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SSATB unaccompanied & SSAB soli Duration: 12 minutes Difficulty: Easy to Moderately difficult

for SATB unaccompanied

Two of Stanford's finest partsongs for unaccompanied SATB voices

A short, but eloquent setting of the eighth stanza of the hymn 'Pange lingua', and thus an effective Holy Week motet. For SATB unaccompanied Duration: 2 minutes Difficulty: Easy

For double SATB chorus unaccompanied This is Stanford's extended Latin setting of this text, written in 1918 and acknowledged as its composer's finest a cappella choral work. Duration: 12 minutes Diff...

An impressive setting of the Gradual for Maundy Thursday, dating from 1884, the period of the Seventh Symphony and the Te Deum.

A very popular Renaissance chanson which is partly onomatopoeic. Duration: 1.5 minutes Difficulty: Easy

Composed in 1840, this popular eight-part madrigal is also in the anthology Madrigals and Partsongs. Replete with fine polyphonic writing and rich and expressive sonorities, it provides a fine example...

Arrangements of traditional American tunes. Sourwood Mountain is also available in Encores for Choirs and Folk-Songs for Choirs 1. Black sheep is also available in Folk-songs for Choirs 1.

Chilcott sets the melody of this traditional American spiritual against a whispered accompaniment in the lower parts. Richly scored for voices, this classic arrangement creates an atmosphere of magica...

A choral song in praise of the power of music, for unaccompanied mixed choir and solo flute The flute introduces and comments on the phrases sung by the choir.

For SATB unaccompanied or with percussion. This energetic and highly rhythmic arrangement of a 15th century carol uses a folksy call-and-response style, which helps the piece maintain its momentum rig...

A simple setting of this popular medieval Advent carol which has great originality and impact. The style is controlled, almost austere, and the effect is hypnotic. This is an unsettling but poignant p...

For SATB unaccompanied. The text is taken from Shelley's epic poem Prometheus Unbound. Skempton sets passages in which a Chorus of Hours and a Chorus of Spirits celebrate in ecstatic language the unsh...

Based on Feste's famous words from Twelfth Night, this energetic piece abounds in word painting and imitative exchanges, as the music sings, dances, questions, laughs, and teases along with its text,...

For SATB unaccompanied. This is a simple, attractive folk-song setting of Shakespeare's 'O mistress mine' from Twelfth Night. Each of the two verses begins with double counterpoint between tenor and b...

For SATB with divisions, unaccompanied. Chilcott's setting captures the mood of painful introspection that infuses this spiritual, in a way that few others have achieved. A truly moving response to a...

My prayer is a technical 'tour de force', meticulously sculpted from the distilled essence of Purcell's original and yet always recognizably Chilcott. The music is involved, passionate, and frequently...

This expressive anthem-style setting would be the perfect choice for any dedication festival. A lilting triple time pulse and rich harmonies combine to make music of effortless beauty whilst remaining...

Chilcott's fresh and simple arrangement has a touch of magic that makes it a perfect leave-taking concert item.

For SATB unaccompanied. You and Me comprises two expressive love songs, each exploring a different side of love. 'Brightness' is a rapturous hymn to a beloved, its gentle syncopations and flexible rhy...

This poignant and reflective carol is set to a poetic text by Richard Wilbur inspired by verses from St Luke's Gospel. The poem foretells not only of Christ's birth, but also his death; the contrastin...

For SATB unaccompanied. This work is a setting of two poems from 'Romances sans paroles' by Verlaine. The songs are sung in French, but each has been given an English title, as the poems, which burst...

This gentle and reflective piece sets the George Herbert text 'Blest be the God of love'. The poet's intense imagery is enhanced by expressive cross-rhythms and harmonies enriched by split alto and ba...