Alan Bullard

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...

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.

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...

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...

Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing is an upbeat setting of a hymn text by seventeenth-century English poet George Herbert. Chilcott uses irregular metres, syncopation, and dancing melodic shapes t...

Cecilia McDowall's fresh and appealing style is amply displayed in this cycle, subtitled 'Three Shakespeare Songs'. In total, six Shakespeare texts are used, and McDowall's response encompasses a flee...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

In Be like the bird, Quartel sets an English translation of a text by Victor Hugo to lyrical melodies and rising sequences that reflect the uplifting message of the words. A passage from the original...

The text is a set of six poems by John Drinkwater (1882-1937). Drinkwater had close associations with Warwickshire and much of his poetry reveals his love of the countryside. The first and last of six...

Setting a text taken from the Books of Sirach and Ezra, Build this house uses tonal shifts and alternating homophonic and polyphonic sections to create a piece that is both contemplative and joyous.

I sing of a Maiden combines flowing lines with rhythmic irregularity, and ends with an airy weightlessness which, in the words of the composer, echoes the vernal flavour of the words. Although rhythmi...

This substantial anthem was composed in 2015 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and to mark Salisbury Cathedral's stewardship of the charter since 1215. Rutter succeeds in weaving toget...

This beautiful motet by sixteenth-century Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano sets the responsory for Ash Wednesday/the First Sunday of Lent. The scoring of this edition has been given as SAATB, and...

Michael Finnissy's John the Baptist won the 2015 British Composer Award in the Liturgical Category. Commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge, for Advent 2014, the piece recalls the folk music of t...

Written in his customary style of great simplicity, the voices sing in unison over a pared-down, chordal organ accompaniment.

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...

A lively arrangement of a French traditional carol with optional lyrics in English included. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Twelve Christmas Carols Set...

With plenty of character and charm, this set of theme and variations is based on the folk music of the Dai people, a national minority in the Yunnan province of southwestern China. A perfect addition...

This is an attractive, not difficult carol to a traditional Scottish text and with a gentle 'folk-y' feel. A flowing melody, complete with flattened 7ths and delicate Scotch snaps, appears in various...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Ring the bells' is a joyful carol by Alan Bullard, scored for SSA and piano. Setting a text by Frances Jane Crosby and written in 6/4 time, it features unison a...

For SA and piano or small ensemble or small orchestra (2. 1. 2. 1-2. 0. 0. 0-Glock-Hp-Str). This is an attractive, not difficult carol to a traditional Scottish text and with a gentle 'folk-y' feel. A...

This well-known song by Vaughan Williams is arranged here for mixed voices, with additional lower voice parts by Alan Bullard. The pastoral imagery in the lyrics is beautifully brought to life by the...

Bullard's charming setting of text from Twelfth Night is a delightful sing, with unexpected harmonic twists and folk-like melodies all underpinned by a characterful piano part.