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No. 1 of McDowall's 'Three Latin Motets', Ave Regina is a gentle and lyrical setting of the text 'Hail, Queen of the Heavens'. The calm and memorable opening phrase is hinted at in passages of more in...

The Marian motet Alma Redemptoris Mater is one of two settings of this text composed by Josquin and possibly one of his earlier compositions. This setting is based upon the corresponding chant and ope...

A French traditional carol arranged for mixed voices by John Rutter. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Joy to the World.

The weather, the most quintessentially English of topics, was the inspiration for this work. Chilcott weaves together a tapestry of well-known weather rhymes, such as 'The rain it raineth every day up...

This is a declamatory setting of a popular Easter text by Gerard Manley Hopkins in an upbeat 7/8 metre. Featuring compelling interplay between choral sections, a slower reflective passage, and a rousi...

In contrast to Lassus's three-part setting of the Adoramus te, Christe text, the heavy texture employed in this five-part work demonstrates a more mature Lassus.

This concerto is an 18-minute single span of music, although it is broken down into three sections - fast, slow, faster. The musical language explores folk-derived materials and performing practices.

A setting of Walt Whitman's The Mystic Trumpeter (1872), in which the trumpeter (positioned off stage, or otherwise out of sight) imitates and echoes the soprano's melismatic treatment of the words.

By The Way, I Love You is a fun a cappella number that sets words by Garth Bardsley in a big band style. Swing and rhythmic groove is vital to the performance, with the catchy melody held first by the...

This sequence of six carols explores the role of Mary in the Christmas story, focussing on her human experience within a story of the divine. The work has two accompaniment options: piano (using this...

Edward Margetson was born in St. Kitts, British West Indies, immigrating to the United States in 1919. One of only a few published choral works by the composer, A few more years shall roll sets a hymn...

To Music is a jubilant anthem set to a poem by Robert Herrick ('To Music - A Song'). Commissioned by the BBC to mark Stephen Cleobury's 60th birthday celebrations in 2009, the work perfectly captures...

This beautiful chamber work takes its inspiration from an artist's book by the Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, 'A Litany A Requiem'. This book lists on alternate red, white, and blue paper plants...

Chilcott's rare gift for crafting the most poignant and beguiling melodies is rarely more apparent than in his setting of this enchanting medieval poem. Also available in versions for solo low voice a...

This small-scale work would make a useful repertoire piece, bearing in mind the need to provide compatible items for groups playing the Debussy flute/harp/viola sonata.

This is a vibrant setting of Psalm 148 and ends with a grand organ toccata. This anthem of praise is appropriate throughout the Church's year.

Using as its basis William Blake's eponymous poem from Songs of Innocence and Experience, this work is largely celebratory in tone and employs a range of techniques and textures as a means of expressi...

One of Chilcott's earliest compositions, The Modern Man I Sing is a setting of poems by Walt Whitman. A recording of the work by the BBC Singers is featured on the Signum Classics CD SIGCD100.

This gentle carol sets the text of Isaac Watts' popular 'Cradle Song' to the music of Charles Villiers Stanford's lullaby, 'Golden slumbers, kiss your eyes', from his Six Songs (op. 19), written in 18...