Spartiti classici

Campione audio: "Harbour" (eseguito dal Regenbogenchor München, direttore Mary Ellen Kitchens)

Repertoire of romantic choral music worth discovering: In his unaccompanied choral songs the expressive melodies of the song composer Schumann combine with a harmonically rich, sometimes even experime...

La famiglia Mendelssohn coltivava una forma molto particolare di musica domestica nel suo cottage con giardino nella tenuta di famiglia: le cosiddette Sonntagsmusiken (canzoni domenicali). Forse quest...

'Broish McRoish' is a rhythmic piece based on traditional Gaelic sprechgesang - the so-called 'Puirt a beul' (mouth music). The text is meaningless, comparable to scat, and primarily serves to drive t...

The Peacemakers è dedicato alla memoria di tutti coloro che hanno perso la vita nei conflitti armati, in particolare civili innocenti. Quando ho composto The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace per la fine de...

Mendelssohn descrisse l'opera, composta nel 1840, al suo amico Klingemann: "una sinfonia per coro e orchestra ... Prima 3 movimenti sinfonici, seguiti da 12 movimenti corali e solistici; le parole dei...

Nota del compositore: "Il Natale è sempre un dono nuovo, sempre un dono fresco e rigenerante: il cuore dell'uomo è rinnovato dal dono non della ricchezza ma di un piccolo e fragile bambino. La sua luc...

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A 'lux aeterna' refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with to...

Il testo è di Ralph Waldo Emerson e rende grazie per la creazione, per la vita e per l'inizio di un nuovo giorno. La melodia cattura la gratitudine come una leggera brezza su un prato. È un inno che p...

Set to a popular text by Walter de la Mare, this secular work is an expressive homage to J. S. Bach, combining lyrical vocal lines with a contrapuntal accompaniment.

This expressive celebration of friendship sets a text by Delphine Chalmers inspired by words from French Renaissance essayist Michel de Montaigne. Eminently accessible, this piece is perfect for conce...

With a text by the composer, this work was originally inspired by members of the Radcliffe Ladies' Choir and their motto 'friendship through singing'. The lilting vocal lines are subtly underpinned by...

A simple and beautiful setting describing the wonder of a world seen through the eyes of a deaf child. In the refrain, singers are encouraged to sign the words they are singing, resulting in profoundl...

Move to a higher level of performance with this outstanding new concert work. It opens with a fanfare, then moves into a rhythmic statement of the main theme: 'Let the earth resound with sounds of mus...

May your life be filled with song. And may your friends all sing along. These two simple sentences begin the heartfelt text of this lovely choral ballad. The melodies are equally beautiful in their si...

Based on Sibelius' Finlandia, this impressive selection is like two phenomenal arrangements in one: the first half, a stunning homophonic treatment of 'This Is My Song;' the second half, a Zulu transl...

A jubilant antiphonal exposition extends an invitation to music-making, before erupting into a truly fresh concert and contest opener! Exploring a wide variety of choral sounds and textures including...

A jubilant antiphonal exposition extends an invitation to music-making, before erupting into a truly fresh concert and contest opener! Exploring a wide variety of choral sounds and textures including...

Your song is my very heart. The beautiful metaphor describes a loved one as a song with qualities such as hope, healing, laughter, and love. Mark Burrows honors his daughter on the occasion of her hig...

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A 'lux aeterna' refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with to...

Il "più grande successo" di Beethoven è reinventato con un tocco funky a cui i tuoi cantanti non saranno in grado di resistere! Il suo iconico gancio corto-corto-corto-lungo fa da trampolino in un gro...

Utilizzando il testo inglese e la frase del titolo (che in spagnolo significa "ogni cosa"), quest'opera mozzafiato ci dice di avere i "cuori spalancati per ricevere" lo svolgersi della vita. Le frasi...