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This setting was commissioned by the BBC Singers and premiered in April 2012. The text recounts the destruction of the ancient city of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.

This beautiful motet by sixteenth-century Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano sets the responsory for Ash Wednesday/the First Sunday of Lent. The scoring of this edition has been given as SAATB, and...

This straightforward but effective a cappella arrangement of the well-known English carol speaks directly to the listener, and its occasional unexpected harmonic turns will delight. Offprinted from Ca...

Michael Finnissy's John the Baptist won the 2015 British Composer Award in the Liturgical Category. Commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge, for Advent 2014, the piece recalls the folk music of t...

Written in his customary style of great simplicity, the voices sing in unison over a pared-down, chordal organ accompaniment.

This short, contemplative anthem serves as an ideal introit for church services or as a short meditation piece at Communion during Lent. This contemporary setting presents the text of Psalm 51, 'Creat...

This arrangement of a classic spiritual begins in sonorous style, with voices moving against quiet piano chords. It then erupts into colour and life, with exuberant voices and full piano part, before...

This is a deeply compelling setting of the familiar text. The piece commences with a series of contemplative exchanges between the upper and lower voices; the ensuing, unexpected changes of key and te...

Grodek is thought to be the last work of the Austrian poet Georg Trakl; the title refers to the town where Trakl served as a medical officer in the First World War. Jackson's setting captures the dark...

A dancing jazz waltz, with a stylish and swinging piano part.

Written in 2000, this piece was joint winner of the New College Oxford Millennium Competition. It is a complex and technically brilliant composition and has been deservedly broadcast several times on...

I Saw Him Standing sets a text by Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who was inspired by the poetry of Ann Griffiths. The poem is full of rich imagery, prompting a correspondingly imaginative m...

These two short songs are set to texts by A E Housman and Edward Thomas.

Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection O Holy Night. An unaccompanied setting of the same text to its original tune by W. J. Kirkpatrick is included in the comp...

Setting a text taken from the Books of Sirach and Ezra, Build this House uses tonal shifts and alternating homophonic and polyphonic sections to create a piece that is both contemplative and joyous.

Optional parts for bass and drum set enliven this joyous arrangement of a traditional spiritual. Propelled by a light swing tempo, the mood grows more and more euphoric with each succeeding stanza of...

Parry brings a fresh take to the traditional French carol in an upbeat arrangement that has a memorable refrain and driving rhythms, balanced with polyphonic, graceful verses. Offprinted from from Car...

The work is a setting of a text by William McGonagall which provides a miniature tour of London, from London Bridge to the Tower, St Paul's, Trafalgar Square, and Petticoat Lane. Moods and impressions...

Based on William J. Kirkpatrick's 'Cradle Song', A Christmas Meditation was written as underscoring for a Biblical reading. In the tradition of incidental music, the piece may be used in various ways,...

Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda puts a jazzy twist on three Shakespearean characters. The saxophone, bass, piano, and drum kit parts may be played as written or serve as a guide.

Setting original words by the artist Marc Bratcher, this tender and evocative carol for unaccompanied SATB choir is suitable for performance at Christmas or Epiphany.