New Horizons

Setting an invigorating Easter text from the Song of Songs, this episodic anthem is full of expressive passages and lyrical melodies. The canonical soprano parts are echoed in the lower voices, contri...

This is a substantial setting of the canticles of Mary and Simeon, suitable for performance in both concert and liturgical settings. The choral writing features fugal counterpoint and a chromatic soun...

This is a substantial setting of the canticles of Mary and Simeon, suitable for performance in both concert and liturgical settings. The choral writing features fugal counterpoint and a chromatic soun...

Dies ist eine lyrische und klangvolle Vertonung der lateinischen Messe, die anlässlich des 900-jährigen Bestehens der Prioratskirche St. Bartholomäus der Große komponiert wurde. Das Werk für SATB, Org...

Trevor Westons Vertonung des Magnificat und des Nunc Dimittis mit englischem Text ist ein glorreicher Beitrag zur reichen Tradition der Abendgottesdienste für Chor. Das im Kanon von Vaughan Williams u...

For SATB choir, soprano solo, and strings or piano. New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole g...

New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and...

New Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and...

Der Titel dieses lebensbejahenden sechssätzigen Werks stammt aus Shakespeares Troilus und Cressida: "Eine Berührung der Natur macht die ganze Welt lieblich". Anhand einer Zusammenstellung von Texten v...

This is a colourful and dramatic celebration of nature and its powerful and hypnotizing sounds. The listener is taken on a captivating journey through the natural world, via 'tongues of thunders', the...

'As Each Leaf Dances' is a setting of a powerful text by Kevin Crossley-Holland about the cruelty of child abuse being overcome by love and kindness. Reflecting this, the first section features a rele...

This imaginative through-composed setting of a poem by 13th-century Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi is rich in dramatic potential. The composer creates a mysterious and evocative soundworld th...

The World Imagined explores themes around the smallness of man, the apprehension of the divine in everything around us, and our ecstatic communion within that vastness. The powerfully evocative texts...

This exciting work for choir and solo violin draws its title from Edward Winslow's 1624 chronicles, Good Newes from New England, in which he describes the Mayflower Pilgrims' settlement in the New Wor...

Music of the Stars offers an enlightening commentary on the power of music to console and uplift in challenging times. Characterful string writing accompanies the engaging vocal lines, with McDowall a...

She Will Transform You is a colourful and vibrant work that draws on the sound-worlds of Western European and Indian traditions. It is centred around a powerful poem by Indian-American author Neelanja...

She Will Transform You is centred around a powerful poem by Indian-American author Neelanjana Banerjee. The text explores the special relationship of an immigrant and her child to their country of ori...

Rebecca Dales Neuinterpretation von César Francks Panis Angelicus wurde für die zweite Folge des Projekts Choral Inspirations von Sonoro in Auftrag gegeben. Dale hat sich auf das harmonische Gerüst de...

Der Titel dieses lebensbejahenden sechssätzigen Werks stammt aus Shakespeares Troilus und Cressida: "Eine Berührung der Natur macht die ganze Welt lieblich". Anhand einer Zusammenstellung von Texten v...

This tender carol sets an affecting text by Christina Rossetti that tells the story of Jesus's birth. In classic McDowall style, the setting explores a variety of choral textures and is interspersed w...

Through luminous choral harmonies, images of a winter night, and echoes of scripture, Advent Moon evokes deep human longing and the promise of the coming of light. The delicate organ accompaniment and...

Written for the 2018 BBC Advent broadcast from St John's College, Cambridge, A Prayer to St John the Baptist sets an artfully crafted text that combines Guido d'Arezzo's Ut queant laxis (itself a Hymn...

This setting of the evocative poem by Chesterton is atmospheric and powerful. Showcasing McDowall's distinctive style, its minor tonality, subtle chromaticisms, and whole-tone scales portray the contr...

Inspired by the legendary cyclists of the Tour de France, Yellow Jersey is a short wind sprint for two saxophones, originally composed for two clarinets. The form of the piece follows how the sprint w...

Written as a surprise present for the Schubert Ensemble in celebration of their 30th anniversary, this playful piece for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano has light-hearted references to Stravinsk...