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From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, this is a beautiful unaccompanied arrangement of a popular Japanese children's song. With a text full of natural imagery and a folk-like pentatonic melody, '...

I Songs of Farewell hanno trovato un posto sicuro nei repertori dei cori da camera e delle fondazioni corali ecclesiastiche. Questo inno a sé stante è forse il più noto, tratto dall'edizione critica d...

A practical edition of the extremely famous work by Allegri.

This setting can be found both in Five Traditional Songs and Folk Songs for Choirs 1. The text is simple, while the arrangement is varied and charming.

Written in an a cappella style with scat accompaniment, A Tree is a Song is a joyful celebration of the affinity between trees and how wisdom can be passed on 'as a melody from tree to tree'. McDowall...

Originally published in the New Horizons collection Cantica Nova, this expansive Advent motet creates a unique sound world through unusual harmonic inflections, striking spatial effects, unmeasured no...

Inspired by Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, Vespers is a 12-movement English-language work in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Suited to concert and liturgical settings, it draws from several Orthodox...

The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful unaccompanied choral settings, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter's own.

This exquisite piece has been made available as a separate choral leaflet. It is also in the anthology Weddings for Choirs. Ideal for concerts, and special occasions such as weddings and anniversaries...

This setting of a poem by William Blake is evocative and appealing. Jackson ingeniously offsets simple, pure harmonies against moments of chromaticism to create beautiful, fresh music which perfectly...

Helvey's skilful arrangement of the popular hymn by American Baptist minister Robert Wadsworth Lowry is joyous and affirmatory. It is suitable for performance throughout the liturgical year, and the s...

This setting of the Song of Songs is a fine example of Skempton's distinctive ability to distil and express the emotional essence of a text. Beautifully understated, and employing a straightforward to...

'My Love has Died for Me' is taken from Passion Music, a concert and liturgical work that epitomizes Todd's love of blending jazz and choral music. Recurring melodies, changing metres, and extended ha...

Setting a beautiful text by Charles Bennett, this is a gentle, optimistic piece that remembers those lost to conflict and looks encouragingly towards peace. The tenor solo is supported by vocal accomp...

This sophisticated, jubilant setting of a macaronic text by Kevin Crossley-Holland begins with an emphatic opening refrain before setting off on a sprightly dance through fluctuating 2/2 and 7/8 time...

Following Jackson's settings of the seven 'O' antiphons (Seven Advent Antiphons), this is a setting of the text recognised as the eighth 'O' antiphon and performed as such in many Christian traditions...

The Scholar is a sensitive setting of Robert Southey's poem that explores a man's kinship with the dead. With Bednall's characteristic metrical fluidity and effective word setting, this piece will pro...

This setting of a tune from The Sacred Harp is strong and march-like, with accented rhythms and percussive vocal lines contributing to a rousing overall effect. It was originally published as part of...

Victimae paschali laudes is an atmospheric arrangement of the plainsong melody for this Latin text for Easter Sunday. Lawson employs interjections of 'alleluia' within the main text as an expression o...

Lightly come or lightly go is a playful setting of James Joyce's poem of the same name for SATB double choir. The two choirs portray the conflicting emotions expressed in the poem demonstrated by the...

Skilfully set to tender words by the poet e e cummings, 'I carry your heart' is a secular work originally for men's voices, rescored by the composer in this version for mixed voices. The piece was com...

This is a tender setting of a text by American poet Edith Franklin Wyatt that speaks of companionship and the joys of sharing it as we travel along the road of life. Hagenberg employs her rich harmoni...

This contemplative setting of Psalm 23 presents the well-loved 'The Lord is my Shepherd' text within a four-part, homophonic texture. Hymn-like and lyrical, this unaccompanied composition is illustrat...

This is a warm and contemplative setting of the medieval Latin hymn, suitable for communion services or for Lent, Passiontide, or Corpus Christi. Built around harmonic sequences and an appealing openi...

This is an appealing setting of the popular Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem 'How do I love thee?'. Bearing all the hallmarks of Jackson's unique style, this piece is a welcome addition to the musical...