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This setting of texts from Cymbeline and The Merchant of Venice, and Sonnet 98, is characterised by inventive textures and vibrant word-setting. The harmonic language is mostly diatonic but never plai...

Erkoreka sets a sixteenth-century poem which contemplates the eternal and boundless beauty of the heavens, and mankind's earthy estrangement from this realm. Serene sections contrast with surging dyma...

An uplifting and joyful concert setting of four texts exploring man's relationship with the earth. Brimming with energy, the work has a wonderful freshness and vitality. Chilcott selects a range of ev...

Sharing its scoring with Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, this work makes full use of the wealth of instrumental combinations available within the septet. The haunting yet quirky theme around which t...

A familiar Christmas carol which is set to the tune of Greensleeves. The first two verses feature the sopranos with the lyrics, opening out to all voices for the final verse. Offprinted from the colle...

Six miniatures for guitar, these instrumental 'songs' were a set work for the final of the London International Guitar Competition 2015. With lilting rhythms and simple lines, these folk-like pieces e...

Set of parts for the brass accompaniment to John Rutter's popular setting of the Te Deum: a hymn of praise that is appropriate for choral concerts, as well as for use in sacred settings. The music is...

Set of parts for John Rutter's joyful carol, Rejoice and be merry!

This work for clarinet and string quartet is in three movements: a subdued prelude, an airy interlude, and a bluesy postlude.

This moving piece for string orchestra is full of pathos and emotion. Stylistically evocative of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the distinctive musical language of Arvo Pärt, Lament is based a...

This moving piece for string orchestra is full of pathos and emotion. Stylistically evocative of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the distinctive musical language of Arvo Pärt, Lament is based a...

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, but has here been rescored for chamber ensemble, broadening its reach to smaller ensembles.

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, but has here been rescored for chamber ensemble.This set of parts contains parts for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. T...

Featured on pianist William Howard's album Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs, this evocative miniature is simple but rewarding, with a repeating eight-bar chord progression that produces a kaleidoscopic...

Full score and parts for the brass ensemble version of Terry Price's rousing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Glory' (Slava, Op.21). For performances with brass, the organ part included in this set s...

Chilcott sets this beautiful text by Charles Bennett in a lush style. The Pear Tree Carol is a contemplative celebration of new life and nature. It would be equally suited to a winter concert or Chris...

With words by the composer, this mesmerising piece comes from the large-scale work, Snow Angel, and celebrates the coming of winter and the everlasting nature of music. Includes an optional cello part...

Composed for the spnm 'Composing for Kids' initiative, the work consists of settings of poems by pupils from two of the participating schools. The poems are varied in mood and thematic material, yet s...

Bob Chilcott has composed O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen for the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022. This is a reflection on a piece of the same title by Willia...

This classic carol commences with a gorgeous brass fanfare. Orchestral and brass arrangements are available on hire.

A powerful, dissonant setting of texts by Michelangelo, dealing with love, life and death. Powers was inspired by the idea that a block of marble contains the finished sculpture within it.

For solo piano in two movements. Nubes II concludes the cycle which began with Nubes, both works sharing the same musical material. This second work contrasts with the first by a more subjective music...

Spring Rounds was commissioned for Chamber Music 2000. The Chamber Music 2000 works were designed to be technically easy, but still retain the composers own individuality and musical style.

For solo piano. This piece uses some melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials from the late piano music of Albeniz as a starting point. Erkoreka exaggerates or simplifies certain aspects of the tradit...