An original carol by Ernani Aguiar, Acalanto para o Menino Jesus was written for the feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary and illustrates the Italian influence on Brazilian culture. An English t...
The text of Carúl Fáilte, written by the composer, attempts to capture something of the emotional immediacy and directness of expression characteristic of Irish devotional folk poetry. An English text...
Immanúel oss í nátt meditates on the birth of Christ with harmonies of increasing richness before ending with echoes of the opening motif. An English text by Bob Chilcott is presented alongside the or...
The main melody of Jajang, jajang, Ahgi Yesu is a popular Korean lullaby that has been handed down through many generations. In the carol Mary, mother of Jesus, is depicted singing her child to sleep....
Setting a 15th-century English text, this carol by David Hamilton alternates a lullaby refrain with a starker, more declamatory style setting references to Jesus' crucifixion. Originally published in...
Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this polyphonic motet perfectly captures the style of its time, with beautifully designed counterpoint and melismatic passages. Suitable for...
From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this Matins canticle has a text based on verses from Isaiah. Scored for SATB unaccompanied with soprano and tenor solos, it is most suitable for...
Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this antiphon for All Saints' Day features all the hallmarks of the sixteenth-century polyphonic style. Includes both Latin and English singi...
A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer. Rutter employs artful word-painting throughout, and the verse-refrain st...
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 work has two accompaniment options: piano (using the v...