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McGlade crafts a moment for each part to shine in her soothing setting of William Chatterton Dix’s What child is this?. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter's lively arrangement of the Spanish carol. Pack includes full score and set of parts.

The piece is itself a cabinet of curiosities: musical excerpts from Vigany's time plus material from Hook, Lawes, Mozart, anonymous dance-tunes from mittal-Europa, and folksongs from Italy. There is n...

An arrangement for SATB choir, which can be sung with the original organ part of the famous Toccata from Widor's Symphony no. 5, a favourite wedding voluntary. Material for the orchestral and brass ac...

With words by the composer, this warm, expressive anthem asks Christ to bring justice, hope, and joy to our lives. Offprinted from The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems.

This simple, charming two-part motet features long melismatic phrases that reflect the text (1 Corinthians 2: 9), such as the rising melodic line over three bars on the word 'ascended' (ascendit).

This rousing carol sets a text by Norval Clyne. It perfectly captures the contrast between light and darkness in the text, with simple vocal lines underscored by a busy piano part culminating in a pow...

Fred Onovwerosuoke presents six authentic arrangements of African songs. Published in two small collections - set 1 for SA and this set for SSA - the songs originate from a variety of locations, inclu...

A collaboration with poet Charles Bennett, this celebratory work explores all that we can learn from the natural world. The work may be accompanied by piano, playing from the vocal score, or a small e...

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...

A highly expressive setting of the biblical text, this simple work is at once tender and profound. It was composed for a memorial service for Edward T. Chapman, the Director of Music at Highgate Schoo...

A setting of haunting lyrical simplicity. Also available in The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book and John Rutter Anthems. An SSA version is also available. The accompaniment for strings is available on hir...

Skempton sets this famous love poem by Yeats with characteristic directness and warmth and using rich and scrumptious sonorities. Magical shifts of harmony punctuate the otherwise simple tonal languag...

This anthem takes its words from the Book of Common Prayer. Finnissy's setting brings together simple melodic lines, astringent harmonies, and rhythmic organ counter-melodies to create highly emotive...

The initial marking 'Sparkling' is a good description of this piece's effervescent Toccata-like figurations and striking harmonies. The plainsong theme appears in longer note values either in the peda...

A traditional Canadian tune arranged for a mixed voice choir by John Rutter. Offprinted from the collection Joy to the World!

A joyful carol of celebration with the refrain 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'. Also available in versions for solo high voice, upper voices, and mixed voices.

Commissioned by the Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Choir, this jazzy setting of the Missa Brevis will be welcomed by all upper-voice choirs who enjoyed A Little Jazz Mass.

A reflection on the plainchant 'Assumpta est Maria', this setting tenders a festal feel through its dance-like metre and expansive melismas. The chant is carried through the work, at times presented b...

The Unexpected Early Hour brims with energy as the vibrant melody passes between voices and the rocking crotchet-quaver movement drives the piece towards its climactic ending. Offprinted from Carols f...

This is an evocative setting of the Rudyard Kipling jungle poem 'Now Chil the kite brings home the night'.

This is an upbeat setting of evocative words by Delphine Chalmers about unity and commonality. A syncopated, single-note piano motif roots the tonality and provides an ostinato around which the music...