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Scritto in stile a cappella con accompagnamento scat, "A Tree is a Song" è una gioiosa celebrazione delle connessioni e delle affinità che si trovano in natura e di come la saggezza e la conoscenza po...

A boy & a boy di Stuart Beatch è un testo romantico e alla fine tragico del poeta Matthew Stepanic. Scritto come risposta alla nota opera di Eric Whitacre A Boy and a Girl, Beatch descrive questo pezz...

Stuart Beatch's a boy & a boy sets a romantic and ultimately tragic text by poet Matthew Stepanic. Written as a response to Eric Whitacre's well-known work A Boy and a Girl, Beatch describes this piec...

L'incantevole Sanctus di Hazzard, su testo della Messa latina, cattura la sensazione di una corrente impetuosa per tutto il tempo. Sebbene l'energia pulisca spesso sotto la superficie, essa irrompe ne...

Hazzard's enchanting Sanctus, setting text from the Latin Mass, captures the feeling of a rushing current throughout. Suitable for concert use, this piece features imaginative text-setting and driving...

Skempton's After Rain sets an evocative text by Edward Thomas with a contemplative choral part over a rich and slow-moving cello line. Skempton alternates between contrasting upper-voice duets and ful...

This setting of the traditional hymn to 'Mary, the star of the sea' contrasts two moods and styles: the flowing simplicity of the 'Ave maris stella' refrain and the slightly faster and more homophonic...

This motet is the fifth of a set of seven relating the life story of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finnissy's aim was to hint at technical and expressive continuity with the music of the 11th and 12th cent...

This setting of this popular text was composed in 1997; choir directors should feel free to put a few sopranos on the alto line in the two polyphonic sections. Offprinted from the collection Cantica N...

This setting was commissioned by Choir and Organ magazine in 2003 and first performed by St Alban's Cathedral Choir under the direction of Andrew Lucas. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This version of a familiar and frequently set text is predominantly hushed and awestruck in tone rather than jubilatory. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This Introit is the first of four Latin motets commissioned for the 1976 Edington Festival and first performed in Edington Priory. The Introit firsty pays tribute to Augustine, and then, in a more liv...

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Questo emozionante pezzo da concerto mette in scena parole latine tratte dagli ordini di messa della Chiesa cattolica e dal Libro di Isaia per formare un testo versatile, adatto sia per il Natale che...

This exciting concert piece sets Latin words from the mass orders of the Catholic Church and the Book of Isaiah to form a versatile text that is suitable for both Christmas and use throughout the year...

Rajasekar ha attinto alla grammatica melodica e ritmica di entrambe le tradizioni della musica classica indiana, hindustani e carnatica, per creare una celebrazione corale unica della primavera. Il ti...

Rajasekar has drawn on the melodic and rhythmic grammar of both traditions of Indian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, to create a unique choral celebration of springtime. The meaning of the t...

In questo arrangiamento del canto popolare degli Appalachi, Mack Wilberg offre un'armonizzazione delicata, adatta a una ninna nanna per il Bambino Gesù. Un leggero senso di presagio è introdotto nella...

Quest'opera gloriosa, sentita e a tratti angosciante, ha un testo preveggente di Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, vittima dell'attentato di Lockerbie nel 1988. McDowall utilizza abbellimenti vocali, dissonan...