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This serene Sonatina from Cantata 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God's time is best)', is the prelude to a contemplative funeral cantata in its original setting. Here transcribed for solo...

This is a beautiful setting of an anonymous medieval text that follows a broken-hearted lover into the woods. Fluctuating between major and minor keys, Chilcott's melody is full of nostalgia and grows...

This attractive and concise setting of the Mass (without Creed) has flexible scoring, being for 2-part choir (upper and lower voices), or SATB, and organ. The communion motet Tantum ergo is also for 2...

Scored for low voice and piano or organ, this is a charming setting of the well-known Psalm in Chilcott's signature style. The melodies flow gently in three, exuding calmness and expression, underpinn...

A much-loved setting of the Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6: 24), this simple but highly expressive work is at once tender and profound. It was composed for a memorial service for Edward T. Chapman, the D...

Scored for high voice and piano or organ, this setting of a Jewish text is simple but uplifting, and well-supported by a flowing keyboard accompaniment. Also available in a version for solo low voice.

The text Lauda Sion, written by St Thomas Aquinas, is the sequence for the Feast of Corpus Christi. Monteverdi set stanzas one, two, and twenty-three of the sequence, which contains twenty-four verses...

Orchestral material is available on hire. A different arrangement for unaccompanied SA voices is in Carols for Choirs 4. This set of parts includes the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3...

A tender and lovely setting which is easy to sing. Particularly appropriate for weddings. The orchestral material is available on hire.

American traditional song for chamber orchestra or piano

This short, contemplative anthem serves as an ideal introit for church services or as a short meditation piece at Communion during Lent. This contemporary setting presents the text of Psalm 51, 'Creat...

This ravishing setting of a heartfelt and emotional poem by e. e. cummings captures a sense of the ineffable place of faith in existence that transcends mere worship, doctrine, even humankind itself....

A highly expressive setting of the biblical text, this simple work is at once tender and profound. It was composed for a memorial service for Edward T. Chapman, the Director of Music at Highgate Schoo...

This short expressive piece sets a fifteenth-century penitential poem of great fervour. Jackson alternates a refrain in a simple plainsong style with more passionate, homophonic verses, to powerful ef...

With a simple, appealing melody and a flowing accompaniment, The Colours of Christmas evokes a touching sense of longing for the joys of the festive season.

This carol is also available in Carols for Choirs 3, and 100 Carols for Choirs. All the instrumental accompaniments are available for hire. The arrangement for orchestra is also available on sale.

This joyful carol triumphantly proclaims the Christmas message and features changing metres and contrasting textures throughout. This is an offprint from Carols for Choirs 6.

From the collection Bob Chilcott Anthems 2, 'This day' is a gentle anthem which sets a Jewish text adapted by the composer. Scored for SATB and piano, it creates a prayerful atmosphere with an elegant...

From Psalm 33 (opening phrase to be played on trumpets or organ)

This radiant anthem was commissioned for the celebrations for Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. Todd employs arching melodies and beautifully simple harmonies, underpinned by a gentle organ accompaniment...

This short and easy anthem is a statement of the Christian intent, serene in its quiet confidence. Words are from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Scores and string parts are available on hire. Also av...

A piano transcription, made by the composer himself, of the popular 'What sweeter music'. Suitable for pianists at early intermediate level, and clearly presented and laid out, the transcription also...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's secular text concerning music's omnipresence ('But in the darkest, meanest things there always something sings') is set with affecting and arresting simplicity.

The Suite is made up of six movements ranging from a 'Bach-like Aria' to a 'Richard Rodgers-style Waltz'. Evoking an 'antique' spirit, each movement is based on a Baroque or Classical style.