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The Sarah Quartel Songbook brings together a selection of the composer's best-loved pieces for mixed voices, including favourites such as Sing, my Child, Voice on the Wind, and Swept Away. This is an...

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...

Offprinted from the anthology Opera Choruses, this is a short, beguiling piece from Madama Butterfly. Orchestral material is available on hire.

An upbeat setting of words by Charles Bennett celebrating the arrival of spring, Opening features changing metres, a compelling verse-refrain structure, and catchy melodies. A darker middle section mi...

With a feeling of celebration, Bullard's setting of the well-known Psalm 100 is energetic and exciting. A spritely organ part supports bold statements in the vocal lines, while the middle section offe...

La brevità e la vocalità rendono questo mottetto particolarmente adatto ad essere utilizzato come introduzione all'arte del canto polifonico.

Red Boots On is a funky setting of a poem by Kit Wright, brought to life by Chilcott's jazzy chords and groovy syncopated rhythms. The melody begins in unison and grows in texture throughout the piece...

L'Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers è una raccolta di composizioni non idiomatiche dal XVI secolo ai giorni nostri, fornendo un'introduzione completa a un'area della musica corale che è s...

L'Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers è una raccolta di composizioni non idiomatiche dal XVI secolo ai giorni nostri, fornendo un'introduzione completa a un'area della musica corale che è s...

Questa è una vibrante ambientazione di una poesia di George Parsons Lathrop che descrive come la musica sia alla base di tutta la vita terrena. Una parte pianistica attiva fornisce un sottofondo energ...

Suitable for concert use, this simple, delightful setting of a Yeats poem embraces nature's beauty and the secret joy of solitude. Soaring melodies, rich harmonic language, and a piano part that is bo...

This uplifting work by American composer Reginal Wright sets a text by the nineteenth-century poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. The powerful words are sung to a memorable melody embellished with syncopation...

Quartel has chosen a powerful combination of texts by Hildegard von Bingen and Mother Teresa for this emotive choral work. The main choir is accompanied by a small ensemble singing the word 'love' wit...

This appealing motet for SATB choir and organ accompaniment was written in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Although the prevailing mood of the gently flowing music is lyrical, with an atmosphere of l...

This celebratory work sees Bob Chilcott collaborate with poet Charles Bennett to explore all that we can learn from the natural world. The first movement, 'Follow the music', leads us on a journey thr...

Jonathan Wikeley's choral arrangement of Vaughan Williams's Four Last Songs offers a new way to engage with these beautiful late works. The texts are by Ursula Vaughan Williams, and the set begins and...

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...

La rivisitazione di Rebecca Dale del Panis Angelicus di César Franck è stata commissionata per il secondo capitolo del progetto Choral Inspirations di Sonoro. La Dale si è rifatta all'impianto armonic...

In this poignant ballad Toby Young has set an adaptation of Emily Dickinson's poem My Letter to the World to heartfelt melodies with a pop-style piano accompaniment. The song reflects on the pain of b...

This uplifting and affirmatory piece sets a text by the composer inspired by the reflections of the Northwest Girlchoir on what their choir means to them. A warm unison first verse and chorus is next...

Dhire-dhire mette in scena un 'dohe' (distico) del poeta mistico indiano del XV secolo Kabir sul tema della pazienza. Esmail esplora il mondo sonoro della tradizione classica indostana, con ornamenti...

Il titolo di quest'opera in sei movimenti, che incoraggia la vita, è tratto da Troilo e Cressida di Shakespeare: "Un tocco di natura rende il mondo intero gentile". Attraverso una raccolta di testi di...