Musica sacra per coro misto

Doreen Rao's newly adapted and edited concert version of Bernstein's epic theatre piece brings us this monumental music in a shortened and manageable edition for chorus, soloists and chamber orchestra...

Whether it evokes the first word (“rest”) of the solemn Catholic mass sung annually on All Soul's Day or whether it is glorious music written to commemorate particular people, a Requiem de...

Fauré's Messe Basse, first performed in a small French church in 1872, was originally written for women's voices. Rogers' new arrangement winningly adapts this magnificent music for mixed choir.

Jubilation is given full voice in this rousing setting of Psalm 150! With piano. 'Laudate Dominum' is the final movement of Raminsh's Symphony of Psalms for chorus and orchestra; full vocal and orches...

The German melody Create in me a clean heart, O God forms the music center of this work for mixed voices and organ. In the psalm, David asks God for mercy, forgiveness, cleansing of the heart and rene...

The unique blend of bluegrass instrumentation and the familiar text of Gloria lends a new-even fun!-perspective to the Mass tradition. Newcomers to either the classical or bluegrass genres will soon f...

The solemnity of the classical-based Mass joins together with the down-home sparkle of bluegrass to create a work that is unique in scope, and a beautiful union of seemingly disparate musical traditio...

Vertonung von Psalm 23 (Der Herr ist mein Hirte) in hebräischer Sprache.

This setting of a Psalm text is reflective and evokes the mood and style of a folk song or hymn but with unexpected turns of harmony ultimately giving way to a more contemporary style. The gentle, lil...

Kitty Brazelton's O Joy! premiered at Twin Cities choir VocalEssence's 40th birthday, and has been heard on NPR's Performance Today. It incorporates her re-translation of Psalm 77:1-6 with medieval an...

This is a wonderfully accessible and exciting addition to worship. Scored for SATB choir and organ, composer David Brunner uses an original melody with a beautiful Medieval text and then combines this...

A beautiful rendition of the sacred text from the Gospel of Luke set for SATB divisi chorus and mezzo soprano soloist. This work has been recorded by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn conducti...

Kodaly's Missa Brevis was first performed in 1945, just after the end of the Second World War. It is a hymn to hope in the divinity that provides comfort and strength in the most difficult of circumst...

Written for the Nashir Choral Festival in the Bronx, New York, Nick Page uses many elements from his arrangement of 'Niska Banja': the key of F, the piano ostinato, the pedal tones in the chorus, and...

Now available for mixed voices, this setting of Psalm 133, translates to 'Behold, how good it is for brethren to dwell together in peace.' Though the text is in Hebrew, its meaning is universal, cross...

Originally composed for treble voices and part of Nick's 'Nursery Rhyme Cantata,' this new arrangement for SATB voices captures the innocence of the original but adds lush beautiful harmonies.

Composer's note:The renowned Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore, lived from 1861 to 1941 and was the first non-European to win the Novel Prize in Literature in 1913. His elegant verse was an inspiratio...

The message that one's worth is measured in their compassion and care for future generations is at the core of this inspirational piece. With sweeping melodic lines and grand choral writing, the celeb...

Here are five 'hymns' to the spirit of life. Calling on 'modern' poetry, and certainly using the modern harmonic language that Mechem is so well known for, each movement is an answer to the previous m...

Commissioned by Joseph Ohrt and the Central Bucks High School choir for a festival honoring Rollo August Dilworth. Dilworth's feel and insight for gospel music is reverent and accessible to all. In th...

Satz aus dem 'War Requiem' von Benjamin Britten