Weihnachtszeit und feiert die Erlösung der M...

The basses should drive the piece forward, without rushing, in order to maintain a blues, laid-back feel. Offprinted from the collection An American Christmas, edited by Jerry Rubino.

In Phil Mattson's arrangement, the melody and text have been set with some contemporary harmonies, which begin simply and become more complex. Offprinted from the collection An American Christmas, edi...

Dieses jubelnde Weihnachtslied enthält einen stimmungsvollen Text aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhundert, in dem die Geburt Christi gefeiert wird. Mit einem beschwingten, mittelalterlichen Gefühl und wechsel...

Rubino wanted to "create something that would maintain the traditional spirit of the carol, while engaging the singer and listener in a new way." Offprinted from the collection An American Christmas,...

D'où viens-tu, bergère? is one of the most popular lullaby carols in the francophone world. The carol takes the form of a dialogue between inquisitive villagers and a young shepherd girl who has just...

Dieses feierliche und zugleich dramatische Werk vertonte ein traditionelles lateinisches Gebet, das die Jungfrau Maria preist, mit intensiven melodischen Linien, die zugleich unerschütterlich und fess...

In dieser lebhaften Vertonung des bekannten makaronischen Weihnachtstextes werden häufig wechselnde Taktarten, Synkopen und unabhängige Bewegungen in jeder Stimme verwendet, was zu einer Leichtigkeit...

Orchestral material is available on hire. Also available in Carols for Choirs 3. A different arrangement for SSA unaccompanied is in Carols for Choirs 4.

Three straightforward, short carol arrangements for SATB unaccompanied

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...