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Rolf Rudin has made a name for himself as an award-winning composer far beyond the borders of Germany. Among the large number of his sacred choral compositions is also the church music setting of 'Ave...

'Particularly suitable for youth choir'. This distinction was given by the jury of the International Competition for Choral Composition 2013 to Pan Xingzimin's 'Poem I'. The text of this secular chora...

Ivan Božicevic, born in 1961, drew his inspiration for the eight-part meditation 'Yuku haru ya' from the famous haiku 'Departing Spring' by Matsuo Bashô. The secular a-cappella work for mixed choir is...

Gaetano Lorandi's eight-part 'Ave verum' for mixed a-cappella choir was awarded a prize by the jury of the International Federation of Choral Music in 2013 for its high repertoire value and its great...

The Irish composer Frank Corcoran already won several first prizes, such as for his English-language choral composition 'Eight Haikus' at the International Foundation for Choral Music in 2013. The alm...

Ein anspruchsvolles Stück, welches Liebesgedichte aus 'Rumi: The Book of Love' vertont. Kammerchöre werden in weltlichen Konzerten ihre Freude haben und können sich durch fein eingesetzte Dynamik und...

A quiet, meditative setting of the Charlotte Smith text by the young British composer Christopher W. Evans. Beautiful melodic lines move largely by step and interweave contrapuntally, creating second-...

E. E. Cummings' poem about a bygone love, about despair, indifference to acceptance is set for mixed choir. Brown's music relives the story with hovering and grating sounds, demanding courage to use e...

Zart und filigran wirken die feinen Melismen des vertonten Liebesgedichtes, die sich über herbe und archaisch anmutende Klänge erheben. Sie entführen Hörer und Sänger in die schroffe Landschaft Schott...

Agnus Dei in a somewhat dark setting with a solo soprano hovering above. The composition by the young Polish composer is particularly suitable for chamber choir concerts, requires full command of the...

Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, born in Poland in 1988, already is one of the acclaimed choral composers of our time and has been awarded numerous prizes at national and international composition competition...

A demanding large-scale work for 16-part mixed a-cappella choir. Spherical sounds and changing harmonies are in contrast to expressive interjections. First prize at the International Composition Compe...

A joy for the audience and choir alike. This contemporary work plays with Gregorian motifs and combines late-Romantic elements with distinctive passages. Prize winner at the international composition...

The composition 'An Evening Prayer' for four-part mixed a-cappella choir (SATB) by Magdalena Zimmermann is based on a sacred poem by the English Baroque poet and philosopher Thomas Browne. To set thes...

Nino Rota's Mass was composed in Rome in 1962, the very same year when the Second Vatican Council formally opened in 1962, whose fundamental changes regarding the use of liturgical music directly foun...

Starting in a whisper, the forces of nature are presented in the form of flat sounds and interjections. Spacious, rearing sounds alternate with smooth lines sung over a drone. A piece for chamber choi...

Partendo da un sussurro, le forze della natura sono presentate sotto forma di suoni piani e interiezioni. Suoni ampi e impennati si alternano a linee morbide cantate su un bordone. Un brano per cori d...

An elaborate Advent motet for eight- to multi-part chamber choir. Occasionally harmonically demanding, this piece is characterized by repeating motifs and broad chords occurring successively.

The fact that Naji Hakim's compositional oeuvre is, by his own account, deeply rooted in his personal faith and dedicated to the glory of God and the joy of mankind is evident not only in the text of...

The fact that Naji Hakim's compositional oeuvre is, by his own account, deeply rooted in his personal faith and dedicated to the glory of God and the joy of mankind is evident not only in the text of...