Spartiti per coro

Diese breitgefächerten und durch und durch 'englischen' Kompositionen sind zweifelsohne kleine Juwelen im Chorschaffen Finzis. Er vertonte hier sieben Gedichte des Dichters und Arztes Robert Bridges,...

This ideal introduction to MacMillan's secular choral music is rich in Scottish flavour, appropriate to its Robert Burns text. Characteristic vocal elements are the ornamental inflections drawn from S...

Organist and Master of Music at York Minster, Philip Moore is also a prolific choral composer. These Prayers, the most frequently requested of his works, make a poignantly attractive setting for unacc...

This short meditative motet was commissioned for the dedication service of the Millennium window by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi in the Resurrection Chapel of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh. It is i...

This beautiful unaccompanied work adapts the translated text of a Gaelic elegy by the 19th century poet Evan Maccoll. The words ‘She has gone' dominate the piece and underline its sense of desol...

The four movements of the work are linked through the use of two contrasting ideas announced at the outset of the first movement: a sombre motif associated with death (Requiem aeternamdonaeisDomine) a...

Set to an early 20th-century poem, this simple a cappella work offers the joyous message of hope just when all seems dark.

Nights in armor is a suite for a cappella chorus which reflects on the themes of Arthurian legend as brought to verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King. Each of the four songs takes the v...

Drawing texts from the traditional “Te Deum” text in Latin and English and from verses excerpted from A Song of David by Christopher Smart, this virtuosic and exuberant showpiece may be pe...

This group of three African-American spirituals contains one rather well-known tune, Little David, Play on Your Harp, and two less familiar numbers, Where Shall I Go? and Death Ain't Nothin' but a Rob...

Your choir will be captivated by this piece for a cappella mixed voices. The ranges are accessible and the harmonies create an air of hushed reverence. Simple and beautiful.

This robust, full-bodied song comes from the rich musical tradition of Transylvania. The vocal figures inspired by the dance rhythms and vigorous bowing techniques of this region should inspire choirs...

From Queen's College, Oxford, comes the ancient ritual and the rousing holiday song “The Boar's Head Carol,” where the highly decorated dishes of the Christmas feast were presented to the...

The lush harmonies and slightly off-the-beat feel of this melody create the sensation of being rocked gently to sleep. For a cappella 4-part mixed chorus, this piece will be a gem on any holiday conce...