Becky McGlade

Setting a text by Elizabeth Barratt Browning, this thoughtful and evocative piece compares a dying relationship with the changing of the seasons from summer to winter, which McGlade skilfully reflects...

This simple setting of words by Tennyson reflects a different side to McGlade's compositional style, without sacrificing any of her trademark characteristics. The largely homophonic vocal lines move a...

This simple setting of words by Tennyson reflects a different side to McGlade's compositional style, without sacrificing any of her trademark characteristics. The largely homophonic vocal lines move a...

A simple, delightful setting of a Yeats poem which embraces nature's beauty and the secret joy of solitude. Perfect for concert use. Also available in versions for solo low voice and SSA.

The Christmas motet Ex ore infantium was published with an organ continuo accompaniment, but the piece works equally well unaccompanied. The alternation of busy rhythmic writing with homophonic statem...

Lucy Walker's thoughtful setting of There is no rose flows between swells of emotion and warm chromatic inflections in the Latin refrains. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

This gentle arrangement for a cappella choir of the well-known fifteenth-century carol conjures a restful but evocatively melancholy atmosphere. The texture is varied by the use of a soprano soloist,...

This secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. Featuring a lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part. Also available in ver...

Garden of Dreams sets of fragments of text by Sappho, translated by Arthur Sanders Way and A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel has used cross-rhythms, syncopation, and flowing melodic lines to create a sense o...

Walt Whitman's poetry abounds in references to music and song but nowhere more so than in 'That Music Always Round Me'. Skempton's captivating setting acknowledges the serenity and timelessness of the...

This gently flowing, contemplative sacred choral work sets words from Isaiah 26 and Psalm 73, expressing gratitude for God's protection and guidance. McGlade includes a short passage which may be sung...

I too shall walk to Bethlehem depicts a journey to the Bethlehem stable 'where once a child was born'. The orchestral accompaniment is available for purchase.

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 the v...

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer. Rutter employs artful word-painting throughout, and the verse-refrain st...

The wonderful choral music of Howard Skempton has a unique voice that is instantly recognizable. Four by the Clock, which sets words by Longfellow, is a rich and brooding piece that although quiet and...

O the depth è un'opera devozionale adatta come canto d'ingresso o breve inno. Combina brani del Nuovo Testamento (Romani 11) con un singolo versetto dell'Antico Testamento (Isaia 55) - brani che secon...

Questo breve lavoro ritmico è ispirato a una zona della Cornovaglia, terra natale di McGlade, e utilizza il testo dell'omonima poesia di Percy Bysshe Shelley. L'area in cui una riserva incontra il mar...

Nota del compositore: "In the bleak midwinter" è l'ambientazione della famosa poesia di Christina Rossetti per coro misto a quattro voci. Questa poesia mi è venuta in mente mentre camminavo per le str...

This imaginative setting of the well-loved text O little town of Bethleham, by Phillips Brooks, displays McGlade's characteristic rich and expressive harmonies, with their jazz inflections. Opening wi...

Nota del compositore: "Mi sono imbattuto per la prima volta nel poema The Lamb di William Blake molti anni fa attraverso la famosa composizione di John Tavener. Quando la York Minster mi ha commission...

Composer's note: 'I was introduced to William Blake's poem The Lamb many years ago through John Tavener's famous setting and, when commissioned by York Minster to write a carol for their 2019 nine les...

Nota del compositore: "Le parole di questa traduzione di Edith Reed di una poesia tradizionale polacca catturano magnificamente il messaggio natalizio. Mi piace il modo in cui il testo cattura l'innoc...

Composer's note: 'The words of Edith Reed's translation of this traditional Polish poem wonderfully encapsulate the Christmas message. I love the way that the text captures the innocence and humblenes...

Nota del compositore: "La poesia di Walter De La Mare Clouded with snow (Nuvola di neve) dipinge l'immagine atmosferica di un tardo pomeriggio d'inverno, ed è proprio questa l'immagine che mi è venuta...

Composer's note: 'Walter De La Mare's poem Clouded with snow paints an atmospheric picture of late afternoon in winter and I was drawn to the image of a bleak yet beautiful landscape with the faint gl...