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This upbeat Christmas song sets the traditional and well-known wassailing text to thrilling effect. To be performed 'with inebriated joy', Young's original setting is fast, spritely, and increasingly...

With words by the composer, Archer's carol joyfully describes the Nativity story with a lilting melody in 3/4 time. The voices culminate in a powerful unison statement with an angelic descant, all the...

With a lively tempo, dance-like rhythms, and bright harmonies, Chilcott's music perfectly expresses the festive joy of this original Christmas text by Charles Bennett. The uplifting melody is interspe...

Pulsating rhythms in the piano part underpin this energetic arrangement of a traditional spiritual. The voice parts progress from a forthright rendition of the famous tune at the beginning to bold and...

Pulsating rhythms in the piano part underpin this energetic arrangement of a traditional spiritual. The voice parts progress from a forthright rendition of the famous tune at the beginning to bold and...

This carol is also in Carols for Choirs 3. The orchestral accompaniments are available on hire.

Originally published in Carols for Choirs 2, Rutter's arrangement of this well-known carol is energetic and joyful. The memorable and buoyant melody is supported and driven by lively piano accompanime...

Also available in Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1 and Advent for Choirs. Score and orchestral parts are available on hire.

Also in Carols for Choirs 3, and 100 Carols for Choirs. The orchestral accompaniment is available on hire.

Setting a well-loved medieval text, this effective piece paints the story of Jesus through lyrical melodies and beautiful harmonic surprises. The vocal lines offer both powerful intensity and skilful...

Powerful and rousing, this lilting Christmas anthem perfectly sets the jubilant words with a suprisingly intimate finish. Originally published in AStanford Anthology.

Sara Teasdale's poem about the three kings allows Sarah Quartel to create a haunting atmosphere in this folk-like carol for choir and piano. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

The charming and vibrant melody of this attractive carol for choir and organ glides above harmonies that are almost entirely diatonic, but whose originality and frequent passing dissonances mean that...

On this Silent Night perfectly conveys the magic and excitement of winter, conjuring images of warmth by the fireside while the weather outside closes in and giving a subtle nod to Franz Gruber's Sile...

Based on William J. Kirkpatrick's 'Cradle Song', A Christmas Meditation was originally written as underscoring for a reading of the Biblical account of the Nativity (Luke 2:1, 3-14). In the tradition...

In this beautiful setting, Latvian composer Laura Jekabsone presents a modern, popular take on the familiar carol text by Henry John Gauntlett. The piece is led by two soloists (one upper voice, one l...

Light Triumphant Breaks combines the text of the Sarum introit from the second Sunday of Advent and a translated anonymous Greek text using dancing dotted rhythms and intricate articulation. A free us...

Show them you care ('cos it's Christmas) is a setting of an original text by Mark De-Lisser and Clare Dove in a pop ballad style. It conveys a heartfelt and powerful message that is perfect for Christ...

This sequence of six carols explores the role of Mary in the Christmas story, focussing on her human experience within a story of the divine. The writer Georgia Way places the sycamore tree as a centr...

L'ambientazione conviviale di Chilcott di Welcome, all wonders in one sight! di Crashaw si apre con un ritornello brillante e declamatorio che proclama "welcome!" su una grande parte d'organo oscillan...

This tunefully lilting carol for choir and organ will prove popular with audiences and choirs alike, its six verses deftly marrying variety with diversity to create an attractive shape. Offprinted fro...

This gentle arrangement for a cappella choir of the well-known fifteenth-century carol conjures a restful but evocatively melancholy atmosphere. The texture is varied by the use of a soprano or barito...

The melody of this accessible carol for choir and organ (setting the composer's own lyrics) flows with ease. The finely controlled texture builds from sopranos over wordless backing to a rich SATB har...

This bracing arrangement for choir and organ of the traditional carol is replete with catchy rhythms and harmonic surprises, and boasts a glittering organ part. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

A homely text by Joyce Kilmer is the starting-point for this gorgeously expressive ballad for choir and piano. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.