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A highly accessible and mellifluous arrangement for unaccompanied SATB. The delicate scoring, smooth vocal lines, and well-judged splashes of harmonic colour allow the simple beauty of the tune to be...

'Locus iste' has become a popular text for church dedication services. This simple and beautiful linear setting by O'Regan provides a stylish alternative to other, over-familiar settings.

This emotive motet sets a combination of verses from Psalms 31, 48, and 71. Essentially a prayer for God's protection and guidance, the piece is characterized by pungent and mesmerizing shifts of harm...

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...

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 innovative setting of the Magnificat celebrates the strength of teenage girls and is suitable for both liturgical and concert performance. The upper-voices sing in the style of Bulgarian choral f...

For SATBB unaccompanied. A series of superb anthems spanning one of the greatest periods of English music. The anthems reflect many stuyles ranging from simple four-part chordal anthems to elaborate m...

SATB unaccompanied. A fine four-part motet for Christmas.

One of the simplest and best-loved of 16th-century anthems.

A setting of a poem by Ursula Wood, later to become Ursula Vaughan Williams.. The dedication reads, 'To the memory of Charles Villiers Stanford, and his Blue Bird'.

Very effective, this arrangement using gently blending vocal lines evokes wonderful imagery.

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...

This is a stirring arrangement of the gospel classic I am on the battlefield for my Lord by Robert L. Jefferson for unaccompanied mixed voices, with two idiomatic solos. Jefferson's characterful arran...

This is a stirring arrangement of the gospel classic for unaccompanied male voices, with two idiomatic solos. Jefferson's characterful arrangement of the familiar melody features swing rhythms, jazz h...

This large-scale work sets a poem by American writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson that depicts the Creation story. The accompaniment is scored for full orchestra or small ensemble; s...

Bob Chilcott's arrangement of the Sussex Carol is a sprightly setting in 7/8. The verses are heard in unison, followed by two- and three-part canon, set against a cheerful piano figure. In the final v...

Oi Bethleem! is a traditional Basque carol from Lapurdi in the French Basque Country. Its well-known melody was adopted by English carol composers after being published in a French collection in the l...

This lovely arrangement of the popular American folk song perfectly captures the sense of loss and longing in the words. From the gentle unison opening, the music builds up through a range of textures...

This is a gentle and graceful anthem setting the well-loved words usually ascribed to St Francis of Assisi. It has been arranged for upper voices from the composer's Lux Perpetua, a choral work on the...

Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter's arrangement in B major. Pack includes full score and set of parts.

This setting of the Latin Missa brevis combines warmth and simple lyricism with youthful verve. It is highly accessible and there is a natural ease to the vocal lines. There are extended passages for...

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...