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Setting a 15th-century English text, this carol by David Hamilton alternates a lullaby refrain with a starker, more declamatory style setting references to Jesus' crucifixion. Originally published in...

In Vic Nees's arrangement of this traditional Flemish carol the harmonization becomes richer with each successive verse, culminating in six-part harmony in verse 4. An English text by Bob Chilcott is...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this beautiful and graceful antiphon for the feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is here edited by Timothy Morris. Scored for SATB...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this meditative 16th century work for feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is here edited by Timothy Morris. Scored for SSATBB and i...

Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this polyphonic motet perfectly captures the style of its time, with beautifully designed counterpoint and melismatic passages. Suitable for...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, Tallis's five-part setting of the Nunc dimittis is here edited by Stephen Rice. Scored for SATBB unaccompanied and including a piano part for reh...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this Matins canticle has a text based on verses from Isaiah. Scored for SATB unaccompanied with soprano and tenor solos, it is most suitable for...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this lucid antiphon for the Epiphany is here edited by Timothy Morris. Scored for SATB unaccompanied and including a piano part for rehearsal pur...

Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this antiphon for All Saints' Day features all the hallmarks of the sixteenth-century polyphonic style. Includes both Latin and English singi...

The composer has combined a single line of Latin, 'O virgo splendens', with an earthy, late 13th-century Marian text in Middle English to create a work which reflects both the divine and the human qua...

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...

Scored especially for ATB to meet social distancing requirements, this piece has both special resonance and practical application in these uncertain times. McGlade's characteristic unaccompanied style...

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...

A lively and folk-like setting of a traditional Jewish song. These three folksongs are colourful, original settings well within the grasp of most amateur choirs.

An expressive setting of the text of a traditional folk hymn. An arrangement for men's voices is also available.

A short, but eloquent setting of the eighth stanza of the hymn 'Pange lingua', and thus an effective Holy Week motet.

Arrangements of traditional American tunes. 'Sourwood Mountain' is also available in Encores for Choirs 1 and Folk-Songs for Choirs 1. 'Black Sheep' is also available in Folk-songs for Choirs 1.

A powerful and moving setting which was premiered in Westminster Abbey in November 1998.

These two numbers, 'Monday's Child' and 'Sing a Song of Sixpence', are taken from Five Childhood Lyrics, based on traditional children's rhymes and games.

The second of Stanford's Three English Motets Op. 135, this extended anthem boasts both impressive emotional range and textural ingenuity. Originally published in A Stanford Anthology.

A powerful commemoration motet for double choir with bold tonal and textural shifts, framed by outer sections in a deliberate archaic style. Originally published in AStanford Anthology.

Eine Sammlung von drei lateinischen Motetten: "Justorum animae", "Coelos ascendit hodie" und "Beati quorum via". Ursprünglich veröffentlicht in A Stanford Anthology.

A beautiful anthem that combines natural imagery with sensitive text-setting, creating a powerful sense of narrative. Originally published in AStanford Anthology.

Setting a hymn by E. H. Plumptre, this rousing anthem is rich in textural and harmonic contrasts and innovative chord sequences. Harris employs effective repetition of the focal word 'rejoice!', which...